Spenge
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 :- Bardüttingdorf
- Hücker-Aschen
- Lenzinghausen
- Spenge
- Wallenbrück
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 Spenge
- 1969–1984: Karl Obermann
- 1984–1995: Karl-Heinz Wiegelmann
- 1995–2009: Christian Manz,
- 2009–today: Bernd Dumcke
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, composer and music pedagogue
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, politician, 1984–1987 and 1989–2009 Member of the European parliament
- A football fan has prominently displayed a banner with the town's name in white block capital letters on a black background, beside the pitch, at numerous major international tournaments in the 2010s and 2020s. At the 2024 European Championships, as of 24 June 2024, the Spenge flag had been seen at 10 of the tournament's total of 28 games. The banner has also been displayed at the 2014 World Cup, the 2016 European Championships and the 2022 World Cup.