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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            = Wappen von Extertal.svg
|image_photo = Rathaus Extertal in Bösingfeld.jpg
|image_caption = Town hall
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|04|00|N|09|07|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Extertal in LIP.svg
|state        = Nordrhein-Westfalen
|region  = Detmold
|district             = Lippe
|elevation              = 240
|area            = 92.49
|postal_code               = 32699
|area_code           = 05262, 05751, 05754
|licence               = LIP
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 66 028
|divisions        = 12
|website           = [http://www.extertal.de www.extertal.de]
|mayor             = Christian Sauter (FDP)<ref>[https://www.nordlipper.de/buergermeister-in-extertal-christian-sauter-fdp-hats-geschafft/ Nordlipper.de: Christian Sauter hat es geschafft]</ref>
|leader_term       = 2025&ndash;30
}}

'''Extertal''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɛkstɐˌtaːl|-|Extertal.ogg}}, {{lit|[[Exter (Weser)|Exter]] Valley}}) is a municipality in the [[Lippe (district)|Lippe]] district of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]], with c. 11,500 inhabitants (2013).

Extertal is located on the northern edge of the circle in the [[Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park|Teutoburg Nature Reserve]], directly adjacent to [[Lower Saxony]]. The [[Exter (Weser)|Exter]] and [[Humme (Weser)|Humme]] rivers flow through the region.  The municipality has its headquarters in the [[Bösingfeld]] district.  Neighbouring cities are [[Rinteln]], [[Aerzen]], [[Barntrup]], [[Dörentrup]] and [[Kalletal]].

The highest point of the city is at 371 metres above [[sea level]].  The municipality dimensions are about 12.2 kilometres east-west and about 12.5 kilometres north-south.

==Mayors==
Elected in September 2020, the mayor of Extertal is Frank Meier.<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref>

==Churches and religious communities==

* Evangelical Reformed Church ([[Church of Lippe]]) in Bösingfeld, Mittelstrasse 33
* Evangelical Reformed Church (Church of Lippe) in Almena, Kirchstrasse 1, 32699 Extertal-Almena
* Evangelical Reformed Church (Church of Lippe) in Silixen, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Strasse 5
* Catholic Church: Adolf-Kolping-Weg 1
* Free Evangelical Community: Mühlenstrasse 4
* Jehovah's Witnesses: Papenweg 2
* New Apostolic Church: Bahnhofstrasse

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.extertal.de/ Official website] {{in lang|de}}

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[[Category:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Lippe]]
[[Category:Principality of Lippe]]


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