Lichtenau, Westphalia
Appearance
Lichtenau | |
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![]() Town hall in Lichtenau | |
Location of Lichtenau within Paderborn district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 08°53′00″E / 51.60000°N 8.88333°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Detmold |
District | Paderborn |
Subdivisions | 15 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Ute Maria Dülfer[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 192.17 km2 (74.20 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,867 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 33162–33165 |
Dialling codes | 05295 05292 Atteln 05647 Kleinenberg 05259 Herbram-Wald 02994 Blankenrode |
Vehicle registration | PB |
Website | www.lichtenau.de |
Lichtenau is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Lichtenau is situated on the western slope of the
Eggegebirge, approx. 15 km south-east of Paderborn
.
Division of the town
After the local government reforms of 1975 Lichtenau consists of the following 15 districts:
- Lichtenau District
- Asseln
- Atteln
- Blankenrode
- Dalheim
- Ebbinghausen
- Grundsteinheim
- Hakenberg
- Henglarn
- Herbram
- Holtheim
- Husen
- Iggenhausen
- Kleinenberg
Twin Towns
Le Mans-Mayet (France—since September 29, 1985
Rangsdorf (Brandenburg, Germany—since February 27, 1993
Pieniężno (Poland) -- since Oktober 14th, 1996
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
External links
- Official site (in German)
- Town history (in German)
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