Lengerich is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

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. It is situated on the southern slope of the

Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest ( ; german: Teutoburger Wald ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed th ...

, approx. 15 km south-west of

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

and 30 km north-east of

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

Transportation

Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly connections to

and

. The A1 autobahn also runs through Lengerich and the Lengerich/Tecklenburg exit is located to the west of the city. Fachwerkhaus Im Hook 5 in Lengerich

Mayors

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

International relations

Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with: *

Leegebruch Leegebruch is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Demography File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Leegebruch.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: ...

(

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

) * Wapakoneta (

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) *

Warta The river Warta ( , ; german: Warthe ; la, Varta) rises in central Poland and meanders greatly north-west to flow into the Oder, against the German border. About long, it is Poland's second-longest river within its borders after the Vistula, a ...

(

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) Lengerich's neighboring municipalities,

Ladbergen Ladbergen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the Dortmund-Ems Canal, approximately 25 km south-west of Osnabrück and 20 km north-east of Münster. Geography The ...

and

Lienen Lienen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south-east of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster. Lienen is a sister city with Saint Marys, Ohio in ...

, 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 Wolfgang Sidka (born 26 May 1954 in Lengerich) is a football manager and former player. As a manager, he led SV Werder Bremen to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting ...

(born 1954), football professional and coach * Rudolf Smend (1851–1913), Theologian (Old Testament) * Julius Smend (1857–1930), theologian *

Kai Strauss Kai Strauss (born 15 May 1970) is a German electric blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is a multiple winner of the German Blues Award and regularly tours with his band, Kai Strauss & The Electric Blues All Stars. Strauss has been involved ...

(born 1970), blues musician *

Wolfgang Streeck Wolfgang Streeck (; born 27 October 1946) is a German economic sociologist and emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Early life Streeck was born "just outside Münster", the son of refugees – e ...

(born 1946), sociologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Society Research in Cologne

References

External links

* Steinfurt (district) {{Steinfurt-geo-stub