- Lüdinghausen
Infobox German Location
Art = Town
image_photo = Pfarrkirche Lüdinghausen.jpg
imagesize =
image_caption = Protestant Church
Wappen = WappenLuedinghausen.gif
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 46 |lat_sec = 05
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 26 |lon_sec = 40
Lageplan =
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Münster
Kreis = Coesfeld
Höhe = 52 - 110
Fläche = 140.31
Einwohner = 24298
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 59348
Vorwahl = 02591
Kfz = COE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 58 024
Gliederung = 2
Website = [http://www.luedinghausen.de/ www.luedinghausen.de]
Bürgermeister = Richard Borgmann
Partei = CDULüdinghausen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld in the state of
North Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany . It is located on theDortmund-Ems Canal , approx. 25 km south-west ofMünster . It is known for its three castles, among themBurg Vischering .Lüdinghausen was founded in the thirteenth century and received its first city charter around 1308. [cite web | last = Hartemink | first = Ralf | authorlink = Ralf Hartemink | title = Wappen von Lüdinghausen | publisher = Heraldry of the World | date = 1996 | url = http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/l/ludingha.htm | accessdate = 2008-09-10]
Lüdinghausen has been paired as a Sister City with
Deerfield, Illinois in the US. [cite web | title = Sister City Committee | work = Government - Village Commissions | publisher = The Village of Deerfield, Illinois | date = 2002 | url = http://deerfield-il.org/govt/commissions.html | accessdate = 2008-09-10]References
External links
* [http://www.luedinghausen.de/ Lüdinghausen Official Site] (in German)
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