Schlangen | |
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 Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district  | |
  Schlangen  Schlangen | |
| Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Lippe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Marcus Püster[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,276 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 33189 |
| Dialling codes | 05252 |
| Vehicle registration | LIP |
| Website | www.schlangen-online.de |
Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9.000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy Sea to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope.
Politics
The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2014 |
seats 2014 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 36,68 | 10 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 43,80 | 11 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party (Germany) | 7,14 | 2 |
| GRÜNE | Alliance '90/The Greens | 12,38 | 3 |
| Total | 100,0 | 26 | |
| Poll in % | 63,1 | ||
(conditions: Local election 2014)
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[3]
Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999
References
- ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links
- Official website (in German)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schlangen.
Towns and municipalities in Lippe | ||
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 Coat of Arms of Lippe district | ||
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