Gehlenbeck

Gehlenbeck
Ortsteil of Lübbecke
Gehlenbeck

Coordinates: 52°18′37″N 8°38′54″E / 52.31028°N 8.64833°E / 52.31028; 8.64833Coordinates: 52°18′37″N 8°38′54″E / 52.31028°N 8.64833°E / 52.31028; 8.64833
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
District Minden-Lübbecke
Town Lübbecke
Area
 • Total 11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi)
Population (2007-12-31)
 • Total 3,310
 • Density 300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 32312
Dialling codes 05741

Gehlenbeck is a village in the East Westphalian borough of Lübbecke in the county of Minden-Lübbecke in North Germany. The former clustered village (Haufendorf) is the second most populous village today in the borough. A stream flows through the village, the Gehle Beke (High German: gelber Bach; English: "Yellow Brook"), that once gave its name to the village. The village's parish has an area of around 11 km². With 297 inhabitants per km² Gehlenbeck is rather less densely settled than the borough of Lübbecke (398 people/km²).

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