Stemwede

Stemwede
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Location of Stemwede within Minden-Lübbecke district
MindenHüllhorstEspelkampBad OeynhausenLübbeckeRahdenPetershagenPreußisch OldendorfPorta WestfalicaHilleStemwedeNorth Rhine-WestphaliaLower SaxonyLower SaxonyHerford (district)Lippe (district)Lower SaxonyLower Saxony
Stemwede is located in Germany
Stemwede
Stemwede
Stemwede is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
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
 • Total165.29 km2 (63.82 sq mi)
Elevation
41 m (135 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total13,311
 • Density81/km2 (210/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 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]

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ Stemwede Emigrant Database

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