Kirchlengern

{{Infobox German location

|type = Stadt

|name = Kirchlengern

|image_photo = Kirchlengern Rathaus IMGP7319.jpg

|image_caption = Town hall

|image_flag = Flagge von Kirchlengern.svg

|image_coa = Wappen der Gemeinde Kirchlengern.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|52|12|00|N|08|37|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Kirchlengern in HF.svg

|state = North Rhine-Westphalia

|region = Detmold

|district = Herford

|elevation = 53

|area = 33.78

|postal_code = 32278

|area_code = 05223 (Bünde)

|licence = HF

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 58 020

|divisions = 7

|website = [https://www.kirchlengern.de/ www.kirchlengern.de]

|mayor = Rüdiger Meier[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.

|leader_term = 2020–25

|party = CDU

}}

Kirchlengern ({{IPA|de|kɪʁçˈlɛŋɐn|-|Kirchlengern.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|(Kirk-)Liörnern}}) is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

File:Stift Quernheim Stiftskirche Suedseite IMGP2405 wp.jpg

Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford. The Brandbach flows into the Else in Kirchlengern.

=Neighbouring places=

=Division of the municipality=

The municipality is divided in 7 districts:

  1. Häver (1,900 inhabitants)
  2. Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants)
  3. Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants)
  4. Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants)
  5. Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants)
  6. Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants)
  7. Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)

Mayors

  • since 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
  • 1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)

Notable people

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