Schlangen () is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9,000 inhabitants as of 2013 and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy sea to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope. Schlangen is located in the time zone Central European Standard Time.
The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:
(conditions: Local election 2014)
The following cities are twinned with Schlangen: