- Source: Kirchlengern
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 Brandbach flows into the Else in Kirchlengern.
= Neighbouring places
=Hüllhorst
Löhne
Hiddenhausen
Bünde
= Division of the municipality
=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)
Mayors
since 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU)
1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)
Notable people
1833–1900, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, politician
1924–2003, Hellmuth Buddenberg, manager
1942–2017, Gunter Gabriel, singer
1953, Jürgen Klute, politician
1953, Reinhard Göhner, politician
1958, Elke Kruse, artist
1984, David Odonkor, footballer
References
External links
Official website (in German)