Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Admin region
- Detmold
- District
- Lippe
- Mayor 2019 24
- Matthias Kalkreuter ( SPD )
- Total
- 76.04 km (29.36 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Density
- 461.0/km (1,194/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 32779–32791
- Dialling codes
- 05232
- Vehicle registration
- LIP
- Website
- www.lage.de
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Encyclopedic overview
Lage ( German pronunciation: [ˈlaːɡə] ) is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, approximatively 8 km northwest of the administrative centre Detmold. It has 35,099 inhabitants (2016). The coat of arms of Lage depicts a farmer's plough. The city is not far from the Teutoburg Forest. Due to its convenient location Lage developed into a traffic hub in the former Principality of Lippe, today's district of Lippe.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.