Kirchlengern
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Flag
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Coat of arms
Location of Kirchlengern within Herford district
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(2020–25) Rüdiger Meier[1] (CDU)
(2023-12-31)[2]
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Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
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Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford. The Brandbach flows into the Else in Kirchlengern.
Neighbouring places
- Hüllhorst
- Löhne
- Hiddenhausen
- Bünde
Division of the municipality
The municipality is divided in 7 districts:
- Häver (1,900 inhabitants)
- Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants)
- Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants)
- Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants)
- Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants)
- Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants)
- Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)
Mayors
- since 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
- 1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)
Notable people
- 1833–1900, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, politician
- 1924–2003, Hellmuth Buddenberg, manager
- 1942–2017, Gunter Gabriel, singer
- 1953, Jürgen Klute, politician
- 1953, Reinhard Göhner, politician
- 1958, Elke Kruse, artist
- 1984, David Odonkor, footballer
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
External links
- Official website
(in German)
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Towns and municipalities in Herford (district)
- Bünde
- Enger
- Herford
- Hiddenhausen
- Kirchlengern
- Löhne
- Rödinghausen
- Spenge
- Vlotho
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