Büren, Westphalia

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Büren in the district of Paderborn

(2020–25) Burkhard Schwuchow^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total170.97 km² (66.01 sq mi)Highest elevation

360 m (1,180 ft)Lowest elevation

190 m (620 ft)Population

(2021-12-31)^[2]

• Total21,328 • Density120/km² (320/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

33142

Dialling codes2951
2955 (Wewelsburg)
2958 (Harth)Vehicle registrationPB, BÜRWebsitewww.bueren.de

Büren is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Büren is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alme and Afte, approx. 20 km south-west of Paderborn and approx. 30 km south-east of Lippstadt.

Neighbouring municipalities

Brilon
Geseke
Rüthen
Salzkotten
Bad Wünnenberg

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Büren consists of the following districts:

Büren
Ahden
Barkhausen
Brenken
Eickhoff

Harth
Hegensdorf
Keddinghausen
Ringelstein
Siddinghausen

Steinhausen
Weiberg
Weine
Wewelsburg

Transportation

Train connections to the outside world are laid off.

Twin towns – sister cities

Büren is twinned with:^[3]

Kortemark, Belgium (1981)
Charenton-le-Pont, France (1989)
Mittersill, Austria (1995)
Ignalina, Lithuania (2003)

Culture and notable places

The village of Wewelsburg is the home of the Wewelsburg Renaissance castle, which was a focus of SS mythology during the Nazism era. The castle now hosts the museum of the district of Paderborn with the permanent exhibition "Wewelsburg 1933–1945. Place of cult and terror of the SS".

Notable people

Adelaide II of Büren (die 1220), abbess
Moritz von Büren (1604–1661), founder of the Jesuit college
Daniel Farke (born 1976), football player and manager
Michael Henke (born 1957), football player and manager

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Partnerstädte und -gemeinden" (in German). Büren. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-09.