Editing Lemgo (section)

{{Infobox German location
|type               = Town
|image_coa          = Wappen Lemgo.svg
|image_photo       = File:Lemgo - Marktplatz mit Rathaus.jpg
|image_caption     = Market Square of Lemgo
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|1|38|N|8|54|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Lemgo in LIP.svg
|state        = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region  = Detmold
|district             = Lippe
|elevation              = 100
|area            = 100.85
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 66 044
|postal_code               = 32657
|area_code           =  05261, 05266 (Brüntorf, partially Matorf-Kirchheide) 
|licence               = LIP
|website           = [http://www.lemgo.de/ www.lemgo.de]
|mayor             = Markus Baier<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;25
|party             = independent
}}

'''Lemgo''' ({{IPA|de|ˈlɛmɡoː|-|De-Lemgo.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|Lemge, Lemje}}) is a university and old [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic]] town in the [[Lippe]] district of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany.

It is situated between the [[Teutoburg Forest]] and the [[Weser Uplands]], 25&nbsp;km east of [[Bielefeld]] and 70&nbsp;km west of [[Hannover]]. 

Lemgo is the oldest town in the former principality of Lippe and has a population of c. 45,000 and belongs to the [[Ostwestfalen-Lippe|OWL]] region, which is one of the most important cluster regions for [[mechanical engineering]] and industrial [[electronics]] in Germany. In 2017 the German Internet portal reisereporter.de placed Lemgo among the most beautiful ten [[Timber framing|half-timbered]] towns in Germany.