Preußisch Oldendorf

Preußisch Oldendorf
Preußisch Oldendorf
Location of the town of Preußisch Oldendorf within Minden-Lübbecke district
Coordinates	52°17′0″N 8°30′0″E / 52.283333°N 8.5°E / 52.283333; 8.5Coordinates: 52°17′0″N 8°30′0″E / 52.283333°N 8.5°E / 52.283333; 8.5
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Minden-Lübbecke
Town subdivisions	10
Mayor	Anke Korsmeier-Pawlitzky (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	68.78 km2 (26.56 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m  (220 ft)
Population	12,862 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	187 /km2 (484 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MI
Postal code	32361
Area code	05742
Website	www.preussischoldendorf.de

Preußisch Oldendorf is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name Oldendorf was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns with the same name more easy (especially for mail and train stations).

Geography

Preußisch Oldendorf is situated on the north side of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 9 km west of Lübbecke, 24 km north-west of Herford and 30 km east of Osnabrück.

Extent and land usage of the borough

The town's borough has an area of 66.78 km². Its maximum north-south extent is about 11 km, its maximum east-west extent around 10 km. The highest point in the district is the Altes Verbrenn (291.1 m) in the southeast of the borough. The lowest point (45.8 m) lies in the northwest of the borough in the valley of the Großer Dieckfluss. Ita entire northern boundary does not exceed 50 m at any point.

The territory of the borough is predominantly used for arable land and is correspondingly rural. In general, only the Wiehen Hills and the Egge ridge are wooded. Hollwinkel Wood is the only smaller woodland on the plain. Because the Wiehen and Egge constitute a relatively wide section of the Wiehen Hills here, woods occupy a relatively high proportion of the land - just under 20 % - in comparison with neighbouring districts. The following table gives an overview of land usage:

Source: LDS^[2]

Neighbouring places

• Stemwede
• Espelkamp
• Lübbecke
• Hüllhorst
• Rödinghausen
• Melle
• Bad Essen

Division of the town

Preußisch Oldendorf consists of 10 districts:

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Preußisch Oldendorf

• 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

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