Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
This article is about the town in Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia. For Blomberg in Lower Saxony, see Blomberg, Lower Saxony, see Blomberg (disambiguation).
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Niederntor, 15th century tower in Blomberg. | ||
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Location of Blomberg within Lippe district 
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| Coordinates: 51°55′59″N 09°04′59″E / 51.93306°N 9.08306°ECoordinates: 51°55′59″N 09°04′59″E / 51.93306°N 9.08306°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Detmold | |
| District | Lippe | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus Geise (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 99.1 km2 (38.3 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 15,370 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 32825 | |
| Dialling codes | 05235, 05236 | |
| Vehicle registration | LIP | |
| Website | www.blomberg-lippe.de | |
Blomberg is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 15,300 inhabitants (2013)
Born in Blomberg
- Wilfried Paulsen (1828-1901) was born on Gut Nassengrund near Blomberg. He was a potato breeder and in the last decades of the 19th century he was the market leader for potatoes in Germany
- Louis Paulsen (1833-1891), the younger brother of Wilfried, was one of the strongest German chess players of the 19th century
- Hermann Vöchting (1847-1917) was a well-known botanist and longtime director of the Botanical Institute of University of Tübingen.
- Gerhard Schröder, born 1944 in the blomberg village Mossenberg-Wöhren, is a German politician (SPD). He was the seventh Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1998 to 2005, and from 1990 to 1998 Minister President of Lower Saxony.
References
- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 18 July 2016.
External links
- http://www.blomberg-lippe.de/ Official website] (German)
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