Stringen

Stringen City of Espelkamp Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 14 " N , 8 ° 36 ′ 40" E
Height :	56 m above sea level NN
Area :	3.8 km²
Residents :	1834 (Dec. 31, 2007)
Population density :	483 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	32339
Area code :	05743
	Location of Gestringen in Espelkamp

Gestringen is a town in the East Westphalian town of Espelkamp in North Rhine-Westphalia . Gestringen has approx. 1,800 inhabitants and is located in the south of the city of Espelkamp. Mayor is Max Grote (CDU).

Until December 31, 1972, Gestringen was part of the municipality of Alswede in the Alswede district. On January 1, 1973, the municipality of Alswede was divided, and the village of Gestringen became a part of the enlarged town of Espelkamp.

Location description

There is a snack bar, an inn (Gestringer Hof) with a restaurant and a specialty shop for musical instruments. The place also has a drugstore (Emmerling), a butcher shop and a bakery, which has been in existence for over 60 years. A rainwater retention basin, completed in 2016, now takes up the area of a large former recreational meadow.

Web links

Homepage of the village community
Stringen in the Westphalia culture atlas

Individual evidence

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 324 .

[1] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 324 .