Warburg

Warburg
Flag of Warburg
Coat of arms of Warburg
Location of Warburg within Höxter district
BrakelSteinheimBorgentreichNieheimHöxterBad DriburgWillebadessenMarienmünsterBeverungenWarburgNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLippe (district)Paderborn (district)HochsauerlandkreisHesseLower Saxony
Warburg is located in Germany
Warburg
Warburg
Warburg is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Warburg
Warburg
Coordinates: 51°30′00″N 09°10′11″E / 51.50000°N 9.16972°E / 51.50000; 9.16972
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
DistrictHöxter
Subdivisions16
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Tobias Scherf[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total168.71 km2 (65.14 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total23,336
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
34414
Dialling codes0 56 41
Vehicle registrationHX
Websitewww.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'.

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.