Extertal is a municipality in the
Lippe
Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. ...
district of
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, with c. 11,500 inhabitants (2013).
Extertal is located on the northern edge of the circle in the
Teutoburg Nature Reserve, directly adjacent to
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
. The
Exter and
Humme rivers flow through the region. The municipality has its headquarters in the
Bösingfeld district. Neighbouring cities are
Rinteln
Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river north of the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In ...
,
Aerzen,
Barntrup
Barntrup () is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 59.46 km2 and 8,501 inhabitants (2019).
It lies 40 km east from Bielefeld and 9 km west from Bad Pyrmont at the east border of NRW to ...
,
Dörentrup and
Kalletal
Kalletal is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...
.
The highest point of the city is at 371 metres above
sea level
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. The municipality dimensions are about 12.2 kilometres east-west and about 12.5 kilometres north-south.
Mayors
Elected in September 2020, the mayor of Extertal is Frank Meier.
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Churches and religious communities
* Evangelical Reformed Church ( Church of Lippe) in Bösingfeld, Mittelstrasse 33
* Evangelical Reformed Church (Church of Lippe) in Almena, Kirchstrasse 1, 32699 Extertal-Almena
* Evangelical Reformed Church (Church of Lippe) in Silixen, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Strasse 5
* Catholic Church: Adolf-Kolping-Weg 1
* Free Evangelical Community: Mühlenstrasse 4
* Jehovah's Witnesses: Papenweg 2
* New Apostolic Church: Bahnhofstrasse
References
External links
Official website
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
Lippe
Principality of Lippe
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