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Herford

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Herford is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It sits in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe cultural region and the Detmold administrative region, and is the capital of the Herford district.

Facts
Population
67,074 1
Area (sq km)
78.95 1
Founding Year
789 2
Founding Year
789 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
65 1
Latitude
52.114569 degrees north 1
Longitude
8.673431 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
FAQs

What historical sights can visitors see in Herford today?

The ECCAR page for the Hanseatic City of Herford says: Where in 789 the oldest Saxon convent for the upper nobility was founded and Wittekind affronted Karl, the Franks' emperor, today you will find Gothic sacral architecture beside a modern museum building.
Sources
1. Herford (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 67,074 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.114569, longitude 8.673431
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 65 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 78.95 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 67074 (2025)
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2. Herford (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 789
    The town was founded in 789 by Charlemagne in order to guard a ford in the narrow Werre river.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 789
    The town was founded in 789 by Charlemagne in order to guard a ford in the narrow Werre river.
  • Source text, founding-year: 789
    The town was founded in 789 by Charlemagne in order to guard a ford in the narrow Werre river.
  • 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
    [ˈhɛʁfɔʁt] ; Low German: Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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3. GeoNames: Herford - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2906121
    52.11457 8.67343 P PPLA3 DE 07 057 05758 05758012 64879 69 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 69 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 8.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 8.75
52.25 8.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Herford
Wikidata Q3971, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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