Anröchte

Anröchte
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Anröchte within Soest district
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Coordinates: 51°34′N 8°20′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Soest
Subdivisions	10
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Alfred Schmidt[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	73.79 km^2 (28.49 sq mi)
Elevation	197 m (646 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,397
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	59609
Dialling codes	02947, 02927
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	www.anroechte.de

Anröchte (Anröchte^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

It is situated approximately 13 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Bad Sassendorf
• Erwitte
• Rüthen
• Warstein

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Anröchte consists of 10 districts:

• Anröchte (7.087 inhabitants)
• Altengeseke (901 inhabitants)
• Altenmellrich (370 inhabitants)
• Berge (715 inhabitants)
• Effeln (7.520 inhabitants)
• Klieve (381 inhabitants)
• Mellrich (767 inhabitants)
• Robringhausen (153 inhabitants)
• Uelde (1.100 inhabitants)
• Waltringhausen (102 inhabitants)

Twin towns

• Radków (Poland) – since 1954

People

• Gotthard Kettler (1517-1587),last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia.

References

1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

External links

• Official site (in German)