Werne, formally Werne an der Lippe, is a town in the Unna district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the southern edge of the Munsterland near the Ruhr area, with about 30,000 residents as of 2024 to 2025. Established as a parish in the early medieval period on the orders of Charlemagne by Liudger, the first Bishop of Munster, it joined the Hanseatic League in 1470 and was shaped industrially by a coal mine that operated from 1899 to 1975; today an Amazon logistics center opened in 2010 is the town's largest employer.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.662669 degrees north 1 FAQs
Where does Werne's Sim-Jü fair come from?
A free market granted in 1362 for Simon-Juda day, 28 October, still held each year.
Sim-Jü is the Simon-Juda market. When Werne was granted market rights in 1362 it could hold a free market on Simon-Juda day, 28 October. The event is still celebrated every year, and at the end of October it draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from the surrounding area. Today it is the largest fair on the Lippe.
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1. Werne (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 30,034 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.662669, longitude 7.635531
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 60 m
P2046 (area)
area 76.14 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 30034 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (German): Werne
Wikipedia (German)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 834
834 wurde Werne erstmals in einer lateinischen Urkunde erwähnt.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 834
834 wurde Werne erstmals in einer lateinischen Urkunde erwähnt.
Source text, founding-year: 834
834 wurde Werne erstmals in einer lateinischen Urkunde erwähnt.
View the Source Werne (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
in the Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Unna district in Germany
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