Lengerich
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Lengerich within Steinfurt district
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Coordinates: 52°10′30″N 7°52′0″E / 52.17500°N 7.86667°E / 52.17500; 7.86667
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Münster
District	Steinfurt
Subdivisions	12
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Wilhelm Möhrke[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	90.71 km2 (35.02 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	22,527
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49525
Dialling codes	05481 05482 (Wechte)
Vehicle registration	ST, TE, BF
Website	www.lengerich.de

Lengerich (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛŋəʁɪç] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 15 km south-west of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.

Transportation

Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly connections to Münster and Osnabrück. The A1 autobahn also runs through Lengerich and the Lengerich/Tecklenburg exit is located to the west of the city.

Mayors

The mayor is the pharmacist Wilhelm Möhrke (independent), the predecessor was Friedrich Prigge.

International relations

Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:

• Leegebruch (Brandenburg, Germany)
• Wapakoneta (Ohio, United States)
• Warta (Poland)

Lengerich's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lienen, are sister cities in the United States with Wapakoneta's neighbors New Knoxville and Saint Marys, respectively.

Notable people

• Friedrich Kipp (1878–1953), writer
• Wolfgang Sidka (born 1954), football professional and coach
• Rudolf Smend (1851–1913), Theologian (Old Testament)
• Julius Smend (1857–1930), theologian
• Kai Strauss (born 1970), blues musician^[3]
• Wolfgang Streeck (born 1946), sociologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Society Research in Cologne