Lienen

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lienen within Steinfurt district

(2020–25) Arne Strietelmeier^[1]Area

• Total73.27 km² (28.29 sq mi)Elevation

82 m (269 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total8,783 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49536

Dialling codes05483
05484 (Kattenvenne)Vehicle registrationST (until 1975: TE)Websitewww.lienen.de

Lienen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south-east of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.

Lienen is a sister city with Saint Marys, Ohio in the United States. Lienen's neighboring municipalities, Ladbergen and Lengerich, are sister cities with Saint Marys' neighbors New Knoxville and Wapakoneta, respectively.

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "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.