Spenge Explained

Type:	Stadt
Image Coa:	Wappen Spenge.svg
Coordinates:	52.1333°N 37°W
Image Plan:	Spenge in HF.svg
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia
Region:	Detmold
District:	Herford
Elevation:	129
Area:	40.244
Postal Code:	32139
Area Code:	05225 05223 (northeast), 05428 (far west), 05206 (south, esp. Nagelsholz)
Licence:	HF
Gemeindeschlüssel:	05 7 58 032
Divisions:	5
Website:	www.spenge.de
Mayor:	Bernd Dumcke^[1]
Leader Term:	2020 - 25
Party:	SPD

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.

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)

Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin built in the 13th Century, within the Altar of St. Martin, created around 1470.

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.^[2] ^[3] The banner has also been displayed at the 2014 World Cup,^[4] the 2016 European Championships and the 2022 World Cup.^[5]