Spenge

Spenge
Coat of arms
Spenge Location of Spenge within Herford district
Coordinates: 52°07′59″N 08°28′59″E / 52.13306°N 8.48306°E / 52.13306; 8.48306Coordinates: 52°07′59″N 08°28′59″E / 52.13306°N 8.48306°E / 52.13306; 8.48306
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Herford
Government
• Mayor	Bernd Dumcke (SPD)
Area
• Total	40.244 km2 (15.538 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
• Total	14,681
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	32139
Dialling codes	05225 05223 (northeast), 05428 (far west), 05206 (south, esp. Nagelsholz)
Vehicle registration	HF
Website	www.spenge.de

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.

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.

• 
  Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006
• 
  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.

• 
  Gate to Schloss Mühlenburg in July 2004
• 
  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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spenge.

• Official site (in German)