Levern Office

Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period:	1843-1972
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Detmold
Circle :	Luebbecke
Area :	57.16 km 2
Residents:	4402 (1972)
Population density :	77 inhabitants per km 2
Office structure:	5 municipalities
Location of the Levern office in the Lübbecke district

The Levern office was an office in the former Lübbecke district in North Rhine-Westphalia with its seat in Levern . The office was dissolved by the Bielefeld Act on December 31, 1972. The legal successor to the office is the municipality of Stemwede .

The office was located south of the Dielingen-Wehdem office and bordered the state of Lower Saxony in the west .

At the time of the dissolution, the office had 4402 inhabitants on an area of 57.16 km² and was divided into the five communities of Destel , Levern , Niedermehnen , Sundern and Twiehausen . Together with the municipalities of the Dielingen-Wehdem office , the municipalities form the new municipality of Stemwede.

The seat and center of the office was the old monastery village of Levern, which has received several awards. The office was dominated by agriculture.

Population development in the individual communities

District	1953	1963	1967	1972	surface	Population density (1972)
Destel	926	780	744	700	8.49 km²	82 inhabitants / km²
Levern	1,527	1,604	1,671	1,706	10.73 km²	159 inhabitants / km²
Niedermehnen	945	851	852	809	13.20 km²	61 inhabitants / km²
Sundern	531	406	442	404	7.93 km²	51 inhabitants / km²
Twiehausen	892	769	778	783	16.80 km²	47 inhabitants / km²
Levern Office	4,821	4,410	4,478	4,402	57.16 km²	77 inhabitants / km²

Individual evidence

↑ Dirk Möllering (Ed.): Structure and structural change in the old Lübbecke district - parties and elections in the old Lübbecke district 1953 - 1973, Lübbecke 2001, p. 103.

[1] Dirk Möllering (Ed.): Structure and structural change in the old Lübbecke district - parties and elections in the old Lübbecke district 1953 - 1973, Lübbecke 2001, p. 103.