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Oerlinghausen German: [ˈœʁlɪŋhaʊzən] (Low German Ankhiusen) is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany located between Bielefeld and Detmold in the Teutoburger Wald. It has c. 16,700 inhabitants (2013).

Oerlinghausen
Town
A view of Oerlinghausen
Coat of arms
Location of Oerlinghausen within Lippe district
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Coordinates: 51°58′00″N 08°40′00″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Dirk Becker[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	32.69 km2 (12.62 sq mi)
Elevation	214 m (702 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	17,065
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33813
Dialling codes	05202
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.oerlinghausen.de

Geography

Geographically, Oerlinghausen is situated on top of the Teutoburger Wald hills. Oerlinghausen's highest point is the Tönsberg with 334 meters. The flatlands of northern Germany start some 40 km north of Oerlinghausen. There are hiking routes along the hill chain which stretches 80 km in east-west direction. To the south of the hills are large sand areas originating from melting glaciers during past ice ages. Although not high, the hills are steep in many places and almost completely covered by forest.

History and culture

First mentioned in documents in 1036, the town became a city in 1926 by authority of the Land of Lippe. In 1969 the city was expanded with the addition of Helpup, Währentrup and Lipperreihe as part of the "Gebietsreform" movement.

Oerlinghausen is home to an airfield which is one of Europe's largest gliding centres as well as the well known Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen (archaeological open-air museum) featuring reconstructions of a variety of dwellings spanning from 10,000 BC to 1000 AD.

The city has also been home to an unusual number of well-known sociologists. Marianne Weber (born Schnitger), who was born in Oerlinghausen and married Max Weber here in 1893, was a well-respected author herself. Niklas Luhmann and Richard Grathoff, two of the key sociologists who made the Bielefeld University one of the premier institutions for sociology in Europe, have also lived in Oerlinghausen for extended time periods.

The Altstadt (old town) has some old buildings with a number of restaurants.

Number of inhabitants

Year Inhabitants 1968 12.839 1970 13.276 1974 14.292 1975 14.474 1980 14.751 1985 14.738 1987 14.757 1990 15.689 1995 17.165 2000 17.465 2005 17.305 2007 16.988 2012 16.654

Mayors

Mayors of Oerlinghausen
Time of office	Name	Party
1926–1933	August Reuter
1933–1945	Friedrich Möller	NSDAP
1945–1946	August Reuter
1946–1965	Heinrich Kramer	SPD
1965–1969	Heinrich Schildmann	SPD
1969–1975	Konrad Dreckshage	FDP
1975–1984	Erich Diekhof	SPD
1984–1989	Horst Steinkühler	SPD
1989–1999	Martin Weber	SPD
1999–2015	Ursula Herbort	independent
since 2015	Dirk Becker	SPD

Sons and daughters of the town

• Marianne Weber (born Schnitger) (1870-1954), lawyer, sociologist and legal historian.
• Friedrich Bödeker (1867-1937), craftsman and cacti explorer
• Berthold Müller-Oerlinghausen (1893-1979), sculptor
• Andreas Ortmann (1953- ), economist

References

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Freilichtmuseum website (in German)
• Glider Airfield Website (in German)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oerlinghausen.

На других языках

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- [en] Oerlinghausen

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[ru] Эрлингхаузен

Эрлингхаузен (нем. Oerlinghausen) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.

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