Gorspen-Vahlsen

Gorspen-Vahlsen City of Petershagen Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '5 "  N , 9 ° 1' 34"  E
Height :	41 m above sea level NN
Area :	3.93 km²
Residents :	834  (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density :	212 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	32469
Area code :	05702
Location of Gorspen-Vahlsen in Petershagen

The village of Gorspen-Vahlsen is located in the town of Petershagen , which is part of the Minden-Lübbecke mill district in East Westphalia .

geography

Gorspen-Vahlsen consists of the two very old districts of Gorspen and Vahlsen from the much larger Loh. The place is east of the core city . In the east Gorspen-Vahlsen borders on the district of Ilserheide , in the north on Ilse , in the west on the districts Jössen and Lahde and in the south on the district Bierde .

history

Gorspen-Vahlsen was first mentioned in a document in 1269.

Until the municipal reorganization on 1 January 1973 Gorspen-Vahlsen and was km² an independent municipality with a total of around 3.93 721 inhabitants (31 December 1972) and belonged to the Office Windheim to Lahde in Minden . At the same time, street names were introduced after new houses and farmsteads were simply numbered consecutively. Gorspen-Vahlsen had 834 inhabitants on December 31, 2008.

politics

The population of Gorspen-Vahlsen has been represented to the council and administration of the city of Petershagen since 1973 by a local mayor, who is elected by the council of the city of Petershagen on the basis of the election results.

The local mayor is Reinhard Walter (CDU).

Web links

• Website of the cultural community
• City of Petershagen
• Gorspen-Vahlsen in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 117 .