Kirchlengern
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Kirchlengern is a village and a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford. Its population was about 16,503 in July 2005. Bünde lies next to Kirchlengern in the west.
[edit] Geography
The village is dividet in 7 districts
- Häver (1.900)
- Kirchlengern (6.051)
- Klosterbauerschaft (2.568)
- Quernheim (1.549)
- Rehmerloh (203)
- Stift Quernheim (1.668)
- Südlengern (3.154)
[edit] Famous People
- 1821, Tönies Wellensiek, †1903
- 1833, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, †1900
- 1901, Rudolf Bäumer †25. September 1973
- 1911, August Wilhelm Torweihe †1994
- 1923, Werner Diestelhorst
- 1924, Hellmuth Buddenberg, †2003
- 1942, Gunter Gabriel
- 1953, Jürgen Klute
- 1953, Reinhard Göhner
- 1958, Elke Kruse
- 1963, Hermann Menninghaus
- 1984, David Odonkor
Cities and towns in Herford (district)
Bünde | Enger | Herford | Hiddenhausen | Kirchlengern | Löhne | Rödinghausen | Spenge | Vlotho |