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e. The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. [a] Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are called Stadtstaaten ("city-states"), while the other thirteen states are called Flächenländer ("area states") and include Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, which describe themselves as ...
02525 (Neubeckum) Vehicle registration. WAF, BE. Website. www.beckum.de. Beckum ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛkuːm]; Westphalian: Biäkem) is a town in the northern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is about 20 km (12 miles) north-east of Hamm and 35 km (22 miles) south-east of Münster. It gives its name to the nearby Beckum Hills .
Detmold ( German pronunciation: [ˈdɛtmɔlt] ⓘ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of 73,969. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of the district of Lippe and of the Regierungsbezirk Detmold.
Raesfeld ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːsfɛlt]) is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south of Borken and 30 km east of the Dutch border. Raesfeld's landmark is the moated castle Schloss Raesfeld [ de], originally built in the 13th century and extended ...
Bad Lippspringe (German: [baːt lɪpˈʃpʁɪŋə] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography [ edit ] Bad Lippspringe is situated on the western slope of the Teutoburger Wald, [3] approximately 10 km (6.2 miles) north-east of Paderborn .
Steinhagen is a municipality in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the south slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 10 km west of Bielefeld and 15 km north of Gütersloh. The village is well known for producing Schnaps made from juniper berries which are distilled three times.
Meschede was founded as a settlement around a convent, the Walpurgis-Stift , in the 10th century. In 1572, it became a member of the Hanseatic League . In the 18th century, many inhabitants of Meschede died in at least two epidemics of dysentery . Both in World War I and in World War II, Meschede was notorious as a location where the Germans ...
