Spenge is a town in the district of
Herford
Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford.
Geography
Geographic locat ...
, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
,
Germany
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Geography
Spenge is situated north of
Bielefeld
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and west of
Herford
Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford.
Geography
Geographic locat ...
. It borders
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
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
Mayors of the town Sprenge
*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
* Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin built in the 13th Century, within the Altar of St. Martin, created around 1470.
Image:IH_St.Martins-Kirche_Spenge.jpg, Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006
Image:IA St.Martinskirche Spenge Wegscheider-Orgel 2005.jpg, 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.
Image:20040727_Spenge-Schloss-Muehlenburg.jpg, Gate to Schloss Mühlenburg in July 2004
Image:20040727_spenge-wappen_schloss_muehlenburg.jpg, Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...
at gate to ''Schloss Mühlenburg''
Sons and daughters of the town
*
Eberhard Werdin
Eberhard Werdin (19 October 1911 in Spenge – 25 May 1991 in Weilheim in Oberbayern) was a German composer and writer on music.
He studied in Hanover, Bielefeld and Cologne, and then became a schoolteacher. From 1955 to 1969 he was a lecturer a ...
(1911–1991), composer and music pedagogue
*
Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf
Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (born 29 November 1942 in Spenge) was Member of the European Parliament for the German political party Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Greens, from 1984 to 1987 and 1989 to 2009, and from 1996 ...
(born 1942), politician (
Alliance '90 / The Greens), 1984–1987 and 1989–2009 Member of the European parliament
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Herford (district)