Erwitte
Erwitte is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
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
- Erwitte
- Eikeloh
- Merklinghausen/Wiggeringhausen
- Horn-Millinghausen
- Berenbrock
- Seringhausen
- Stirpe
- Ebbinghausen
- Böckum
- Völlinghausen
- Schallern
- Norddorf
- Schmerlecke
- Weckinghausen
- Bad Westernkotten
International relations
- Aken
History
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, American journalist and author, was born in Erwitte
- Friedrich Blumenröhr, jurist, former chairman at the Federal Court
- Ulrich Cyran, actor and lecturer
- Christof Rasche, politician
- Wolfgang Schäfers, owner of the chair for real estate management at the University of Regensburg
- Jens Behrens, politician
People who are connected to the place
- Jodocus Boget, Erwitt pastor, burned for witchcraft on the pyre
- Heinrich Gersmeier , farmer and singer from Völlinghausen
- YANXVICH, producer from Soest