Schlangen
{{Infobox German location
|name = Schlangen
|image_coa = Wappen von Schlangen.svg
|image_skyline = Dorfplatz Schlangen.jpg
|image_caption = Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
|coordinates = {{coord|51|49|00|N|08|49|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Schlangen in LIP.svg
|state = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region = Detmold
|district = Lippe
|elevation = 169
|area = 75.97
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 66 064
|postal_code = 33189
|area_code = 05252
|licence = LIP
|website = [http://www.schlangen-online.de www.schlangen-online.de]
|mayor = Marcus Püster[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
}}
Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9,000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy Sea {{clarify|date=June 2019}} to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope. Schlangen is located in the time zone Central European Standard Time.
Politics
{{update section|date=June 2021}}
The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:
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|colspan="2" | Parties and voter communities |align="center" | % |align="center" | seats |
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|CDU |Christian Democratic Union of Germany |align="right" |36,68 |align="right" |10 |
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|SPD |Social Democratic Party of Germany |align="right" |43,80 |align="right" |11 |
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| FDP |Free Democratic Party (Germany) |align="right" |7,14 |align="right" |2 |
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| GRÜNE |align="right" |12,38 |align="right" |3 |
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|colspan="2" |Total |align="right" |100,0 |align="right" |26 |
| -- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
|colspan="2" |Poll in % |colspan="2" align="right" |63,1 |
(conditions: Local election 2014)
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:{{cite web|url=http://www.viitasaari.fi/fi/yleista/ystavyyskunnat/?id=366|publisher=City of Viitasaari|title=Ystävyyskunnat|accessdate=2012-06-01|language=fi|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604101456/http://www.viitasaari.fi/fi/yleista/ystavyyskunnat/?id=366|archivedate=2012-06-04}}
- {{flagicon|FIN}} Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999
References
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External links
- [http://www.schlangen-online.de/ Official website] {{in lang|de}}
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{{Cities and towns in Lippe (district)}}
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Category:Principality of Lippe
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