Schlangen

Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has c. 9,000 inhabitants (2013) and exists in relative prosperity. The municipality lies only few kilometers from Detmold far away, at the edge of the sandy Sea and stretches to the south slope of the Teutoburger forest out to up to the heights of the mountain course.

Schlangen
Coat of arms
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district
Schlangen Show map of Germany Schlangen Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Government
• Mayor	Ulrich Knorr (SPD)
Area
• Total	75.97 km^2 (29.33 sq mi)
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,261
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	33189
Dialling codes	05252
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.schlangen-online.de

Politics

The town councilor from queues consists of 26 advice women and councilmen.

Parties and voter communities		% 2014	seats 2014
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	36,68	10
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	43,80	11
FDP	Free Democratic Party (Germany)	7,14	2
GRÜNE	Alliance '90/The Greens	12,38	3
Total		100,0	26
Poll in %		63,1

(conditions: Local election 2014)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:[2]

• Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
2. "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

External links

• Official website (in German)