Rödinghausen

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Location of Rödinghausen within Herford district

(2020–25) Siegfried Lux^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total36.27 km² (14.00 sq mi)Elevation

135 m (443 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,891 • Density270/km² (710/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

32289

Dialling codes05746 (Norden),
05226 (Bruchmühlen, southeast),
05223 (Bünde, southwest)Vehicle registrationHFWebsitewww.roedinghausen.de

Rödinghausen is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Rödinghausen is situated on the southern slope of the Wiehengebirge, approx. 20 km north-west of Herford and 25 km north of Bielefeld.

Rödinghausen consists of 5 villages:

Bieren (1,299 inhabitants)
Bruchmühlen (3,378 inhabitants); (named Westkilver until 1969)
Ostkilver (1,876 inhabitants)
Rödinghausen (1,644 inhabitants)
Schwenningdorf (2,356 inhabitants)

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.