Areas Surrounding Stemwede (Kreissynode Lübbecke)
This is a map of the
Kreissynode Lübbecke parishes from 1957 from the book Gemeindebuch der
Kreissynode Lübbecke published 1957 by Jedermann-Verlag Ludwig Schmidt GmBH,
Osnabrück. Larger (printable) copy of map.
This section will continue to be developed to show what towns were part of each of these parishes.
Alswede
Blasheim
Espelkamp
Gehlenbeck
Holzhausen
Isenstedt-Frotheim
Rahden
Preußisch Ströhen
Preußisch Oldendorf
Lemförde: Lemförde is just around the north side
of "Stemweder Berg" (Northwest) from Stemwede. It is in Niedersachsen
(Lower Saxony), but is one of the closest parishes of Niedersachsen
Wagenfeld: Wagenfeld is North of the northeast corner of Stemwede, directly
North of Rahden, but is also in Niedersachen. The church in Wagenfeld, Ev.-luth.
St. Antonius, has a website,
which includes an excellent map
of Wagenfeld.