Exter is a suburb of the town

Vlotho Vlotho () is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Vlotho is located along the Weser river, south of the Wiehengebirge, bordering on the Ravensberger Hügelland in the west, Lipperland in the south, a ...

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 locatio ...

, 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 inhab ...

, Germany. Exter has a population of just over 3,000 (June 2007) and makes up the westernmost part of the town

Location

Exter borders on

in the west,

Löhne Löhne () is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Löhne is situated on the river Werre, approx. 8 km north of Herford and 20 km south-west of Minden. Neighbouring places * Hüllhorst * Bad ...

and

Bad Oeynhausen Bad Oeynhausen () is a spa town on the southern edge of the Wiehengebirge in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the East-Westphalia-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The closest larger towns are Bielefeld (39 kilometres southwest ...

(both

Minden-Lübbecke Minden-Lübbecke is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Diepholz, Nienburg, Schaumburg, Lippe, Herford, Osnabrück. Geography This is the northernmost district of North ...

district) in the north, the suburb Valdorf of

in the east, and

Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen is a town and thermal spa resort in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2013, it had 52,121 inhabitants. Geography Bad Salzuflen lies on the eastern edge of the Ravensberg Basin, at the confluence ...

(

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe ...

district) in the south.

Bundesautobahn 2 is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the junction with the A3 near the western city of Oberhausen, passes through the north of the Ruhr valley, through the Münsterl ...

goes through the village. The highest point is the Steinegge at 255.5 m, the lowest point is at Hagenmühle at 99.6 m. Image:Exter_2009-05-31.jpg, View of Exter from the north – with Wüsten (

) in the background Image:AutobahnkircheExter.jpg, Germany's first Lutheran highway church Image:WindmuehleExter.jpg, Renovated windmill in Solterwisch

History

The name ''Exter'' was first mentioned in the 12th century in a document of the convent in

Attractions

The windmill built in 1850 in Solterwisch has been renovated and is fully functional. The , built in 1666, was consecrated as the first Evangelical highway church in Germany in 1959.

References

External links

Geschichtswerkstatt Exter
historical society of Exter {{Authority control Former municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia Herford (district)