Obermehnen

Obermehnen
Ortsteil of Lübbecke
Location of Obermehnen within Lübbecke
Obermehnen Obermehnen
Coordinates: 52°17′08″N 8°34′40″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)
• 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

The topography of Obermehnen

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%, 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
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  The Preußenpfahl ("Prussian Post") in Obermehnen
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  Not far from the Preußenpfahl stands Obermehnen's maypole

Personalities

• Eberhard Werner, artist (landscape painter) lived and died in Obermehnen near Lübbecke

External links

• Website of the town of Lübbecke