Lemgo

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Lemgo
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lemgo
Lemgo (Germany)
Lemgo
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Lippe
Mayor Reiner Austermann (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 100.86 km² (38.9 sq mi)
Elevation 215 m  (705 ft)
Population 41,958  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 416 /km² (1,077 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LIP
Postal code 32657
Area code 05261
Website www.lemgo.net
Location of the town of Lemgo within Lippe district
Map

Coordinates: 52°1′38″N 8°54′42″E / 52.02722, 8.91167

Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.

It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several northern European countries such as The Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

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[edit] British Army

From 1947 until 1993, Lemgo hosted successive infantry battalions of the British Army, the last one being 2 R IRISH.

The battalions were based in Stornoway Barracks, known to the locals as Spiegelberg Kaserne. The base was previously the location of a Displaced persons camp and before that a Wehrmacht artillery unit.

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] Twin school

Hörstmar County Primary School in Lemgo has a twin school in Holme on Spalding Moor since 1989.

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