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Oerlinghausen (; ) is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany located between Bielefeld and Detmold in the Teutoburg Forest. At the end of February 2023, it had 17,314 inhabitants.

Key facts

German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_photo
Oerlinghausen03.jpg
German place.image_caption
A view of Oerlinghausen
German place.image_flag
Flagge Oerlinghausen.svg
German place.image_coa
Wappen von Oerlinghausen.svg
German place.image_plan
Oerlinghausen in LIP.svg
German place.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German place.region
Detmold
German place.district
Lippe
German place.elevation
214
German place.area
32.69
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 7 66 056
German place.postal_code
33813
German place.area_code
05202
German place.licence
LIP
German place.website
oerlinghausen.de
German place.mayor
Dirk Becker
German place.leader_term
2020–25

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Oerlinghausen
Country
Germany
Population
17287
Area
32.69
Elevation
214
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Head of government
Dirk Becker
Shares border with
Bielefeld
Official website
www.oerlinghausen.de
Image
Oerlinghausen innovative sights.JPG
Dialing code
05202
Licence plate code
LIP
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Category:Oerlinghausen
twinned administrative body
Osterburg
Commons category
Oerlinghausen
postal code
33813
Commons gallery
Oerlinghausen
native label
Oerlinghausen
hashtag
Oerlinghausen
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  • History and culture
  • Number of inhabitants
  • Mayors
  • Sons and daughters of the town
  • References
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Oerlinghausen (; ) is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany located between Bielefeld and Detmold in the Teutoburg Forest. At the end of February 2023, it had 17,314 inhabitants.

==Geography== Geographically, Oerlinghausen is situated on top of the Teutoburger Forest hills. Oerlinghausen's highest point is the Tönsberg with 334 meters. The flatlands of northern Germany start some 40 km north of Oerlinghausen. There are hiking routes (such as the Hermannsweg) along the hill chain which stretches 80 km in east-west direction. To the south of the hills are large sand areas originating from melting glaciers during past ice ages. Although not high, the hills are steep in many places and almost completely covered by forest.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oerlinghausen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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