| Büren | |
| Type: | Town |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Büren (Westfalen).svg |
| Coordinates: | 51.55°N 42°W |
| Image Plan: | Büren in PB.svg |
| Plantext: | Location of Büren in the district of Paderborn |
| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Region: | Detmold |
| District: | Paderborn |
| Elevation: | 190-360 |
| Area: | 170.97 |
| Postal Code: | 33142 |
| Area Code: | 2951 2955 (Wewelsburg) 2958 (Harth) |
| Licence: | PB, BÜR |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 7 74 016 |
| Divisions: | 12 |
| Website: | www.bueren.de |
| Mayor: | Burkhard Schwuchow[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
| Party: | CDU |
Büren is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Büren is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alme and Afte, approx. 20 km south-west of Paderborn and approx. 30 km south-east of Lippstadt.
After the local government reforms of 1975 Büren consists of the following districts:
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Train connections to the outside world are laid off.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Büren is twinned with:[2]
Kortemark, Belgium (1981)
Charenton-le-Pont, France (1989)
Mittersill, Austria (1995)
Ignalina, Lithuania (2003)The village of Wewelsburg is the home of the Wewelsburg Renaissance castle, which was a focus of SS mythology during the Nazism era. The castle now hosts the museum of the district of Paderborn with the permanent exhibition "Wewelsburg 1933–1945. Place of cult and terror of the SS".