Schlangen

Schlangen
Municipality
Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
Coat of arms of Schlangen
Coat of arms
North Rhine-WestphaliaLower SaxonyHöxter (district)Paderborn (district)Gütersloh (district)BielefeldMinden-LübbeckeHerford (district)DetmoldBarntrupBlombergDörentrupSchlangenLemgoLageAugustdorfBad SalzuflenExtertalLeopoldshöheHorn-Bad MeinbergLügdeSchieder-SchwalenbergOerlinghausenKalletal
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district
Interactive map of Schlangen
Schlangen is located in Germany
Schlangen
Schlangen
Location within Germany
Schlangen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schlangen
Schlangen
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°49′00″N 08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°E / 51.81667; 8.83306
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictLippe
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25)Marcus Püster (CDU)
Area
 • Total
75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
9,249
 • Density121.7/km2 (315.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
33189
Dialling codes05252
Vehicle registrationLIP
Websitewww.schlangen-online.de

Schlangen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃlaŋən] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9,200 inhabitants as of 2025 and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the Senne to the southern slopes of the Teutoburg Forest.

Population

Politics

The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:

Parties and voter communities %
2014		 seats
2014
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 36,68 10
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 43,80 11
FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 7,14 2
GRÜNE Alliance '90/The Greens 12,38 3
Total 100,0 26
Poll in % 63,1

(conditions: Local election 2014)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:

References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2025 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
  3. ↑ "Landesdatabank Nordrhein-Westfalen Tabelle 12411-01i: Bevölkerungsstand - Gemeinden - Stichtag". Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.