Stemwede

Stemwede
Location of Stemwede within Minden-Lübbecke district
Location of Stemwede
Stemwede
Stemwede
Coordinates: 52°25′N 8°26′E / 52.417°N 8.433°E / 52.417; 8.433
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictMinden-Lübbecke
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Kai Abruszat[1] (FDP)
Area
 • Total
166.13 km2 (64.14 sq mi)
Elevation
41 m (135 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
13,314
 • Density80.142/km2 (207.57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
32351
Dialling codes05474, 05773, 05745
Vehicle registrationMI
Websitewww.stemwede.de

Stemwede (German pronunciation: [ʃtɛmˈveːdə] ; Low German: Stemwäide) is a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Following a recent regional reorganization, in 1973, the former districts of Dielingen-Wehdem and Levern were consolidated and the district of "Stemwede" created. The new name was chosen because for a thousand years the area along the Stemweder Berg (mountain) was popularly referred to as Stemwede.[3]

Geography

Stemwede is situated approximately 20 km north-west of Lübbecke.

Subdivisions of the town

The municipality of Stemwede is divided into 3 districts (consisting of the following villages each):

  • District Levern
    • Levern
    • Sundern
    • Niedermehnen
    • Destel
    • Twiehausen
  • District Dielingen
    • Drohne
    • Dielingen
    • Haldem
    • Arrenkamp
  • District Wehdem
    • Westrup
    • Wehdem
    • Oppendorf
    • Oppenwehe

References

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ Stemwede Emigrant Database
  • Media related to Stemwede at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website (in German)