Erwitte
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Coat of arms of Erwitte Coat of arms | |
Location of Erwitte
within Soest district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Soest |
| Subdivisions | 15 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Hendrik Henneböhl[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 89.41 km2 (34.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
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| 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 (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁvɪtə] Audio file "De-Erwitte.ogg" not found) is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Erwitte is situated approximately 8 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit | edit source]Division of the town
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Erwitte is twinned with:
History
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901), American journalist and author, was born in Erwitte
- 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
- Jens Behrens (born 1978), politician (SPD)
People who are connected to the place
[edit | edit source]- Jodocus Boget († 1630), Erwitt pastor, burned for witchcraft on the pyre
- Heinrich Gersmeier (nickname: Schäfer Heinrich) (born 1966), farmer and singer from Völlinghausen
- YANXVICH (born 2007), producer from Soest
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official site (in German)
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