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Lage (pronounced [ˈlaːgə]) is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, approximatively 8 km northwest of the administrative centre Detmold. It has 35,099 inhabitants (2016).[3] The coat of arms of Lage depicts a farmer's plough. The city is not far from the Teutoburg Forest. Due to its convenient location Lage developed into a traffic hub in the former Principality of Lippe, today's district of Lippe.

Lage
Town
Market square
Location of Lage within Lippe district
BlombergLage
Lage
Lage
Coordinates: 51°59′20″N 8°47′40″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictLippe
Government
  Mayor (201924) Matthias Kalkreuter[1] (SPD)
Area
  Total76.04 km2 (29.36 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total34,885
  Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
32779–32791
Dialling codes05232
Vehicle registrationLIP
Websitewww.lage.de

History


Numerous finds indicate a colonization of the location since the Neolithic times (2400 to 1800 b.c.).[4]

Around 900 a.d. the parish church of St. Johann (today's Marktkirche) has been founded on a hillhock at the river Werre and is the origin of today's city Lage. In 1274, Lage is mentioned the first time in a document for the life annuity of the local clergy by the sentence "Jordanus plebanis in Lagis". In 1539, with the election of the first mayor self-administration rights are provable.

In 1843, borough rights were awarded by ruler Leopold II, Prince of Lippe. In the years after 1880 the construction of the railway lines Herford to Detmold (1880) and Bielefeld to Lemgo (1893) linked Lage to the surrounding cities by train and created an interchange station.

During World War I (1914-1918) the hospital served as a military hospital. Sections of the Infantry Regiment 67 were quartered in the town. On 9 January 1933, Adolf Hitler spoke on a central square (Jahnplatz) in Lage. During World War II (1939-1945) several attacks by Allied bombers hit the center of Lage, causing over 60 casualties in the local population and destroying many houses.

In 1970, the city merged to form a large municipality with a population of 32,000 with the surrounding communities Billinghausen, Ehrentrup, Hagen, Hardissen, Hedderhagen, Heiden, Heßloh, Horste, Kachtenhausen / Wellentrup, Müssen, Ohrsen, Pottenhausen, Stapelage, Waddenhausen and Wissentrup after local government reorganization.


Twin towns – sister cities


Lage is twinned with:[5]


Notable people



References


  1. Bürgermeisterstichwahl Stadt Lage 16.06.2019, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. "IT.NRW – Publikationsservice: Detailinfo". webshop.it.nrw.de. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. Lage, Stadt. "Geschichtliche Entwicklung / Stadt Lage". www.lage.de (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. "Stadt – Informationen" (PDF). lage.de (in German). Lage. 19 November 2020. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2021.




На других языках


[de] Lage (Lippe)

Lage ist eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland und gehört zum Kreis Lippe. Die Stadt ist als „Zieglerstadt“, „Zuckerstadt“ und „Stadt des Sports“ bekannt.
- [en] Lage, North Rhine-Westphalia

[ru] Лаге (Липпе)

Лаге (нем. Lage) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.



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