Lengerich,_Westphalia

Lengerich, Westphalia

Lengerich, Westphalia

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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.

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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.

Half-timbered house

Mayors

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

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:

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

Rudolf Smend

References

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    Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Kai Strauss". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 18 October 2022.


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