Spenge

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Coordinates: 52°07′N 8°28′E

Spenge
Country	Germany
State	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Administrative region	Detmold
District	Herford
Population	15,469 (2006-06-30)
Area	40.244 km²
Population density	762 /km²
Elevation	129 m
Coordinates	52°07′ N 8°28′ E
Postal code	32139
Area code	05225
Licence plate code	HF
Mayor	Christian Manz (CDU)
Website	spenge.de

Spenge is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located to the north of Bielefeld and in the west of the District of Herford directly by the border to Lower Saxony in its west. As of 2004, it has 16.500 inhabitants.

[edit] Districts

• Bardüttingdorf (1,480)
• Hücker-Aschen (1,465)
• Lenzinghausen (2,793)
• Spenge (8,696)
• Wallenbrück (1,976)

(as of December 31, 2001)

Urban districts und 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

[edit] History

[edit] Sight worth seeings

• 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

Coordinates: 52°08′N 8°29′E