Kirchlengern

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Location of Kirchlengern within Herford district

(2020–25) Rüdiger Meier^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total33.78 km² (13.04 sq mi)Elevation

53 m (174 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total16,366 • Density480/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

32278

Dialling codes05223 (Bünde)Vehicle registrationHFWebsitewww.kirchlengern.de

Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford.

The municipality is divided in 7 districts:

Häver (1,900 inhabitants)
Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants)
Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants)
Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants)
Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants)
Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants)
Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.