Warburg
Sign in to saveWarburg (; Westphalian: Warberich or Warborg) is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany on the river Diemel near the three-state point shared by Hessen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in Höxter district and Detmold region. Warburg is the midpoint in the Warburger Börde. Since March 2012 the city is allowed to call itself 'Hanseatic City of Warburg'.
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Warburg is a town in eastern Germany located on the Diemel River at the point where three states meet, situated in the Höxter district of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2012, it has held the official designation of "Hanseatic City of Warburg," a historical title that reflects its heritage as a trading center.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Stadtpanorama-Warburg-2013.jpg
- German place.image_flag
- DEU Warburg Banner.svg
- German place.image_coa
- Stadtwappen der Stadt Warburg.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Warburg in HX.svg
- German place.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German place.region
- Detmold
- German place.district
- Höxter
- German place.elevation
- 230
- German place.area
- 168.84
- German place.postal_code
- 34414
- German place.area_code
- 0 56 41
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39 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Constituent communities
- History
- Early history
- Middle Ages
- Unification of the two towns
- Modern times
- History of the districts
- Welda
- Wormeln
- Demographics
- Religion
- Christianity
- Catholic church
- Syriac Orthodox
- Jewish life in Warburg
- Culture
- Buildings
- Medieval fortification
- Theatre and cinema
- Concerts
- Museums
- Regular events
- Climate
- Politics
- Town council
- Coat of arms
- Town friendships
- Town partnerships
- Economy
- Established businesses
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Fire brigade
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Warburg (; Westphalian: Warberich or Warborg) is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany on the river Diemel near the three-state point shared by Hessen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in Höxter district and Detmold region. Warburg is the midpoint in the Warburger Börde. Since March 2012 the city is allowed to call itself 'Hanseatic City of Warburg'.
== Geography == thumb|right|Warburg as seen from the Desenberg The main town, consisting of the Old Town (Altstadt) and the New Town (Neustadt) and bearing the same name as the whole town, is a hill town. While the Old Town lies in the Diemel Valley, the New Town rises on the heights above the Diemel. The Warburg municipal area borders in the west on the Sauerland and in the northwest on the Eggegebirge foothills, while in the north and northeast the Warburger Börde abuts the town and in the south stretches the Diemel Valley.