Kirchlengern

Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyKirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx. 10 km north of Herford.Neighbouring places Hüllhorst Löhne Hiddenhausen BündeDivision of the municipalityThe municipality is divided in 7 districts: Häver (1,900 inhabitants) Kirchlengern (6,051 inhabitants) Klosterbauerschaft (2,568 inhabitants) Quernheim (1,549 inhabitants) Rehmerloh (203 inhabitants) Stift Quernheim (1,668 inhabitants) Südlengern (3,154 inhabitants)Mayorssince 2004: Rüdiger Meier (CDU) 1999-2004: Werner Helmke (SPD)Notable Persons 1821, Tönies Wellensiek, †1903 1833, Ernst Heinrich Lindemann, †1900 1901, Rudolf Bäumer †25. September 1973 1911, August Wilhelm Torweihe †1994 1923, Werner Diestelhorst 1924, Hellmuth Buddenberg, †2003 1942, Gunter Gabriel 1953, Jürgen Klute 1953, Reinhard Göhner 1958, Elke Kruse 1963, Hermann Menninghaus 1983, Gerrit Hahn 1984, David Odonkor 1988, Chrissy Kütemann 1989, Oliver Schaffer 1989, Shane Saxton