North Rhine-Westphalia
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Minden-Lübbecke

Porta Westfalica

Porta Westfalica is a town in the district of , in , Germany. The name "Porta Westfalica" is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia".
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  • Type: Town with 35,400 residents
  • Description: town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Also known as: “05770032” and “Stadt Porta Westfalica”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moltketurm and Jakobsberg.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Aeggy, CC BY 3.0.
is a scenic viewpoint.

Peak
Photo: Aeggy, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The is a hill, 235.2 m above sea level, that forms the westernmost peak of the chain and is the eastern guardian of the gorge, the or "Westphalian Gate", in .

Peak
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a hill, 281.48 m above sea level, which forms the easternmost peak of the and is also the western guardian of the Weser gorge, the , in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minden and Neesen.

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, sometimes also called an der Weser or is in the north-east of , Germany.

Suburb
Photo: Elya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Porta Westfalica.

Porta Westfalica

Latitude
52.2394° or 52° 14′ 22″ north
Longitude
8.9248° or 8° 55′ 29″ east
Population
35,400
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
Open location code
9F4C6WQF+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 35687767
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6557648
Wiki­data ID
Q14954
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Porta Westfalica” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Arabic: “بورتا فستفاليكا”
  • Aragonese: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Arpitan: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Asturian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Basque: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Bavarian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Belarusian: “Порта-Вестфаліка”
  • Breton: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Catalan: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Cebuano: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Chechen: “Порта-Вестфалика”
  • Chinese: “波塔韦斯特法利卡”
  • Chinese: “波尔塔韦斯特法利卡”
  • Corsican: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Croatian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Czech: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Danish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Dutch: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Esperanto: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Estonian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Finnish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • French: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Friulian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Galician: “Porta Westfalica”
  • German: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Hebrew: “פורטה וסטפאליקה”
  • Hungarian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Icelandic: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Ido: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Indonesian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Interlingua: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Interlingue: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Irish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Italian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Japanese: “ポルタ・ヴェストファーリカ”
  • Kazakh: “Порта-Вестфалика”
  • Kirghiz: “Порта-Вестфалика”
  • Kongo: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Kurdish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Ladin: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Latin: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Ligurian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Limburgan: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Low German: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Luxembourgish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Malagasy: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Malay: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Minangkabau: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Narom: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Neapolitan: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Norwegian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Porta Westfalica”
  • Persian: “پرتا وستفالیکا”
  • Picard: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Piemontese: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Polish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Portuguese: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Romanian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Romansh: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Russian: “Порта-Вестфалика”
  • Sardinian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Scots: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Serbian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Serbian: “Порта Вестфалика”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Sicilian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Slovak: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Slovenian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پرتا وستفالیکا”
  • Spanish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Swahili: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Swedish: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Swiss German: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Tatar: “Порта-Вестфалика”
  • Tumbuka: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Ukrainian: “Порта-Вестфаліка”
  • Urdu: “پورتا ویستفالیکا”
  • Uzbek: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Venetian: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Vietnamese: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Vlaams: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Volapük: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Walloon: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Porta Westfalica”
  • Welsh: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Wolof: “Porta Westfalica”
  • Zulu: “Porta Westfalica”

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