Spenge

Spenge is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Spenge
Coat of arms
Location of Spenge within Herford district
Spenge Spenge
Coordinates: 52°07′59″N 08°28′59″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Herford
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Bernd Dumcke (SPD)
Area
• Total	40.244 km^2 (15.538 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	14,482
• Density	360/km^2 (930/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

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

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.

• 
  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

• 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

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links

• Official site (in German)