KNOWPIA
WELCOME TO KNOWPIA
Spenge 
Summary
Spenge is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Spenge | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Spenge within Herford district  | |
  Spenge  Spenge | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′N 08°29′E / 52.133°N 8.483°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Herford |
| Subdivisions | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Bernd Dumcke[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40.244 km2 (15.538 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 129 m (423 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,313 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 32139 |
| Dialling codes | 05225 05223 (northeast), 05428 (far west), 05206 (south, esp. Nagelsholz) |
| Vehicle registration | HF |
| Website | www.spenge.de |
Geography edit
Spenge is situated north of Bielefeld and west of Herford. It borders Lower Saxony in the west.
Subdivisions edit
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 edit
- Affhüpperhöfe
- Bardüttingdorf
- Baringdorf
- Blomeier Hof
- Bockhorst
- Bruning
- Detert-Kriese
- Diemke
- Düttingdorf
- Ellersiek
- Gehlenbrink
- Grafahrend
- Hannighorst
- Harrenheide
- Heistersiek
- Helligen
- Helliger Heide
- Hücker
- Hücker Dorf
- Hücker Kreuz
- Hücker-Aschen
- Hülsmann Hof
- Kisker
- Klein Aschen
- Klockenbrink
- Lenzinghausen
- Mantershagen
- Mark
- Martmühle
- Mühlenburg
- Nagelsholz
- Neuenfeld
- Nordspenge
- Placken
- Riepe
- Söttringhausen
- Spenger Heide
- Südholz
- Südspenge
- Vahrenhölzerhöfe
- Wallenbrück
- Werburg
- Westerhausen
- Wichlinghauserhöfe
- Wullbrede
Mayors of the town Sprenge edit
- 1969–1984: Karl Obermann (UWG)
- 1984–1995: Karl-Heinz Wiegelmann (SPD)
- 1995–2009: Christian Manz (born 1954), (CDU)
- 2009–today: Bernd Dumcke (SPD)
Notable places edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spenge.
- Official site (in German)