Warburg | |
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Location of Warburg within Höxter district | |
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 09°10′11″E / 51.50000°N 9.16972°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
District | Höxter |
Subdivisions | 16 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Tobias Scherf[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 168.71 km2 (65.14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 23,336 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 34414 |
Dialling codes | 0 56 41 |
Vehicle registration | HX |
Website | www.warburg.de |
Warburg (German pronunciation: [ˈvaːɐ̯bʊʁk] ; Westphalian: Warberich or Warborg) is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany on the river Diemel near the three-state point shared by Hessen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in Höxter district and Detmold region. Warburg is the midpoint in the Warburger Börde. Since March 2012 the city is allowed to call itself 'Hanseatic City of Warburg'.