Bünde

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Bünde
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Herford
Town subdivisions	12
Mayor	Anett Kleine-Döpke-Güse (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	59.30 km² (22.9 sq mi)
Elevation	59-175 m
Population	44,994 (31/12/2006)
- Density	759 /km² (1,965 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HF
Postal code	32257
Area code	05223
Website	www.buende.de Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 8°36′00″E / 52.2, 8.6

Bünde is a town in the Herford district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Districts
- 1.2 Twin towns
2 History
3 Natural history
4 Industry
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Bünde is situated between Bielefeld (west) and Hannover (east). The small river Else crosses the town.

[edit] Districts

The town is divided into 12 districts (Population numbers as of June 30th, 2005):

Bünde (city center) (11,163 inhabitants)
Ennigloh (9,146 inhabitants)
Spradow (4,832 inhabitants)
Südlengern (4,610 inhabitants)
Dünne (4,165 inhabitants)
Holsen (3,762 inhabitants)

Hunnebrock (3,329 inhabitants)
Ahle (2,060 inhabitants)
Bustedt (1,751 inhabitants)
Hüffen (1,653 inhabitants)
Werfen (934 inhabitants)
Muckum (853 inhabitants)

[edit] Twin towns

Jakobstad / Pietarsaari, Finland - since 1968
Leisnig, Germany - since 1990

[edit] History

Bünde was first mentioned in 853. It has one of the oldest church foundations of Westphalia, the 'Laurentius Church' (founded about 778 - 840).

[edit] Natural history

About 30 million-year-old fossils were found in the Doberg, including a skull of a toothed whale (Easqualadon langewieschei) and a skeleton of a manatee (Anemotherium langewieschei). Both were found 1911-1912 by Friedrich Langewiesche, who became an honorary citizen of Bünde. The fossils are presented in 'Doberg Museum' in Bünde.

[edit] Industry

The main industries are kitchen furniture and cigar manufacturers. The town is called the Cigar Box of Germany. Many tobacco products such as pipes, and tobacco jars are also produced here. The Westphalian tobacco industry is based here, as well as the tobacco museums.

Afterglow above Bünde	In Downtown Bünde	The church "St. Laurentius"	Tabakspeicher and ZOB
The Tabakspeicher	The Train Station	German Tobacco- and Cigarmuseum	Wellensiekdenkmal