Lügde

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Lügde
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lügde
Lügde (Germany)
Lügde
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Lippe
Mayor Hubert Scholand (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 88.61 km² (34.2 sq mi)
Elevation 297 m  (974 ft)
Population 10,928  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 123 /km² (319 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LIP
Postal codes 32668–32676
Area codes 05281, 05283
Website www.luegde.de
Location of the town of Lügde within Lippe district
Map

Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 09°15′00″E / 51.95, 9.25

Lügde is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 11,000 inhabitants.

The first written issue of Lügde appears in 784, in the annals of the Frankish empire, when Charlemagne visited the village during the Saxon Wars. During this wars Charlemagne celebrated his first Christmas in Saxony in Lügde, and the site then became the location of the first church to be built in Saxony. The gothic church was rebuilt in the 12th century and it is still standing today. The church is known as the Kilianskirche.

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