Preußisch Oldendorf
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 km. 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. Its 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:
Area by type of use |
Agricultural land |
Wood- land |
Settlements and transport routes |
Water- bodies |
Special usage |
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Area in ha | 4,335 | 1.343 | 995 | 183 | 3 |
Proportion | 63.3% | 19.5% | 14.5% | 2.7% | - % |
Source: LDS
Neighbouring places
Division of the town
Preußisch Oldendorf consists of 10 districts:
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Notable residents
- Karl-Friedrich Höcker (1911–2000), German Nazi SS concentration camp officer and war criminal
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 2024-06-20.
- ^ "NRW State Office for Data and Statistics NRW: Kommunalprofil Preußisch Oldendorf". Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
External links
- Official site (in German)