Horn-Bad Meinberg

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Horn-Bad Meinberg
Town
The Town Hall of Horn-Bad Meinberg.
Coat of arms
Location of Horn-Bad Meinberg within Lippe district
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Coordinates: 51°53′N 8°58′E / 51.883°N 8.967°E / 51.883; 8.967
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Subdivisions	16
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Heinz-Dieter Krüger[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	90.15 km2 (34.81 sq mi)
Elevation	207 m (679 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	17,329
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	32805
Dialling codes	05234
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.horn-badmeinberg.de

Horn-Bad Meinberg (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁn baːtˈmaɪ̯nˌbɛʁk] ^ⓘ; Low German: Häoern-Möomag ) ^[3] is a German city in the Lippe district in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia on the edge of the Teutoburg forest. The district Bad Meinberg is a spa resort. It has 17,263 inhabitants (2019). It was formed in 1970 by merging various other municipalities that had grown together, including Bad Meinberg and Horn - the new entity's original name was Bad Meinberg-Horn, before taking its present name.

Horn-Bad Meinberg is the location of the Externsteine, a rock formation consisting of several tall, narrow columns.