Lengerich, Westphalia
# Lengerich, Westphalia

Lengerich (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 15 km south-west of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.

## Transportation

Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly connections to Münster and Osnabrück. The A1 autobahn also runs through Lengerich and the Lengerich/Tecklenburg exit is located to the west of the city.

## Mayors

The mayor is the pharmacist Wilhelm Möhrke (independent), the predecessor was Friedrich Prigge.

## International relations

Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:

* Leegebruch (Brandenburg, Germany)
* Wapakoneta (Ohio, United States)
* Warta (Poland)

Lengerich's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lienen, are sister cities in the United States with Wapakoneta's neighbors New Knoxville and Saint Marys, respectively.

## Notable people

* Friedrich Kipp (1878–1953), writer
* Wolfgang Sidka (born 1954), football professional and coach
* Rudolf Smend (1851–1913), Theologian (Old Testament)
* Julius Smend (1857–1930), theologian
* Kai Strauss (born 1970), blues musician
* Wolfgang Streeck (born 1946), sociologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Society Research in Cologne
