title: Löhne
text: # Löhne
  
  Löhne (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Löhne is situated on the river Werre, approx. 8 km north of Herford and 20 km south-west of Minden.
  
  ### Neighbouring places
  
  * Hüllhorst
  * Bad Oeynhausen
  * Vlotho
  * Herford
  * Hiddenhausen
  * Kirchlengern
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Löhne is twinned with:
  
  * Spittal an der Drau, Austria (1973)
  * Columbus, United States (1993)
  * Condega, Nicaragua (1994)
  * Röbel, Germany (1996)
  * Mielec, Poland (2002)
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653–1728), Prussian field marshal
  * Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1620–1689), founder and first duke of the line Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
  