Lemgo | |
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 Market Square of Lemgo | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lemgo within Lippe district  | |
  Lemgo  Lemgo | |
| Coordinates: 52°1′38″N 8°54′42″E / 52.02722°N 8.91167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Lippe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Markus Baier[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.85 km2 (38.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 40,531 |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 32657 |
| Dialling codes | 05261, 05266 (Brüntorf, partially Matorf-Kirchheide) |
| Vehicle registration | LIP |
| Website | www.lemgo.de |
Lemgo (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛmɡoː]; Low German: Lemge, Lemje) is a University and Old Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of Hannover.
Lemgo is the oldest town in the former principality of Lippe and has a population of c. 45,000 and belongs to the OWL region, which is one of the most important cluster regions for mechanical engineering and industrial electronics in Germany. In 2017 the German Internet portal reisereporter.de placed Lemgo among the most beautiful ten half-timbered towns in Germany.
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "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.