Horn-Bad Meinberg

Horn-Bad Meinberg
The Town Hall of Horn-Bad Meinberg.
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Location of the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg within Lippe district
Coordinates	51°53′0″N 8°58′0″E / 51.883333°N 8.966667°E / 51.883333; 8.966667Coordinates: 51°53′0″N 8°58′0″E / 51.883333°N 8.966667°E / 51.883333; 8.966667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Town subdivisions	17
Mayor	Eberhard Block
Basic statistics
Area	90.16 km2 (34.81 sq mi)
Elevation	285 m  (935 ft)
Population	17,704 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	196 /km2 (509 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LIP
Postal code	32805
Area code	05234
Website	www.horn-badmeinberg.de

Horn-Bad Meinberg is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with c. 18,300 inhabitants. It was formed in 1970 by merging various other towns that had grown together, including Bad Meinberg and Horn - the new entity's original name was Bad Meinberg-Horn, before taking its present name.

Horn-Bad Meinberg is the location of the Externsteine, a rock formation consisting of several tall, narrow columns.

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links

• Official website (English)
• Official website (German)