Editing Hilter

{{short description|Place in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
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{{Infobox German place
| image_coa         = DEU Hilter aTW COA.svg
| image_photo       = Hilter, stadhuis 2008-07-15 14.11.JPG
| image_caption     = Town hall
| coordinates       = {{coord|52|9|N|8|9|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan        = Hilter am Teutoburger Wald in OS.svg
| state             = Niedersachsen
| district          = Osnabrück
| elevation         = 198
| area              = 52.6
| postal_code       = 49176
| area_code         = 05424, 05409
| licence           = OS
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 59 022
| divisions         = 8
| website           = [http://www.hilter.de/ www.hilter.de]
| mayor             = Marc Schewski<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
| leader_term       = 2020&ndash;25
| party             = CDU
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'''Hilter''' is a municipality in the [[Osnabrück (district)|district Osnabrück]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]], in the hills of the [[Teutoburg Forest]]. As of 2020 it has a population of 10,429, and covers an area of 52.61&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Its highest elevation is the Hohnangel, 262 metres above sea level.

==History==
The municipality was united on July 14, 1972, by merging the municipalities Borgloh, Hankenberge and Hilter. Already in 1977 the municipalities Allendorf, Borgloh-Wellendorf, Ebbendorf, Eppendorf and Uphöfen were joined into the ''Einheitsgemeinde'' Borgloh.

==Industry==
{{stack|[[File:HilterTWWalterRauLebensmittelwerke.jpg|thumb|150px|The margarine factory]]}}
Hilter was well known for mining ''Hilter Gold'' [[ochre]] as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gemeinde Hilter |url=https://www.hilter.de/de/Tourismus_und_Freizeit/geschichte |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207094231/https://www.hilter.de/de/Tourismus_und_Freizeit/geschichte |archive-date=2012-12-07 |website=hilteratw.de |language=de}}</ref>

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File:Hilter am Teutoburger Wald, die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche Sankt Johannes der Täufer IMG 6824 2020-07-31 12.12.jpg|Hilter, church: Sankt Johannes der Täufer
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Hilter am Teutoburger Wald}}
* {{official website|https://www.hilter.de/de}} {{in lang|de}}

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