Lemgo

Old Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place medium_sized_district_town Q14817
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Lemgo

Summary

Lemgo is a medium-sized district town[1]. Lemgo ranks in the top 5% of medium_sized_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lemgo was a member of association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3].
  • Lemgo was a member of Mayors for Peace[4].
  • Lemgo was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[5].
  • Lemgo is located in Lippe[6].
  • Lemgo is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Lemgo's instance of is recorded as medium-sized district town[8].
  • Lemgo's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city[9].
  • Lemgo's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[10].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Kalletal[11].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Dörentrup[12].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Blomberg[13].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Detmold[14].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Lage[15].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Bad Salzuflen[16].
  • Lemgo's shares border with is recorded as Vlotho[17].
  • Lemgo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy[18].
  • Lemgo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stendal[19].
  • Lemgo's postal code is recorded as 32657[20].
  • Lemgo's Commons category is recorded as Lemgo[21].
  • Lemgo's licence plate code is recorded as LIP[22].
  • Lemgo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[23].
  • Lemgo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[24].
  • Lemgo's local dialing code is recorded as 05261[25].
  • Lemgo's local dialing code is recorded as 05266[26].
  • Lemgo's archives at is recorded as Stadtarchiv Lemgo[27].

Body

Geography

Lemgo is in the country of Germany[7]. Lemgo is located in Lippe[6].

Physical Characteristics

Lemgo covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+100.85'}[28]. Lemgo sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+100'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+40871'}[30], {'amount': '+39664'}[31], {'amount': '+40696'}[32], {'amount': '+40345'}[33], {'amount': '+40594'}[34], and {'amount': '+40531'}[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include medium-sized district town[8], Hanseatic city[9], and urban municipality in Germany[10].

Why It Matters

Lemgo ranks in the top 5% of medium_sized_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2] Lemgo has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . agfs-nrw.de. Retrieved . agfs-nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [4] . mayorsforpeace.org. Retrieved . mayorsforpeace.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [5] . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Lippe
    Topic's main category Category:Lemgo
    Category for maps or plans Category:Maps of Lemgo
    Category for the view of the item Category:Views of Lemgo
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