Kirchlengern

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Kirchlengern
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Herford
Town subdivisions	7
Mayor	Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	33.78 km² (13 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m  (174 ft)
Population	16,439  (31/12/2006)
- Density	487 /km² (1,260 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HF
Postal code	32278
Area codes	05223 (Bünde)
Website	www.kirchlengern.de Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 08°37′59″E / 52.2, 8.63306

Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Neighbouring places 1.2 Division of the municipality 2 Notable Persons 3 External links

[edit] Geography

Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford.

[edit] Neighbouring places

• Hüllhorst
• Löhne
• Hiddenhausen
• Bünde

[edit] Division of the municipality

The municipality is divided in 7 districts:

1. Häver (1,900 inhabitants)
2. Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants)
3. Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants)
4. Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants)
5. Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants)
6. Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants)
7. Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)

[edit] Notable Persons

• 1821, Tönies Wellensiek, †1903
• 1833, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, †1900
• 1901, Rudolf Bäumer †25. September 1973
• 1911, August Wilhelm Torweihe †1994
• 1923, Werner Diestelhorst
• 1924, Hellmuth Buddenberg, †2003
• 1942, Gunter Gabriel
• 1953, Jürgen Klute
• 1953, Reinhard Göhner
• 1958, Elke Kruse
• 1963, Hermann Menninghaus
• 1984, David Odonkor
• 1988, Chrissy Kütemann
• 1989, Oliver Schaffer
• 1989, Shane Saxton

[edit] External links

• Official site (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Herford (district) Bünde | Enger | Herford | Hiddenhausen | Kirchlengern | Löhne | Rödinghausen | Spenge | Vlotho