Gehlenbeck is a village in the East Westphalian borough of

Lübbecke Lübbecke (; wep, Lübke) is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills (''Wiehengebirge'') and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is part of district ...

in the county of

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 ...

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).

References

Literature

* Werner Fabis: ''Gehlenbeck - Ein Dorf im Spiegel der Geschichte''. Herausgeber: Heimatverein Gehlenbeck e. V.

External links

Internet presence of the town of LübbeckeGehrmker Hius - Heimathaus Gehlenbeck
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