title: Delbrück
text: # Delbrück
  
  Delbrück (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the district Paderborn.
  
  ## History
  
  The first document mentioning the town dates to 1219. In 1410, the town was destroyed by fire during a conflict between the bishop of Paderborn and the bishop of Cologne.
  
  ## Subdivisions
  
  | Subdivisions | Population (30 June 2011) | Area (in km²) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anreppen | 1,336 | 9.89 |
  | Bentfeld | 1,358 | 8.09 |
  | Boke | 2,592 | 16.12 |
  | Delbrück | 11,417 | 20.40 |
  | Hagen | 2,389 | 18.56 |
  | Lippling | 2,143 | 15.48 |
  | Ostenland | 3,025 | 21.80 |
  | Schöning | 1,292 | 7.08 |
  | Steinhorst | 769 | 8,15 |
  | Westenholz | 3,693 | 31.75 |
  | Total | 30,014 | 157.32 |
  
  ## Mayors
  
  * Robert Oelsmeier (CSU): 1999–2009
  * Werner Peitz (independent) since 2009
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Delbrück is twinned with:
  
  * Budakeszi, Hungary
  * Quérénaing, France
  * Zossen, Germany
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Albert Florath (1888–1957), official advisor in Delbrück, worked in the Poor, Church and School Department as well as in the police department
  * Martin Amedick (born 1982), footballer
  * Dennis Eilhoff (born 1982), footballer
  