Spenge

Spenge is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Geography

Spenge is situated north of Bielefeld and west of Herford. It borders Lower Saxony in the west.

Subdivisions

Spenge consists of 5 subdivisions (population as of December 31, 2001):
* Bardüttingdorf (1,480 inhabitants)
* Hücker-Aschen (1,465 inhabitants)
* Lenzinghausen (2,793 inhabitants)
* Spenge (8,696 inhabitants)
* Wallenbrück (1,976 inhabitants)

Towns and local subdistricts

* Affhüpperhöfe
* Bardüttingdorf
* Baringdorf
* Blomeier Hof
* Bockhorst
* Bruning
* Detert-Kriese
* Diemke
* Düttingdorf
* Ellersiek
* Gehlenbrink
* Grafahrend
* Hannighorst
* Harrenheide
* Heistersiek
* Helligen
* Helliger Heide
* Hücker
* Hücker Dorf
* Hücker Kreuz
* Hücker-Aschen
* Hülsmann Hof
* Kisker
* Klein Aschen
* Klockenbrink
* Lenzinghausen
* Mantershagen
* Mark
* Martmühle
* Mühlenburg
* Nagelsholz
* Neuenfeld
* Nordspenge
* Placken
* Riepe
* Söttringhausen
* Spenger Heide
* Südholz
* Südspenge
* Vahrenhölzerhöfe
* Wallenbrück
* Werburg
* Westerhausen
* Wichlinghauserhöfe
* Wullbrede

Mayors of the town Sprenge

*1969–1984: Karl Obermann (UWG)
*1984–1995: Karl-Heinz Wiegelmann (SPD)
*1995–2009: Christian Manz (born 1954), (CDU)
*2009–today: Bernd Dumcke (SPD)

Notable places

* Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin built in the 13th Century, within the Altar of St. Martin, created around 1470.

Image:IH_St.Martins-Kirche_Spenge.jpg, Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006
Image:IA St.Martinskirche Spenge Wegscheider-Orgel 2005.jpg, in 2005 rebuilt Wegscheider-Organ in the ''Church of Sankt Martin'' in Spenge as of March 2006

* Marienkirche in Wallenbrück built 1096, to the west of Spenge
* Mühlenburg Castle built in 1468.

Image:20040727_Spenge-Schloss-Muehlenburg.jpg, Gate to Schloss Mühlenburg in July 2004
Image:20040727_spenge-wappen_schloss_muehlenburg.jpg, Coat of arms at gate to ''Schloss Mühlenburg''

Sons and daughters of the town

* Eberhard Werdin (1911–1991), composer and music pedagogue
* Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (born 1942), politician ( Alliance '90 / The Greens), 1984–1987 and 1989–2009 Member of the European parliament

References

External links

Official site

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Herford (district)