:Hilter
{{short description|Place in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
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{{Infobox German place
| image_coa = DEU Hilter aTW COA.svg
| image_photo = Hilter, stadhuis 2008-07-15 14.11.JPG
| image_caption = Town hall
| coordinates = {{coord|52|9|N|8|9|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan = Hilter am Teutoburger Wald in OS.svg
| state = Niedersachsen
| district = Osnabrück
| elevation = 198
| area = 52.6
| postal_code = 49176
| area_code = 05424, 05409
| licence = OS
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 59 022
| divisions = 8
| website = [http://www.hilter.de/ www.hilter.de]
| mayor = Marc Schewski{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}
| leader_term = 2020–25
| party = CDU
}}
Hilter is a municipality in the district Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany, in the hills of the Teutoburg Forest. As of 2020 it has a population of 10,429, and covers an area of 52.61 km2. Its highest elevation is the Hohnangel, 262 metres above sea level.
History
The municipality was united on July 14, 1972, by merging the municipalities Borgloh, Hankenberge and Hilter. Already in 1977 the municipalities Allendorf, Borgloh-Wellendorf, Ebbendorf, Eppendorf and Uphöfen were joined into the Einheitsgemeinde Borgloh.
Industry
{{stack|File:HilterTWWalterRauLebensmittelwerke.jpg}}
Hilter was well known for mining Hilter Gold ochre as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century.{{Cite web |title=Gemeinde Hilter |url=https://www.hilter.de/de/Tourismus_und_Freizeit/geschichte |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207094231/https://www.hilter.de/de/Tourismus_und_Freizeit/geschichte |archive-date=2012-12-07 |website=hilteratw.de |language=de}}
File:Hilter am Teutoburger Wald, die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche Sankt Johannes der Täufer IMG 6824 2020-07-31 12.12.jpg|Hilter, church: Sankt Johannes der Täufer
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Hilter am Teutoburger Wald}}
- {{official website|https://www.hilter.de/de}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Osnabrück (district)}}
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