Warstein

Warstein () is a municipality with town status in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of Sauerland.

Key facts

German place.name: Warstein
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_photo: Warstein vom Piusberg.jpg
German place.image_caption: View of Warstein with St. Pancratius and the Old Church
German place.image_coa: Warstein-coa.svg
German place.image_plan: Warstein in SO.svg
German place.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German place.region: Arnsberg
German place.district: Soest
German place.elevation: 310
German place.area: 158.03
German place.postal_code: 59581
German place.area_code: 02902 (Warstein),02925 (Allagen)
German place.licence: SO
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 9 74 044
German place.divisions: 9
German place.website: www.warstein.de
German place.mayor: Thomas Schöne

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Neighbouring municipalities
Subdivisions
History
List of mayors
International relations
Economy
Notable people
References
Further reading
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Warstein () is a municipality with town status in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of Sauerland.

==Geography== thumb|left|Map of the nine districts of Warstein Warstein is located north of the Arnsberger Wald (forest), at a brook called Wäster. The area south of the city is mostly forested; the lightly forested Haarstrang mountain is to the north. The river Möhne flows between these two areas. The highest elevation is in the south of the city near a hill called Stimm Stamm; the lowest elevation is in the village Waldhausen in the north.

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