Schlangen
Schlangen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Lippe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ulrich Knorr |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.98 km2 (29.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,357 |
| • 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 c. 9,000 inhabitants and exists in relative prosperity. The municipality lies only few kilometers from Detmold far away, at the edge of the sandy Sea and stretches to the south slope of the Teutoburger forest out to up to the heights of the mountain course.
Politics
The town councilor from queues consists of 26 advice women and councilmen.
| Parties and voter communities | % 2004 |
seats 2004 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 48,2 | 13 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 38,4 | 10 |
| GRÜNE | Alliance '90/The Greens | 13,4 | 3 |
| Gesamt | 100,0 | 26 | |
| Wahlbeteiligung in % | 63,1 | ||
(conditions: Local election on 26 September 2004)
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[2]
Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
References
External links
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