Espelkamp
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Espelkamp within Minden-Lübbecke district | |
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| Coordinates: 52°22′38″N 8°37′58″E / 52.37722°N 8.63278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Detmold |
| District | Minden-Lübbecke |
| Subdivisions | 9 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Henning Vieker[1] (CDU) |
| • Governing parties | CDU |
| Area | |
• Total | 84.21 km2 (32.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 25,763 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 32339 |
| Dialling codes | 05772 |
| Vehicle registration | MI |
| Website | www.espelkamp.de |
Espelkamp (German pronunciation: [ˈɛspl̩ˌkamp] ⓘ; Low German: Espelkämpe) is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden.
The is located on the site of a former ammunition factory Heeres-Munitionsanstalt Lübbecke. After World War II, it was used to house ethnic German refugees from former eastern territories.
Neighbouring places
Town subdivisions
After the local government reforms of 1973 Espelkamp consists of 9 districts:
| village | population 31. Dez. 2007[3] |
Stadtgliederung |
|---|---|---|
| Altgemeinde Espelkamp | 965 | |
| Fabbenstedt | 829 | |
| Fiestel | 1.023 | |
| Frotheim | 2.674 | |
| Gestringen | 1.834 | |
| Isenstedt | 2.658 | |
| Schmalge | 399 | |
| Vehlage | 618 | |
| Espelkamp Zentrum¹ | 15.553 | |
Twin towns – sister cities
- Angermünde, Germany
- Borås, Sweden
- Nagykőrös, Hungary
- Torgelow, Germany
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Espelkamp: Stadtportrait, Statistik
- ^ "Partnerstädte" (in German). Espelkamp. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Espelkamp.
- Official site (in German)