Gütersloh

city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary

Gütersloh is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Gütersloh ranks in the top 3% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,004 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[5], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[6], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[7], WAGEV[8]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gütersloh[9]
  • Country: Germany[10]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Ems[11]
  • Head of government: Henning Schulz[12], Matthias Trepper[13]
  • Shares border with: Steinhagen[14], Bielefeld[15], Verl[16], Rietberg[17], Rheda-Wiedenbrück[18], Herzebrock-Clarholz[19], Harsewinkel[20]
  • Twinned administrative body: Châteauroux[21], Broxtowe[22], Grudziądz[23], Falun Municipality[24], Rzhev[25]
  • Postal code: 33330–33335[26], 33311[27]
  • Commons category: Gütersloh[28]
  • Licence plate code: GT[29]
  • Local dialing code: 05241[30], 05209[31]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Gütersloh[32]
  • Coordinate location: 51.9, 8.3833333333333[33]
  • Official website: https://www.guetersloh.de/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gütersloh[35]
  • Commons gallery: Gütersloh[36]
  • Population: 98,974[37], 99,315[38], 77,128[39], 100,194[40], 101,158[41], 102,393[42], 102,464[43], 100,479[44], 99,854[45]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46]
  • Capital of: Gütersloh[47]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gütersloh[48]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gütersloh[49]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Gütersloh[50]
  • Short name: Gtl[51]
  • Different from: Gütersloh[52]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Gütersloh include Gütersloh[53], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[54], in Germany[55], founded in 1973[56].

Why It Matters

Gütersloh has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Gütersloh is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Entities named for Gütersloh include Gütersloh[53], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[54], in Germany[55], founded in 1973[56].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Mario988 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → urban municipality in Germany
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  2. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+98974'}, {'amount': '+99315'}, {'amount': '+77128'} +7
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+98974'}, {'amount': '+99315'}, {'amount': '+77128'} +7
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  5. 20w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Klimadashboard.de region id → 426b012f-d727-4728-b863-46377fae427b
    Flag image → Flagge der Stadt Gütersloh.svg, Banner der Stadt Gütersloh.svg
    Klexikon article id → —
    Local dialing code → —
    + 158 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Member of: Climate Alliance, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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