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Herford

Herford is a Kreis in the northeastern part of , . Neighboring districts are , Lippe, the urban district of and the districts of and .
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  • Type: County with 254,000 residents
  • Description: German district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Also known as: “DEA43” and “Herford (district)”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hiddenhausen-Schweicheln station and Gut Oberbehme.

Railway station
Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hiddenhausen-Schweicheln is a railway station located in , . The station is located on the Bassum–Herford railway. The station was opened on 15 December 2002. The train services are operated by Eurobahn.

Castle
Photo: TUBS, Public domain.
is a castle.

Peak
Photo: TUBS, Public domain.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hiddenhausen and Kirchlengern.

Town
Photo: Siekermann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Herford, in , . The municipality was formed in 1969 in a reform of Herford by combining the villages of Lippinghausen, Eilshausen, Schweicheln-Bermbeck, , Oetinghausen and Sundern.

Town
Photo: Smial, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
is a municipality in the district of Herford, in , .

Town
Photo: Arminia1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the Herford district, in , .

Herford

Latitude
52.1679° or 52° 10′ 4″ north
Longitude
8.6446° or 8° 38′ 41″ east
Population
254,000
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
Open location code
9F4C5J9V+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 309930407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
3221129
Wiki­data ID
Q6234
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Panjabi—“Herford” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Herford”
  • Armenian: “Հերֆորդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Herford”
  • Bavarian: “Kroas Herford”
  • Belarusian: “Герфард (раён)”
  • Belarusian: “Герфард”
  • Belarusian: “раён Герфард”
  • Catalan: “Districte d’Herford”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Herford”
  • Cebuano: “Kreis Herford”
  • Chinese: “黑尔福德县”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Herford”
  • Danish: “Kreis Herford”
  • Dutch: “Kreis Herford”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Herford”
  • Estonian: “Herfordi kreis”
  • French: “arrondissement de Herford”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Herford”
  • Georgian: “ჰერფორდის რაიონი”
  • German: “Kreis Herford”
  • German: “Wittekindsland”
  • Hebrew: “חבל הרפורד”
  • Indonesian: “Herford”
  • Italian: “circondario di Herford”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Herford”
  • Japanese: “ヘルフォルト郡”
  • Kurdish: “Herford”
  • Ladin: “Kreis Herford”
  • Limburgan: “Kreis Herford”
  • Low German: “Kreis Hiarwede”
  • Malay: “Herford”
  • Northern Frisian: “Herford (Kris)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Herford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kreis Herford”
  • Norwegian: “Kreis Herford”
  • Persian: “هرفورد (ناحیه)”
  • Persian: “هرفورد”
  • Polish: “Powiat Herford”
  • Portuguese: “Herford”
  • Romanian: “Herford”
  • Russian: “Херфорд”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Herford”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Herford”
  • Spanish: “Herford”
  • Swedish: “Kreis Herford”
  • Turkish: “Kreis Herford”
  • Ukrainian: “Герфорд”
  • Uzbek: “Herford”
  • Vietnamese: “Herford”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Herford”
  • Western Frisian: “Herford”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہرفورڈ”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Eilshausen and Branneke.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kreisfeuerwehrzentrale and Feuerwehrtechnische Zentrale.

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