Lübbecke

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Lübbecke
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Minden-Lübbecke
Town subdivisions	8
Mayor	Susanne Lindemann (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	65 km² (25.1 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m  (246 ft)
Population	26,188  (31/12/2006)
- Density	403 /km² (1,043 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MI
Postal code	32312
Area code	05741
Website	www.luebbecke.de Coordinates: 52°18′29″N 8°37′23″E / 52.30806, 8.62306

Lübbecke is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Neighbouring municipalities 1.2 Division of the town 1.3 Twin towns 2 Sports 3 Education 3.1 Schools 4 External links

[edit] Geography

Lübbecke is situated on the north side of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 20 km north of Herford and 20 km west of Minden.

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

• Hüllhorst
• Espelkamp
• Preußisch Oldendorf
• Hille
• Petershagen

[edit] Division of the town

Lübbecke consists of 8 districts:

• Lübbecke (city center) (16,028 inhabitants)
• Alswede (1,077 inhabitants)
• Blasheim (1,474 inhabitants)
• Eilhausen (780 inhabitants)
• Gehlenbeck (3,339 inhabitants)
• Nettelstedt (2,823 inhabitants)
• Obermehnen (1,394 inhabitants)
• Stockhausen (795 inhabitants)

[edit] Twin towns

• Bayeux (France) -- since 1968
• Dorchester, Dorset (United Kingdom) -- since 1973
• Tiszakécske, (Bács-Kiskun, Hungary) -- since 1989
• Bad Liebenwerda (Brandenburg, Germany) -- since 1990

[edit] Sports

The team handball club TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke is at home in Lübbecke. The club currently competes in the German First League of Handball.

[edit] Education

[edit] Schools

• Wittekind-Gymnasium Lübbecke
• Jahn-Realschule
• Hauptschule Lübbecke
• Pestalozzi Schule
• Berufskolleg Lübbecke

[edit] External links

• Official site (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Minden-Lübbecke Bad Oeynhausen | Espelkamp | Hille | Hüllhorst | Lübbecke | Minden | Petershagen | Porta Westfalica | Preußisch Oldendorf | Rahden | Stemwede