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".
büren, westphalia, büren, municipality, district, paderborn, north, rhine, westphalia, germany, bürentownaerial, view, from, south, bürencoat, armslocation, büren, district, paderbornbürenshow, germanybürenshow, north, rhine, westphaliacoordinates, 567countryg. Buren is a municipality in the district of Paderborn in North Rhine Westphalia Germany BurenTownAerial view from the south of BurenCoat of armsLocation of Buren in the district of PaderbornBurenShow map of GermanyBurenShow map of North Rhine WestphaliaCoordinates 51 33 N 8 34 E 51 550 N 8 567 E 51 550 8 567CountryGermanyStateNorth Rhine WestphaliaAdmin regionDetmoldDistrictPaderbornSubdivisions12Government Mayor 2020 25 Burkhard Schwuchow 1 CDU Area Total170 97 km2 66 01 sq mi Highest elevation360 m 1 180 ft Lowest elevation190 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 codes33142Dialling codes29512955 Wewelsburg 2958 Harth Vehicle registrationPB BURWebsitewww bueren de Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Neighbouring municipalities 1 2 Division of the town 2 Transportation 3 Twin towns sister cities 4 Culture and notable places 5 Notable people 6 References 7 External linksGeography editBuren 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 edit Brilon Geseke Ruthen Salzkotten Bad WunnenbergDivision of the town edit After the local government reforms of 1975 Buren consists of the following districts Buren Ahden Barkhausen Brenken Eickhoff Harth Hegensdorf Keddinghausen Ringelstein Siddinghausen Steinhausen Weiberg Weine WewelsburgTransportation editTrain connections to the outside world are laid off Twin towns sister cities editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany Buren is twinned with 3 nbsp Kortemark Belgium 1981 nbsp Charenton le Pont France 1989 nbsp Mittersill Austria 1995 nbsp Ignalina Lithuania 2003 Culture and notable places editThe 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 edit nbsp Memorial plate Moritz von Buren in BurenAdelaide II of Buren die 1220 abbess Moritz von Buren 1604 1661 founder of the Jesuit college Daniel Farke born 1976 football player and manager Michael Henke born 1957 football player and managerReferences edit Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020 Land Nordrhein Westfalen accessed 29 June 2021 Bevolkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein Westfalens am 31 Dezember 2021 in German Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW Retrieved 20 June 2022 Partnerstadte und gemeinden in German Buren Archived from the original on 2021 12 09 Retrieved 2021 12 09 External links editOfficial site in German nbsp Overview of Buren Westphalia nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buren Westfalen nbsp This Paderborn district location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buren Westphalia amp oldid 1183290045, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
