Oerlinghausen
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
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- Geography
- History and culture
- Number of inhabitants
- Mayors
- Sons and daughters of the town
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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.