Lichtenau (Lichtenau)

Lichtenau City of Lichtenau
	Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 53 ′ 43 ″ E
Height :	305 m above sea level NN
Area :	32.54 km²
Residents :	2625 (March 31, 2007)
Population density :	81 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	33165
Area code :	05295
	Location of Lichtenau in Lichtenau

Lichtenau is the central district of Lichtenau in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany and belongs to the Paderborn district . The village is the seat of the city administration. Lichtenau is still part of the Bürener Land region .

geography

Neighboring places

Starting in the southeast, the Lichtenau districts of Kleinenberg , Holtheim , Husen , Ebbinghausen , Grundsteinheim , Asseln and Hakenberg border the town of Lichtenau in a clockwise direction . The eastern boundary of the town is at the same time Lichtenau town boundary and district boundary against the district of Höxter with the city of Willebadessen .

climate

Like Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Lichtenau belongs to the oceanic climatic area of northwest Germany , to which it owes its low temperature contrasts and mild winters. However, continental influences are already at work . The temperature in summer is higher and the nights are cooler than in closer proximity to the coast. The location on the edge of the Egge Mountains causes a submontane climate of the low mountain range with cooler temperatures and higher precipitation than in other locations in the district.

history

Castle in Lichtenau

Before 1 January 1975 , the then city Lichtenau is part of the Office Lichtenau (Westfalen) in county Buren . With the entry into force of the Sauerland / Paderborn law on this day, most of the municipalities of the Atteln office will be merged with the municipalities of the Lichtenau office and thus also Lichtenau to form the new city of Lichtenau (Westphalia) and will join the Paderborn district.

The legal successor to the dissolved office of Lichtenau and the previous city of Lichtenau is the newly formed city of Lichtenau.

coat of arms

Historical coat of arms from 1908, today the town's coat of arms

The coat of arms given to the city at that time by decree of the Prussian King in 1908 has served as the coat of arms of today's town since the municipal reform of 1975.

politics

Bernhard Fecke is the mayor of Lichtenau.

Culture and sights

Medieval castle
Catholic parish church of St. Kilian

Web links

Lichtenau village in the city of Lichtenau (Westphalia)

Individual evidence

^ Geographical Commission for Westphalia (ed.): Geographisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Westfalen, Topic X Administration and Management, double sheet state and municipal administrative structure , Münster 1990. Cf.
^ Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district. Paderborn 1974, p. 24 ff.

[1] Geographical Commission for Westphalia (ed.): Geographisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Westfalen, Topic X Administration and Management, double sheet state and municipal administrative structure , Münster 1990. Cf.

[2] Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district. Paderborn 1974, p. 24 ff.