Erwitte
Erwitte | |
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Coat of arms | |
show Location of Erwitte within Soest district | |
Erwitte | |
Coordinates: 51°37′N 08°21′E / 51.617°N 8.350°ECoordinates: 51°37′N 08°21′E / 51.617°N 8.350°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Arnsberg |
District | Soest |
Subdivisions | 15 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Hendrik Henneböhl[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 73.79 km2 (28.49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 16,117 |
• Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 59597 |
Dialling codes | 02943 02945 |
Vehicle registration | SO, LP |
Website | www.erwitte.de |
Erwitte (Erwitte (help·info)) is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography[]
Erwitte is situated approximately 8 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest.
Neighbouring municipalities[]
Division of the town[]
After the local government reforms of 1975 Erwitte consists of 15 districts:
- Erwitte (6510 inhabitants)
- Eikeloh (518 inhabitants)
- Merklinghausen/Wiggeringhausen (179 inhabitants)
- Horn-Millinghausen (894 inhabitants)
- Berenbrock (309 inhabitants)
- Seringhausen (65 inhabitants)
- Stirpe (1079 inhabitants)
- Ebbinghausen (201 inhabitants)
- Böckum (209 inhabitants)
- Völlinghausen (811 inhabitants)
- Schallern (291 inhabitants)
- Norddorf (159 inhabitants)
- Schmerlecke (732 inhabitants)
- Weckinghausen (67 inhabitants)
- Bad Westernkotten (4097 inhabitants)
International relations[]
Erwitte is twinned with:
History[]
Officially the town of Erwitte is mentioned in the year 836 for the first time and the medieval architecture can still be seen in the town center.
Industry[]
Erwitte is home to a thriving cement industry which, together with the heating valve company Heimeier, make up the largest companies in the area.
Sons and daughters of the town[]
- Friedrich Blumenröhr (born 1936), jurist, former chairman at the Federal Court
- Ulrich Cyran (born 1956), actor and lecturer
- Christof Rasche (born 1962), politician (FDP)
- Wolfgang Schäfers (born 1965), owner of the chair for real estate management at the University of Regensburg
People who are connected to the place[]
- Jodocus Boget († 1630), Erwitt pastor, burned for witchcraft on the pyre
- Heinrich Gersmeier (nickname: Schäfer Heinrich) (born 1966), farmer and singer from Völlinghausen
References[]
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links[]
- Official site (in German)
Categories:
- Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Soest (district)
- Province of Westphalia
- Arnsberg region geography stubs