Schlangen
Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9.000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy Sea to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope.

Politics
The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:

(conditions: Local election 2014)

Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen:
 Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999

References
External links
Official website (in German)