Lengerich, Westphalia  Lengerich 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. Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers hourly connections to Münster and Osnabrück. The mayor is the pharmacist Wilhelm Möhrke (independent), the predecessor was Friedrich Prigge. Lengerich, Westphalia is twinned with:  Lengerich's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lienen, are sister cities in the United States with Wapakoneta's neighbors New Knoxville and Saint Marys, respectively.