Obermehnen

Ortsteil of Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

52°17′08″N 8°34′40″E / 52.285487°N 8.577747°E / 52.285487; 8.577747CountryGermanyStateNorth Rhine-WestphaliaDistrictMinden-Lübbecke TownLübbecke Area • Total9.58 km² (3.70 sq mi)Elevation54 m (177 ft)Population • Total1,221 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes05741

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%,^[2] 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

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

• Website of the town of Lübbecke