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:
- 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Herford (district)}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Herford-geo-stub}}