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 (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
Population
Mayors of the town Spenge 1969–1984: Karl Obermann (UWG) 1984–1995: Karl-Heinz Wiegelmann (SPD) 1995–2009: Christian Manz (born 1954), (CDU) 2009–today: Bernd Dumcke (SPD)
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 (1911–1991), composer and music pedagogue Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (born 1942), politician (Alliance '90 / The Greens), 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.
References
External links
Official site