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href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Alemanya)" title="Soest (Alemanya) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Soest (Alemanya)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="زوئست، آلمان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="زوئست، آلمان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(munisipyo)" title="Soest (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Soest (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Almaen)" title="Soest (Almaen) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Soest (Almaen)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Germany" title="Soest, Germany – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Soest, Germany" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Alemania)" title="Soest (Alemania) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Soest (Alemania)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Alemania)" title="Soest (Alemania) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Soest (Alemania)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="زوئست، آلمان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زوئست، آلمان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Allemagne)" title="Soest (Allemagne) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Soest (Allemagne)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8" title="조스트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조스트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Germania)" title="Soest (Germania) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Soest (Germania)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susatum" title="Susatum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Susatum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zostas" title="Zostas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Zostas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Duutsjland)" title="Soest (Duutsjland) – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Soest (Duutsjland)" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(N%C3%A9metorsz%C3%A1g)" title="Soest (Németország) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Soest (Németország)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA)" title="زوست (تجمع سكان فى سويست) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="زوست (تجمع سكان فى سويست)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Jerman" title="Soest, Jerman – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Soest, Jerman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Duitsland)" title="Soest (Duitsland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Soest (Duitsland)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88" title="ゾースト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ゾースト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saust" title="Saust – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Saust" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Alemanha)" title="Soest (Alemanha) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Soest (Alemanha)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зест – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Зест" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest" title="Soest – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Soest" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Saksa)" title="Soest (Saksa) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Soest (Saksa)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Tyskland" title="Soest, Tyskland – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Soest, Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Зост – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Зост" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Almanya" title="Soest, Almanya – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Soest, Almanya" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82_(%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Зост (Німеччина) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Зост (Німеччина)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C" title="زوئست، جرمنی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="زوئست، جرمنی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c" title="Soest, Đức – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Soest, Đức" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest_(Nol%C3%BCdarin%C3%A4n%E2%B8%97Vesfal%C3%A4n)" title="Soest (Nolüdarinän⸗Vesfalän) – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Soest (Nolüdarinän⸗Vesfalän)" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soest,_Alemanya" title="Soest, Alemanya – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Soest, Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%A2%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9" title="索斯特 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="索斯特" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div 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Germany</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9530296"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Rhine-Westphalia_location_map_01.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soest is located in North Rhine-Westphalia"><img alt="Soest is located in North Rhine-Westphalia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/North_Rhine-Westphalia_location_map_01.svg/250px-North_Rhine-Westphalia_location_map_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/North_Rhine-Westphalia_location_map_01.svg/375px-North_Rhine-Westphalia_location_map_01.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="display:none">Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Soest,_Germany&params=51_34_16_N_8_06_33_E_type:city(48607)_region:DE-NW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°34′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">8°06′33″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.57111°N 8.10917°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.57111; 8.10917</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regierungsbezirk" title="Regierungsbezirk">Admin. region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arnsberg" title="Arnsberg">Arnsberg </a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soest_Rural_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Soest Rural District">Soest</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data">19</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Burgomaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgomaster">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Eckhard Ruthemeyer (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">85.81 km<sup>2</sup> (33.13 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">90 m (300 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022-12-31)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">48,607</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">570/km<sup>2</sup> (1,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Germany" title="Time in Germany">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="List of postal codes in Germany">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">59494</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dialling codes in Germany">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">02921</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">SO</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soest.de/">www<wbr />.soest<wbr />.de</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8087921">.mw-parser-output .ib-country{border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country td,.mw-parser-output .ib-country th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-country .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-country .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-country .mergedtoprow 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#a2a9b1;padding-top:0.5em;margin-top:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-largest,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-country-sovereignty{font-weight:normal;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Imperial and Hanseatic City of Soest</div><div class="ib-country-names"><i>Freie Hansestadt Soest</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1449–1609</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Free_Imperial_City&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Free Imperial City (not yet started)">Imperial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic</a> City <span class="nowrap">of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data">Soest</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data">Republic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Mentioned in <br /><span class="nowrap">    </span><span class="nowrap"><i>Dagobertsche Schenkung</i></span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <br />836</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest_Feud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soest Feud (not yet started)">Soest Feud</a> to gain <br /><span class="nowrap">    </span><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reichsfrei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reichsfrei (not yet started)">Reichsfreiheit</a></i> from <br /><span class="nowrap">    </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishopric_of_Cologne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archbishopric of Cologne (not yet started)">Abp Cologne</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <br /> <br />1444–49 1449</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Annexed by<br /><span class="nowrap">    </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margraviate_of_Brandenburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg (not yet started)">Brandenburg</a>, with<br /><span class="nowrap">    </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duchy_of_Cleves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duchy of Cleves (not yet started)">Cleves</a>, on extinction<br /><span class="nowrap">    </span>of its ducal line </div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <br /> <br /> <br />1609 1609</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DEU_Koeln_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Archbishopric of Cologne"><img alt="Archbishopric of Cologne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/DEU_Koeln_COA.svg/20px-DEU_Koeln_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/DEU_Koeln_COA.svg/30px-DEU_Koeln_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/DEU_Koeln_COA.svg/40px-DEU_Koeln_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="625" /></a></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archbishopric_of_Cologne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archbishopric of Cologne (not yet started)">Archbishopric of Cologne</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; background:transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margraviate_of_Brandenburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg (not yet started)">Margraviate of Brandenburg</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg"><img alt="Margraviate of Brandenburg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/20px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/30px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png/40px-Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg/220px-Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg/330px-Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg/440px-Soest_St_Patrokli_Dom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1246" /></a><figcaption>St Patrokli Dom (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Patroclus_of_Troyes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patroclus of Troyes (not yet started)">St Patroclus's</a> Cathedral), in Soest</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Soest</b> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=German_phonology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="German phonology (not yet started)">pronounced</a> <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA">[zo:st]</span>) is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. It is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (city)">capital</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soest_Rural_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Soest Rural District">Soest district</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soest is along the <i>Hellweg</i> road, about 50 <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">kilometres</a> east of <a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a> and about 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of <a href="/wiki/Paderborn" title="Paderborn">Paderborn</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighbouring_places">Neighbouring places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Neighbouring places" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Neighbouring places"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bad_Sassendorf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bad Sassendorf (not yet started)">Bad Sassendorf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ense&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ense (not yet started)">Ense</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lippetal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lippetal (not yet started)">Lippetal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%B6hnesee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Möhnesee (not yet started)">Möhnesee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werl" title="Werl">Werl</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Welver (not yet started)">Welver</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the fertile soil the area around Soest was used long before 836 when the village is first mentioned in the <i>Dagobertsche Schenkung</i>, although the origin of this document is historically unknown. But there is no doubt that Soest has been lived in for a long time; excavations in the last two decades have uncovered signs of people living in Soest more than 4000 years ago. In the <a href="/wiki/11th_century" title="11th century">11th</a> and <a href="/wiki/12th_century" title="12th century">12th century</a> Soest grew a lot, making it one of the biggest cities in <a href="/wiki/Westphalia" title="Westphalia">Westphalia</a> with some 10,000 citizens. It was also an important member of the <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a> until 1609. </p><p>A self-confident Soest from 1444 to 1449 freed itself from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop_of_Cologne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bishop of Cologne (not yet started)">Bishop of Cologne</a>, who controlled <a href="/wiki/Westphalia" title="Westphalia">Westphalia</a> (the so-called <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soester_Fehde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soester Fehde (not yet started)">Soester Fehde</a></i>). Being no longer capital of Westphalia, the city aligned itself with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duchy_of_Cleves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duchy of Cleves (not yet started)">Duke of Cleves</a>. This was a <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory" title="Pyrrhic victory">Pyrrhic victory</a>, however; the city had shown itself strong enough to defy the powerful Archbishop of Cologne, but lost much of its trade: the "freed" town was two-thirds surrounded by territories with other rulers. When the last Duke of Cleves died in 1609 that dukedom was taken by Brandenburg and after a short siege Soest was added into it. During and after the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>, Soest lossed a lot of people and influence; at the lowest point in 1756 it had only 3,600 citizens. </p><p>With the start of the <a href="/wiki/Soest_(district)" title="Soest (district)">Soest district</a> in 1817 its influence slowly rose. However, the industrialization of the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhr area">Ruhr area</a> did not reach Soest, which continued to be a small city. </p><p>From about 1953 to 1971 there was a big garrison of Canadian soldiers and their families stationed at Soest (with the Canadian camps just east of the city in Bad Sassendorf) as well as Werl and Hemer-Iserlohn and Deilinghofen to the south west. There were also many Belgian Kasernes in Soest itself. </p><p>From 1971-1993 the old Canadian properties, such as the Married Quarters along Hiddingser Weg, south of the B-1, were used by British military and families. Upon the closing out of Belgian and British army facilities many of these military facilities either became used for civilian purposes or were not used again/destroyed. The old Married Quarters area was changed to civilian housing. The old CANEX (formerly MLS) (the Canadian Army's food and clothing store for dependent families) was changed to a NAAFI under the British and was finally demolished in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="St_Patroclus's_Cathedral"><span id="St_Patroclus.27s_Cathedral"></span>St Patroclus's Cathedral</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: St Patroclus's Cathedral" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: St Patroclus's Cathedral"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 960, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruno_I,_Archbishop_of_Cologne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne (not yet started)">Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne</a> moved <a href="/w/index.php?title=Patroclus_of_Troyes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patroclus of Troyes (not yet started)">St Patroclus's</a> <a href="/wiki/Relics" class="mw-redirect" title="Relics">relics</a> from <a href="/wiki/Troyes" title="Troyes">Troyes</a> and buried them in 964 at St Patroclus's Cathedral in Soest, where he is still today honoured. </p><p>The Cathedral is a beautiful example of early medieval "Romanesque" <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a> fashioned from the local greenish sandstone. Its big squared bell tower or steeple can be seen for many kilometers, rising up out of the city centre of the old city and a landmark of the Soester Boerde. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Coat of arms" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Coat of arms"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coat of arms shows a key, which is the symbol for <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>, the patron of Cologne. The coat was not changed even after Soest no longer fell within the jurisdiction of Cologne. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Twin towns" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soest,_Germany&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Twin towns"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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