Schwenningdorf is a village in the parish of

Rödinghausen Rödinghausen is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Rödinghausen is situated on the southern slope of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 20 km north-west of Herford and 25 km north of Biel ...

in the northeastern part of the German federal state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. Until 1968 Schwenningdorf was an independent parish in the ''Amt'' of Rödinghausen. The village was first mentioned in the records in 1088. Rodinghausen4

Location

The village of Schwenningdorf lies to the north of Rödinghausen on the slopes of the

Wiehen Hills The Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long finger away from the main upland area of the Lower Saxon ...

. Its highest elevation is the

Maschberg The Maschberg is a hill, , in the Wiehen Hills and on the boundary between the village of Rödinghausen and the town of Preußisch Oldendorf. The Maschberg is the highest point in the Rödinghausen parish of Schwenningdorf. The Maschberg, like a ...

at . The lowest point is the valley of the

Große Aue The Große Aue (in its upper reaches known as the ''Aue'' and then also the ''Neuer Mühlenbach'' or ''Mühlbach'') is an , southwestern, left tributary of the River Weser in northern North Rhine-Westphalia and central Lower Saxony in Germany. ...

at around . Schwenningdorf has about 2,356 inhabitants and an area of (316 people per km²). The valley of the Aue and its neighbouring valleys Wehmerhorster Wiesental and the region of the Schierenbeke are

nature reserves A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...

Population

The following overview shows the population figures for Schwenningdorf based on the respective parish area until its incorporation into the parish of Rödinghausen on 1 January 1969. Changes in the parish boundary occurred due to the incorporation of the settlements in the Bieren area on 4 March 1898 (1895: 10 inhabitants) and 1 April 1932 (1925: 2 inhabitants). The figures given are

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

returns.''Gemeindestatistik des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: Bevölkerungsentwicklung 1816–1871''. Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1966, p. 193''Gemeindestatistik des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: Bevölkerungsentwicklung 1871–1961''. Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1964, p. 380–381 From 1871 and for 1946 the returns were based on the population present in the village, and from 1925 on the actual residential population. Before 1871 the censuses were not based on standard criteria.

References

{{authority control Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia