Obermehnen is a village in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the county of Minden-Lübbecke. The village belongs administratively to the town of Lübbecke. Obermehnen has 1,360 inhabitants and an area of 9.6 km². At around 137 people per km² Obermehnen has the lowest density of all of Lübbeck's districts, not least because 4.3 km², i.e. 45%,[2] of the parish area consists of uninhabited hill forest on the Wiehen Hills. Obermehnen is thus the most wooded part of the borough of Lübbecke.
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View of parts of the village. Background: the village of Limberg that belongs to Preußisch Oldendorf -
The Preußenpfahl ("Prussian Post") in Obermehnen -
Not far from the Preußenpfahl stands Obermehnen's maypole
Obermehnen | |
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Location of Obermehnen within Lübbecke  | |
  Obermehnen  Obermehnen | |
| Coordinates: 52°17′08″N 8°34′40″E / 52.285487°N 8.577747°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| District | Minden-Lübbecke |
| Town | Lübbecke |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.58 km2 (3.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,221 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 32312 |
| Dialling codes | 05741 |
Personalities
edit- Eberhard Werner, artist (landscape painter) lived and died in Obermehnen near Lübbecke
References
edit- ^ "Zahlen und Daten". Stadt Lübbecke. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ checked at TIM-online
External links
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