Spenge

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
imagesize =
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Wappen = Wappen Spenge.pnglat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 07 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 28 |lon_sec = 59
Lageplan =
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Detmold
Kreis = Herford
Höhe = 129
Fläche = 40.244
Einwohner = 15372
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 32139
Vorwahl = 05225
05223 (northeast),
05428 (far west),
05206 (south, esp. Nagelsholz)
Kfz = HF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 58 032
Gliederung = 5
Straße = Lange Str. 52–56
Website = [http://www.spenge.de www.spenge.de]
Bürgermeister = Christian Manz
Partei = CDU

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

Geography

Spenge is situated north of Bielefeld and west of the Herford, directly on the border to Lower Saxony in its west.

ubdivisions

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

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.

External links

* [http://www.spenge.de/ Official site] de icon