Erwitte

Erwitte is situated approximately 8 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest. Neighbouring municipalities • Lippstadt • Geseke • Rüthen • Anröchte • Bad Sassendorf Division of the town After the local government reforms of 1975 Erwitte consists of 15 districts: • Erwitte (6510 inhabitants) • Eikeloh (518 inhabitants) • Merklinghausen/Wiggeringhausen (179 inhabitants) • Horn-Millinghausen (894 inhabitants) • Berenbrock (309 inhabitants) • Seringhausen (65 inhabitants) • Stirpe (1079 inhabitants) • Ebbinghausen (201 inhabitants) • Böckum (209 inhabitants) • Völlinghausen (811 inhabitants) • Schallern (291 inhabitants) • Norddorf (159 inhabitants) • Schmerlecke (732 inhabitants) • Weckinghausen (67 inhabitants) • Bad Westernkotten (4097 inhabitants) ==International relations==

Erwitte is twinned with: • Aken (Germany) ==History==

Officially the town of Erwitte is mentioned in the year 836 for the first time and the medieval architecture can still be seen in the town center. ==Industry==

Erwitte is home to a thriving cement industry which, together with the heating valve company Heimeier, make up the largest companies in the area. ==Sons and daughters of the town==

• Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901), American journalist and author, was born in Erwitte • Friedrich Blumenröhr (born 1936), jurist, former chairman at the Federal Court • Ulrich Cyran (born 1956), actor and lecturer • Christof Rasche (born 1962), politician (FDP) • Wolfgang Schäfers (born 1965), owner of the chair for real estate management at the University of Regensburg • Jens Behrens (born 1978), politician (SPD) ==People who are connected to the place==

• Jodocus Boget († 1630), Erwitt pastor, burned for witchcraft on the pyre • Heinrich Gersmeier (nickname: Schäfer Heinrich) (born 1966), farmer and singer from Völlinghausen • YANXVICH (born 2007), producer from Soest == References ==