Obermehnen

Obermehnen
Ortsteil of Lübbecke
Obermehnen
Location of the ortsteil of Obermehnen within Lübbecke
Coordinates	52.2855°N 8.5777°E / 52.2855°N 8.5777°E / 52.2855; 8.5777Coordinates: 52.2855°N 8.5777°E / 52.2855°N 8.5777°E / 52.2855; 8.5777
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
District	Minden-Lübbecke
Town	Lübbecke
Basic statistics
Area	9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m  (177 ft)
Population	1,360  (31 December 2007)
- Density	142 /km2 (368 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	32312
Area code	05741

The topography of Obermehnen

Obermehnen is a village in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the county of Minden-Lübbecke. The village belongs administratively to the town of Lübbecke. Obermehnen has 1,360 inhabitants and an area of 9.6 km². At around 137 people per km² Obermehnen has the lowest density of all of Lübbeck's districts, not least because 4.3 km², i.e. 45 %,^[1] of the parish area consists of uninhabited hill forest on the Wiehen Hills. Obermehnen is thus the most wooded part of the borough of Lübbecke.

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  View of parts of the village. Background: the village of Limberg that belongs to Preußisch Oldendorf

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  The Preußenpfahl ("Prussian Post") in Obermehnen

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  Not far from the Preußenpfahl stands Obermehnen's maypole

Personalities

• Eberhard Werner, artist (landscape painter) lived and died in Obermehnen near Lübbecke

References

1. ^ checked at TIM-online

External links

• Website of the town of Lübbecke