Warendorf

Warendorf (, Westphalian: Warnduorp) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of Warendorf District.

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Warendorf is a town located in North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in western Germany. It serves as the capital of Warendorf District, making it an important administrative center for the region.

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German location.name: Warendorf
German location.type: Town
German location.image_photo: Warendorf Rathaus 4574.jpg
German location.image_caption: Townhall in Warendorf
German location.image_flag: Flagge Warendorf.svg
German location.image_coa: DE Warendorf COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Warendorf in WAF.svg
German location.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region: Münster
German location.district: Warendorf
German location.elevation: 57
German location.area: 176.88
German location.postal_code: 48231
German location.area_code: 02581
German location.licence: WAF, BE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 5 70 052
German location.website: www.warendorf.de
German location.mayor: Peter Horstmann

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Hanseatic city
Country: Germany
Located in: Warendorf District
Population: 37847
Area: 176.88
Elevation: 63
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Ems
Capital of: Warendorf District
Shares border with: Ostbevern
Official website: www.warendorf.de
Image: Warendorf-marktplatz.jpg
Dialing code: 02586
Licence plate code: WAF

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different from: Warendorf
twinned administrative body: Oleśnica
Commons category: Warendorf
postal code: 48231
topic's main category: Category:Warendorf
Commons gallery: Warendorf
short name: Wrf
category of associated people: Category:People from Warendorf
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Warendorf (, Westphalian: Warnduorp) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of Warendorf District.

The town is best known today for its well-preserved medieval town centre, for horse-riding, and the opportunities it provides for cycling. Bicycles are such a common means of transport in the area that many cycle paths have been built, even alongside main roads outside the town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Warendorf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.