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 (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

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.

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.