Rödinghausen is a municipality in the district of Herford, 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 ...

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Geography

Rödinghausen is situated on the southern slope of the

Wiehengebirge The Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge, , 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 finger away from the main upland area of the Lower Saxo ...

, approx. 20 km north-west 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 ...

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 ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and ...

Neighbouring municipalities

Bünde Bünde (Low German ''Buine'') is a town in the Herford district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Bünde is situated between Osnabrück (west), Hannover (east) and Bielefeld (south). Waterways The town is crossed from west to east ...

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Preußisch Oldendorf Preußisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name ''Oldendorf'' was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns with ...

Hüllhorst Hüllhorst is a municipality in 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. ...

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) {{Herford-geo-stub