Schwenningdorf is a village in the parish of Rödinghausen in the northeastern part of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1968 Schwenningdorf was an independent parish in the Amt of Rödinghausen. The village was first mentioned in the records in 1088.
Location The village of Schwenningdorf lies to the north of Rödinghausen on the slopes of the Wiehen Hills. Its highest elevation is the Maschberg at . The lowest point is the valley of the Große Aue at around . Schwenningdorf has about 2,356 inhabitants and an area of (316 people per km2).
The valley of the Aue and its neighbouring valleys Wehmerhorster Wiesental and the region of the Schierenbeke are nature reserves.
Population The following overview shows the population figures for Schwenningdorf based on the respective parish area until its incorporation into the parish of Rödinghausen on 1 January 1969. Changes in the parish boundary occurred due to the incorporation of the settlements in the Bieren area on 4 March 1898 (1895: 10 inhabitants) and 1 April 1932 (1925: 2 inhabitants). The figures given are census returns.Gemeindestatistik des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: Bevölkerungsentwicklung 1816–1871. Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1966, p. 193Gemeindestatistik des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: Bevölkerungsentwicklung 1871–1961. Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1964, p. 380–381 From 1871 and for 1946 the returns were based on the population present in the village, and from 1925 on the actual residential population. Before 1871 the censuses were not based on standard criteria. Year Population 1818 (31 Dec) 800 1834 (31 Dec) 789 1837 (31 Dec) 814 1843 (31 Dec) 902 1849 (3 Dec) 961 1852 (3 Dec) 1,058 Year Population 1858 (3 Dec) 1,039 1867 (3 Dec) 1,068 1871 (1 Dec) 1,039 1885 (1 Dec) 1,006 1895 (1 Dec) 994 1905 (1 Dec) 1,211 Year Population 1925 (1 Dec) 1,313 1933 (16 June) 1,421 1939 (17 May) 1,487 1946 (29 Oct) 1,816 1950 (13 Sep) 1,919 1961 (6 June) 1,853
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