Birgte is a small village at the north edge of the

Teutoburger Wald The Teutoburg Forest ( ; german: Teutoburger Wald ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed th ...

and is as such part of Riesenbeck which is part of the town Hörstel. Its root goes back until 1800 BC as an old farming area. First known written mention of Birgte is dated 1088 AD when single farms dominated the area.

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Karl-Josef Laumann Karl-Josef Laumann (born 11 July 1957) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2017, he has been the State Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, an office he previously held between ...

(born 1957), politician (CDU) Villages in Lower Saxony Steinfurt (district) {{Steinfurt-geo-stub