🇩🇪 Büren is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography Büren is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alme and Afte, approx. 20 km south-west of Paderborn and approx. 30 km south-east of Lippstadt.
Neighbouring municipalities • Brilon • Geseke • Rüthen • Salzkotten • Bad Wünnenberg
Division After the local government reforms of 1975 Büren consists of the following districts: • Büren • Ahden • Barkhausen • Brenken • Eickhoff • Harth • Hegensdorf • Keddinghausen • Ringelstein • Siddinghausen • Steinhausen • Weiberg • Weine • Wewelsburg.
Transport Train connections to the outside world are laid off.
Culture and notable places The village of Wewelsburg is the home of the Wewelsburg Renaissance castle, which was a focus of SS mythology during the Nazism era. The castle now hosts the museum of the district of Paderborn with the permanent exhibition "Wewelsburg 1933–1945. Place of cult and terror of the SS".
Büren has a population of over 21,328 people. Büren also forms part of the wider Paderborn District which has a population of over 308,335 people. It is also a part of the larger Detmold Region. Büren is situated near Paderborn.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Büren has links with:
🇫🇷 Charenton-le-Pont, France 🇱🇹 Ignalina, Lithuania 🇧🇪 Kortemark, Belgium 🇦🇹 Mittersill, Austria🏴 Cricklewood 51.555
🏴 Hornchurch 51.557
🏴 Stoke Newington 51.56
🏴 Leytonstone 51.569
🇩🇪 Castrop-Rauxel 51.55
🏴 Camden Town 51.541
Locations Near: Büren 8.56667,51.55
🇩🇪 Lippstadt 8.35,51.667 d: 19.8
🇩🇪 Paderborn 8.752,51.718 d: 22.7
🇩🇪 Meschede 8.283,51.345 d: 30.1
🇩🇪 Gütersloh 8.383,51.9 d: 40.9
🇩🇪 Korbach 8.874,51.277 d: 37.1
🇩🇪 Bielefeld 8.533,52.023 d: 52.6
🇩🇪 Waldeck-Frankenberg 8.89,51.191 d: 45.8
Antipodal to: Büren -171.433,-51.55
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16617.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15870.3
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15821
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15771.5
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11931.2
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11847.1
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11833.9
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11829.1