Lemgo
Sign in to saveLemgo (; ) is a university and old Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Lemgo is a historic city in western Germany that was once an important trading center in the Hanseatic League, a powerful medieval merchant network. Today it functions as a university town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, preserving its old character while serving as a modern center of education and commerce.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Town
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Lemgo.svg
- German location.image_photo
- File:Lemgo - Marktplatz mit Rathaus.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Market Square of Lemgo
- German location.image_plan
- Lemgo in LIP.svg
- German location.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.region
- Detmold
- German location.district
- Lippe
- German location.elevation
- 100
- German location.area
- 100.85
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 7 66 044
- German location.postal_code
- 32657
Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- British Army
- Research and education
- Digital transformation
- Transport
- Culture
- Museum
- Historical buildings
- Hexenbürgermeisterhaus
- Town hall
- Brake Castle
- Other historical town houses
- Sport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Lemgo (; ) is a university and old Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of Hannover.