Salzkotten

Salzkotten () is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name Salzkotten (in English, "Salt cottages") is based in the former salt production, which gave Salzkotten its raison d'être. Salt was found in the salty springs around the town.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.name: Salzkotten
German location.image_photo: Salzkotten Straße 1.jpg
German location.image_caption: Street in Salzkotten
German location.image_flag: Flagge der Stadt Salzkotten.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Salzkotten COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Salzkotten in PB.svg
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Detmold
German location.district: Paderborn
German location.elevation: 97
German location.area: 109.8
German location.postal_code: 33143–33154
German location.area_code: 0525802955 Niederntudorf02948 Mantinghausen, Verlar and parts of Schwelle
German location.licence: PB
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 7 74 036
German location.divisions: 10
German location.website: www.salzkotten.de

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Administrational division
Industry
History
Mayors
Population development
Politics
Culture
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
References
External links

==Geography== Salzkotten is situated at the border between the flat park landscape of the Münsterland in the north, the Soest Börde in the west and the dry rocky mountains with many forests in the south. It has many small fountains and rivers bringing water from the mountains to the Rhine. It is located approximately 12 km south-west of Paderborn.

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