Schlangen

Schlangen
Coat of arms
Schlangen
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district
Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°ECoordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°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)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,016
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	33189
Dialling codes	05252
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.schlangen-online.de

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.

Politics

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

Parties and voter communities		% 2004	seats 2004
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	48,2	13
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	38,4	10
GRÜNE	Alliance '90/The Greens	13,4	3
Gesamt		100,0	26
Wahlbeteiligung in %		63,1

(conditions: Local election on 26 September 2004)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:^[2]

• Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.
2. "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

External links

• Official website (German)