Spenge

Spenge
Coat of arms
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 km^2 (15.538 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	14,577
• Density	360/km^2 (940/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

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

Notable places

• Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin built in the 13th Century, within the Altar of St. Martin, created around 1470.

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  Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006

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  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.

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  Gate to Schloss Mühlenburg in July 2004

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  Coat of arms at gate to Schloss Mühlenburg

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.

External links

• Official site (German)