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.

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

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

• Official site