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Höxter
Sign in to saveHöxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km (32 miles) north of Kassel. It lies the heart of the Weser Uplands, and is the seat of the Höxter district. The district of Höxter has a population of 30,000, with the city itself making up around half of the population. Historical place names of Höxter are Hoxer and Huxaria.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Rathaus Höxter.png
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Höxter COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Höxter in HX.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Detmold
- German location.district
- Höxter
- German location.elevation
- 96
- German location.area
- 158.16
- German location.postal_code
- 37651–37671
- German location.area_code
- 05271, 05531, 05275, 05277, 05278
- German location.licence
- HX
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 7 62 020
- German location.divisions
- 13
- German location.website
- Hoexter.de
- German location.mayor
- Daniel Hartmann
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–25
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Höxter
- Population
- 28749
- Area
- 158.16
- Elevation
- 96
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Weser
- Capital of
- Höxter
- Shares border with
- Lügde
- Official website
- www.hoexter.de
- Image
- Bushaltestelle Stadthaus, 1, Höxter, Landkreis Höxter.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05531
- Licence plate code
- HX
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- postal code
- 37671
- twinned administrative body
- Corbie
- topic's main category
- Category:Höxter
- Commons category
- Höxter
- category for people born here
- Q17301471
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Höxter
- Commons gallery
- Höxter
- P6814
- Höxter
- P8168
- Wildersbach
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Höxter
- hashtag
- Höxter
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Subdivisions
- History
- Albaxen
- Lüchtringen
- Economy
- Attractions
- Government
- Town council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Infrastructure
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Höxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km (32 miles) north of Kassel. It lies the heart of the Weser Uplands, and is the seat of the Höxter district. The district of Höxter has a population of 30,000, with the city itself making up around half of the population. Historical place names of Höxter are Hoxer and Huxaria.
== Subdivisions == As part of North Rhine-Westphalia's municipal reforms, the collective municipality of Höxter came into being on 1 January 1970, formed out of the eleven communities of the former Amt of Höxter-Land, the main town, and the community of Bruchhausen from the former Amt of Beverungen. The communities voluntarily merged to pool their resources and establish a unified administration. The constituent communities are: Albaxen Bosseborn Bödexen Brenkhausen Bruchhausen Fürstenau Godelheim Lüchtringen Lütmarsen Ottbergen Ovenhausen Stahle
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Höxter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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