title: Lengerich, Westphalia
text: # Lengerich, Westphalia
  
  Lengerich (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 15 km south-west of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.
  
  ## Transportation
  
  Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly connections to Münster and Osnabrück. The A1 autobahn also runs through Lengerich and the Lengerich/Tecklenburg exit is located to the west of the city.
  
  ## Mayors
  
  The mayor is the pharmacist Wilhelm Möhrke (independent), the predecessor was Friedrich Prigge.
  
  ## International relations
  
  Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:
  
  * Leegebruch (Brandenburg, Germany)
  * Wapakoneta (Ohio, United States)
  * Warta (Poland)
  
  Lengerich's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lienen, are sister cities in the United States with Wapakoneta's neighbors New Knoxville and Saint Marys, respectively.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Friedrich Kipp (1878–1953), writer
  * Wolfgang Sidka (born 1954), football professional and coach
  * Rudolf Smend (1851–1913), Theologian (Old Testament)
  * Julius Smend (1857–1930), theologian
  * Kai Strauss (born 1970), blues musician
  * Wolfgang Streeck (born 1946), sociologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Society Research in Cologne
  