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.
Marienkirche in Wallenbrück built 1096, to the west of Spenge
Mühlenburg Castle built in 1468.
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
Herford (district)