Gehlenbeck
Appearance
Gehlenbeck | |
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Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
District | Minden-Lübbecke |
Town | Lübbecke |
Area | |
• Total | 11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
Population (2007-12-31) | |
• Total | 3,310 |
• Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 32312 |
Dialling codes | 05741 |
Gehlenbeck is a village in the East Westphalian borough of Lübbecke in the county of Minden-Lübbecke in North Germany. The former clustered village (Haufendorf) is the second most populous village today in the borough. A stream flows through the village, the Gehle Beke (High German: gelber Bach; English: "Yellow Brook"), that once gave its name to the village. The village's parish has an area of around 11 km². With 297 inhabitants per km² Gehlenbeck is rather less densely settled than the borough of Lübbecke (398 people/km²).
References
Literature
- Werner Fabis: Gehlenbeck - Ein Dorf im Spiegel der Geschichte. Herausgeber: Heimatverein Gehlenbeck e. V.
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