Herford (district)

Herford
Herford
District
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 52°10′N 8°35′E / 52.167°N 8.583°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Detmold
Capital	Herford
Area
• Total	449.95 km2 (173.73 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	253,551
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	HF
Website	http://www.kreis-herford.de

Herford (IPA: [ˈhɛʁfɔʁt]) is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Coat of arms

The black horse of Wittekind is depicted in the coat of arms of the district. After Wittekind was baptized Charlemagne gave him a white horse as present, which is now in the coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bünde Enger Herford Löhne Spenge Vlotho	Hiddenhausen Kirchlengern Rödinghausen

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Other websites

Official website (German)
Herforder Pils Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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Herford
District
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 52°10′N 8°35′E / 52.167°N 8.583°E / 52.167; 8.583
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Detmold
Capital	Herford
Area
• Total	449.95 km² (173.73 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)^[1]
• Total	253,551
• Density	560/km² (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	HF
Website	http://www.kreis-herford.de