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Lemgo (; ) is a university and old Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Lemgo is a historic city in western Germany that was once an important trading center in the Hanseatic League, a powerful medieval merchant network. Today it functions as a university town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, preserving its old character while serving as a modern center of education and commerce.

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German location.type
Town
German location.image_coa
Wappen Lemgo.svg
German location.image_photo
File:Lemgo - Marktplatz mit Rathaus.jpg
German location.image_caption
Market Square of Lemgo
German location.image_plan
Lemgo in LIP.svg
German location.state
North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region
Detmold
German location.district
Lippe
German location.elevation
100
German location.area
100.85
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 7 66 044
German location.postal_code
32657
German location.area_code
05261, 05266 (Brüntorf, partially Matorf-Kirchheide)
German location.licence
LIP
German location.website
www.lemgo.de
German location.mayor
Markus Baier
German location.leader_term
2020–25
German location.party
independent

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Official website

Willkommen in der Alten Hansestadt Lemgo

lemgo.net

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Wikidata facts

Population
40531
Area
100.85
Elevation
100
Official website
www.lemgo.de
Image
Lemgo Marktplatz1 017 4587.jpg
Dialing code
05266
Licence plate code
LIP
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Commons category
Lemgo
postal code
32657
Commons gallery
Lemgo
short name
Lmg
P6814
Lemgo
hashtag
Lemgo
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17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • British Army
  • Research and education
  • Digital transformation
  • Transport
  • Culture
  • Museum
  • Historical buildings
  • Hexenbürgermeisterhaus
  • Town hall
  • Brake Castle
  • Other historical town houses
  • Sport
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Lemgo (; ) is a university and old Hanseatic town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of Hannover.

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