Spenge
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Spenge within Herford district
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Coordinates: 52°08′N 08°29′E / 52.133°N 8.483°E / 52.133; 8.483
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Herford
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Bernd Dumcke[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	40.244 km2 (15.538 sq mi)
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	14,313
• Density	360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	32139
Dialling codes	05225 05223 (northeast), 05428 (far west), 05206 (south, esp. Nagelsholz)
Vehicle registration	HF
Website	www.spenge.de

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

Mayors of the town Sprenge

• 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.

• 
  Lutheran Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006
• 
  in 2005 rebuilt Wegscheider-Organ in the Church of Sankt Martin in Spenge as of March 2006

• Marienkirche in Wallenbrück built 1096, to the west of Spenge
• Mühlenburg Castle built in 1468.

• 
  Gate to Schloss Mühlenburg in July 2004
• 
  Coat of arms at gate to Schloss Mühlenburg

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