Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Located in Regierungsbezirk Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 52°20′00″ N 8°45′00″ E
- Population
- 320,557
- 320.6K
- Elevation
- 58 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Places inside
- 12
- listed under Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
- Airports
- HAJ Hannover Airport65 km
- FMO Münster Osnabrück Airport76 km
About Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Kreis Minden-Lübbecke is a municipality. Location: Regierungsbezirk Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 320,557. Elevation: 58 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (65 km). Nearby sights include Frotheimer Wald and Pohlsche Heide.
Photos of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Climate of Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 63 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -1°)
- Wettest month
- June (78 mm)
- Driest month
- February (50 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 4° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | 0° | -1° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 68 | 50 | 63 | 50 | 60 | 78 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 62 | 63 | 76 |
How to get to Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 65 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bielefeld, 37 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 65 kmeast
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO) Greven 76 kmwest
- Bremen Airport (BRE) Bremen 79 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Bielefeld Population: 331.9K 37 kmsouthwest
- Osnabrück Population: 166.5K 48 kmwest
- Hanover Population: 515.1K 67 kmeast
- Paderborn Population: 142.2K 68 kmsouth
- Bremen Population: 546.5K 83 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Within 100 km: 278 historic and cultural sites, 2,348 natural sites, 844 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km125 places
- Bergsee Oberlübbe Lake 5 kmS
- Windheimer See Lake 18 kmNE
- Wein-Berg Mountain 20 kmSE
- Wittekinds Berg Mountain 14 kmSE
25–60 km1,023 places
- Badeinsel Island 44 kmE
- Lake Steinhude Lake 42 kmE
- Rothenküler Teich Lake 49 kmE
- Norder Teich Lake 54 kmS
60–100 km2,322 places
- Sundern Natural site 84 kmNE
- Warnau River 85 kmNE
- Werse River 80 kmSW
- Ohe River 68 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Kreis Minden-Lübbecke and similar cities
Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.
| Measure | Kreis Minden-Lübbecke | Bonn | Bielefeld | Münster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 320.6K | 330.6K | 331.9K | 308.3K |
| Elevation | 58 m | 64 m | 111 m | 64 m |
| Summer day (hottest month) | 23° | 24° | 23° | 23° |
| Winter night (coldest month) | -1° | 0° | -1° | -1° |
| Annual rainfall | 774 mm | 717 mm | 833 mm | 768 mm |
| Best months | Jun–Aug | May–Sep | Jun–Aug | Jun–Aug |
| Distance | — | 212 km | 37 km | 87 km |
Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.
Places in Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
12 places- 1 Minden 84K
- 2 Bad Oeynhausen 50.6K
- 3 Porta Westfalica 36.5K
- 4 Lübbecke 26.8K
- 5 Espelkamp 25.6K
- 6 Petershagen 25.3K
- 7 Hille 16.3K
- 8 Rahden 16.2K
- 9 Stemwede 13.5K
- 10 Hüllhorst 13.3K
- 11 Preußisch Oldendorf 12.4K
Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Lakes, rivers & coasts1
- Bergsee Oberlübbe · Lake
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Frotheimer Wald Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia6.4 km NW
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Pohlsche Heide Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia6.5 km N
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Forst Minden Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia7.1 km NE
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Wiehen Hills Mountain, Germany7.4 km SW
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Osterwald Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia7.4 km NW
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Nonnenstein Mountain, Rödinghausen20 km SW -
Burg Vlotho Historic site, Vlotho20 km SE -
Evangelische Kirche Valdorf Attraction, Vlotho22 km S
Sources & licences
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