Lengerich, Westphalia

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lengerich within Steinfurt district

(2020–25) Wilhelm Möhrke^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total90.71 km² (35.02 sq mi)Elevation

80 m (260 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total22,980 • Density250/km² (660/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49525

Dialling codes05481
05482 (Wechte)Vehicle registrationST, TE, BFWebsitewww.lengerich.de

Lengerich (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛŋəʁɪç] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 15 km south-west of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.

Transportation

Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly connections to Münster and Osnabrück. The A1 autobahn also runs through Lengerich and the Lengerich/Tecklenburg exit is located to the west of the city.

Mayors

The mayor is the pharmacist Wilhelm Möhrke (independent), the predecessor was Friedrich Prigge.

International relations

Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:

Leegebruch (Brandenburg, Germany)
Wapakoneta (Ohio, United States)
Warta (Poland)

Lengerich's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lienen, are sister cities in the United States with Wapakoneta's neighbors New Knoxville and Saint Marys, respectively.

Notable people

Friedrich Kipp (1878–1953), writer
Wolfgang Sidka (born 1954), football professional and coach
Rudolf Smend (1851–1913), Theologian (Old Testament)
Julius Smend (1857–1930), theologian
Kai Strauss (born 1970), blues musician^[3]
Wolfgang Streeck (born 1946), sociologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Society Research in Cologne

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Kai Strauss". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 18 October 2022.