Borgholzhausen

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Borgholzhausen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Borgholzhausen
Borgholzhausen (Germany)
Borgholzhausen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Gütersloh
Town subdivisions 12
Mayor Klemens Keller
Basic statistics
Area 55.84 km² (21.6 sq mi)
Elevation 80-306 m
Population 8,780  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 157 /km² (407 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GT
Postal code 33829
Area codes 0 54 25
Website www.borgholzhausen.de

Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 08°18′00″E / 52.1, 8.3

Borgholzhausen is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 20 km north-west of Bielefeld.

[edit] Geography

Borgholzhausen lies in the middle of a clearing in the Teutoburg Forest on the northern edge of the Westfälischen Bucht. The city's centre lies about one kilometer east of Johannisberg. Borgholzhausen is sister cities with New Haven, Missouri.

[edit] Town Division

  • Barnhausen
  • Berghausen
  • Borgholzhausen
  • Casum
  • Cleve
  • Hamlingdorf
  • Holtfeld
  • Kleekamp
  • Oldendorf
  • Ostbarthausen
  • Westbarthausen
  • Wichlinghausen
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