Mindener Land
The Mindener Land is a cultural-spatial landscape in East Westphalia , i.e. in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia . It encompasses those four fifths of the Minden-Lübbecke district that lie in the North German Plain , and shows a clear border to the south, where Ravensberger Land and Upper Wesertal join, through the Weser and Wiehen Mountains . The other boundaries correspond to those of the circle.
Cultural development
The Mindener Land represents the area that has always been politically and culturally dominated by Minden . Before the 19th century, Minden was the capital of the bishopric or principality of the same name and has been the district town of Minden-Lübbecke since 1973. In between there were the two districts of Lübbecke and Minden . Based on this, the area is divided again into Lübbecker Land and Mindener Land in the narrower sense. Although areas adjacent to the south of Minden were always politically subordinate, the influence of the centers of Herford and Bielefeld was always noticeable.
(In addition, due to the diversity of natural areas were lowland - Central Mountains ) existing cultural landscape differences exacerbated by the mountain barrier. In terms of rural customs and dialects , the Mindener Land is less similar to the rest of Westphalia than to the neighboring areas of Lower Saxony ( Schaumburger Land , Mittelweser region ). Historically, the Mindener Land has been shaped for much longer than most of the rest of Westphalia due to its long affiliation to (Brandenburg-) Prussia .
As shown, the Mindener Land, although the lowlands predominate, does not primarily have a natural spatial basis. Therefore, it is not the mountain foot, but the ridges of the Wiehen and Weser Mountains that are considered the southern border. In addition, the area is divided into various natural units , namely essentially the Middle Weser Valley , the Lübbecker Loessland and the Rahden-Diepenauer Geest .
The Mindener Land in the narrower sense includes the cities and communities Minden , Hille , Petershagen and the northern part of Porta Westfalica , in the Lübbecker Land are Lübbecke , Espelkamp , Preußisch Oldendorf , Rahden and Stemwede .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ N , 8 ° 51 ′ E