Spenge
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Spenge | ||
Location of Spenge within Herford district | ||
Coordinates: 52°07′59″N 08°28′59″E / 52.13306°N 8.48306°ECoordinates: 52°07′59″N 08°28′59″E / 52.13306°N 8.48306°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Admin. region | Detmold | |
District | Herford | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Bernd Dumcke (SPD) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 40.244 km2 (15.538 sq mi) | |
Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
• Total | 14,768 | |
• Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 32139 | |
Dialling codes |
05225 05223 (northeast), 05428 (far west), 05206 (south, esp. Nagelsholz) | |
Vehicle registration | HF | |
Website | www.spenge.de |
Spenge is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Geography
Spenge is situated north of Bielefeld and west of Herford. It borders Lower Saxony in the west.
Subdivisions
Spenge consists of 5 subdivisions (population as of December 31, 2001):
- Bardüttingdorf (1,480 inhabitants)
- Hücker-Aschen (1,465 inhabitants)
- Lenzinghausen (2,793 inhabitants)
- Spenge (8,696 inhabitants)
- Wallenbrück (1,976 inhabitants)
Towns and local subdistricts
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Notable places
- Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin built in the 13th Century, within the Altar of St. Martin, created around 1470.
- Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006
- in 2005 rebuilt Wegscheider-Organ in the Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006
- Marienkirche in Wallenbrück built 1096, to the west of Spenge
- Mühlenburg Castle built in 1468.
- Gate to Schloss Mühlenburg in July 2004
- Coat of arms at gate to Schloss Mühlenburg
Sons and daughters of the town
- Eberhard Werdin (1911-1991), composer and music pedagogue
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (born 1942), politician (Alliance '90 / The Greens), 1984-1987 and 1989-2009 Member of the European parliament
References
- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 18 July 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spenge. |
- Official site (German)
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