Rödinghausen (; ) is a municipality in the
district of Herford, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
.
Geography
Rödinghausen is situated on the southern slope of the
Wiehengebirge
The Wiehen HillsElkins, T.H. (1972). ''Germany'' (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. . (, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long f ...
, approx. 20 km north-west of
Herford
Herford (; ) 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 situated in the cultural region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) and the Detmold (administrat ...
and 25 km north of
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region () of Detmold (region), Detmold and the L ...
.
Neighbouring municipalities
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Bünde
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Melle
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Preußisch Oldendorf
*
Hüllhorst
Hüllhorst is a municipality of the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Hüllhorst is situated on the south side of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 5 km south-east of Lübbecke and 20 km west of Minden.
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Division of the municipality
Rödinghausen consists of 5 villages:
*
Bieren (1,299 inhabitants)
* Bruchmühlen (3,378 inhabitants); (named ''Westkilver'' until 1969)
* Ostkilver (1,876 inhabitants)
* Rödinghausen (1,644 inhabitants)
* Schwenningdorf (2,356 inhabitants)
Mayors
* since 2020: Siegfried Lux (SPD)
* 2004–2020: Ernst-Wilhelm Vortmeyer (* 1954) (SPD)
* 1999-2004: Kurt Vogt (SPD)
* 1969-1998: Günter Oberpenning (SPD)
References
External links
Official site
Wiehen Hills
Herford (district)
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