Lichtenau, Westphalia

Lichtenau
Town hall in Lichtenau
Coat of arms
Lichtenau
Location of Lichtenau within Paderborn district
Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 08°53′00″E / 51.60000°N 8.88333°ECoordinates: 51°36′00″N 08°53′00″E / 51.60000°N 8.88333°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Paderborn
Government
• Mayor	Josef Hartmann (Die PARTEI)
Area
• Total	192.17 km^2 (74.20 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	10,621
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	33162–33165
Dialling codes	05295 05292 Atteln 05647 Kleinenberg 05259 Herbram-Wald 02994 Blankenrode
Vehicle registration	PB
Website	www.lichtenau.de

Lichtenau is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Lichtenau is situated on the western slope of the Eggegebirge, approx. 15 km south-east of Paderborn.

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Lichtenau consists of the following 15 districts:

• Lichtenau District
• Asseln
• Atteln
• Blankenrode
• Dalheim
• Ebbinghausen
• Grundsteinheim
• Hakenberg
• Henglarn
• Herbram
• Holtheim
• Husen
• Iggenhausen
• Kleinenberg

Twin Towns

• Le Mans-Mayet (France—since September 29, 1985
• Rangsdorf (Brandenburg, Germany—since February 27, 1993
• Pieniężno (Poland) -- since Oktober 14th, 1996

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.

External links

• Official site (German)
• Town history (German)