Lügde
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Luegde.
Lügde is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 88.61 km² and 11,397 inhabitants (2003).
The first written issue of Lügde appears in 784, in the annals of the Frankish empire, when Charlemagne visited the village during the Saxon Wars. During this wars Charlemagne celebrated his first Christmas in Saxony in Lügde, and the site then became the location of the first church to be built in Saxony. The gothic church was rebuilt in the 12th Century and it is still standing today. The church is known as the Kilianskirche.
[edit] External link
- (German) Official website
 |
This North Rhine-Westphalia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Augustdorf | Bad Salzuflen | Blomberg | Detmold | Dörentrup | Extertal | Horn-Bad Meinberg | Kalletal | Lage | Lemgo | Leopoldshöhe | Lügde | Oerlinghausen | Schieder-Schwalenberg | Schlangen |
