Lennestadt

Lennestadt (, ; occasionally also die Lennestadt) lies in the Sauerland in southeast North Rhine-Westphalia and is a municipality in Olpe district. It is the district's most populous municipality. Lennestadt itself is not an actual town but a municipality which comprises several towns and villages.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.name: Lennestadt
German location.image_photo: Burg Bilstein.jpg
German location.image_caption: Bilstein Castle
German location.image_coa: DEU Lennestadt COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Lennestadt in OE.svg
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Arnsberg
German location.district: Olpe
German location.elevation: 410
German location.area: 135.59
German location.postal_code: 57368
German location.area_code: 02721, 02723, 02972 u. 02725
German location.licence: OE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 9 66 020
German location.divisions: 48
German location.website: www.lennestadt.de
German location.mayor: Tobias Puspas

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Neighbouring municipalities
Constituent municipalities
History
Amalgamations
Population development
Politics
Town council
Mayor
National and regional elections
Coat of arms
Town patron
Twin towns – sister cities
Culture and sightseeing
Theatre
Museum
Buildings
Parks
Regular events
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
Public institutions
Transport
Local public transport
Historical
Private transport
Cycle transport
Media
Education
Notable people
Honorary citizens
References
External links

== Geography == Lennestadt lies at the common point of the Ebbegebirge (in the west), Homert and Rothaargebirge (in the east) Nature Parks and is crossed by the river Lenne, a tributary to the Ruhr. Besides the Hundem, which empties into the Lenne in the outlying centre of Altenhundem, the Veischede also feeds this river, near Grevenbrück.

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