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17-529: Porta Westfalica ( German: [ˈpɔʁta vɛstˈfaːlɪka] ) is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke , in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. The name " Porta Westfalica " is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia ". Coming from the north, the gorge is the entry to the region of Westphalia. The name was coined by scholars of the 19th century. The town Porta Westfalica was established in 1973 by merging fifteen villages surrounding

34-702: A car accident near the town, aged 20. Porta Westfalica is situated on the right bank of the Weser (except for the Barkhausen quarter), near the Porta Westfalica gorge , where the river runs through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehen Hills in the west and the Weser Uplands in the east. The gorge appears like a gate to the region Westphalia, which lies to the south of it. It

51-423: A total of around 7,100 ha, i.e. 6.2% of the district's area. The largest are: [REDACTED] Media related to Kreis Minden-Lübbecke at Wikimedia Commons This Minden-Lübbecke district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Westphalian Mill Route The Westphalian Mill Route ( German : Westfälische Mühlenroute ) is a circular, long-distance, cycle route in

68-458: Is overlooked by the Jakobsberg and Wittekindsberg hills. The town of Porta Westfalica consists of 15 districts: Porta Westfalica is twinned with: Minden-L%C3%BCbbecke Minden-Lübbecke is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Neighboring districts are Diepholz , Nienburg , Schaumburg , Lippe , Herford , Osnabrück . This

85-469: Is the northernmost district of North Rhine-Westphalia. It protrudes into Lower Saxon territory. The Weser River enters the district in the southeast and leaves to the north. In the south of the district the river runs through a narrow gorge, which is formed by two mountain chains, the Wiehen Hills in the west and the Wesergebirge in the east. This gorge is called Porta Westfalica , since it marks

102-600: The River Weser . As increasing numbers of tourists have used the network of cycleways , tourist accommodation and restaurants have been established on the main routes. There are northern and southern variants of the Mill Route. Both may also be combined with the Minden Museum Railway (e. g. at Hille, Südhemmern, Kleinenbremen ), the museum railway at Rahden (e. g. Tonnenheide, Rahden) or

119-676: The Westphalian Mill Route . In the right half of the coat of arms are the chevrons from the arms of the counts of Ravensberg , who owned part of the district's land. The keys are the sign of the Prince-Bishops of Minden after their patron Saint Peter . After the district was merged with Lübbecke a second key was added, to symbolize the two historic parts. This new arms were granted in 1973. There are over 60 nature reserves in Minden-Lübbecke district, covering

136-468: The Wiehen Hills , is Preußisch Oldendorf , a town with three state-approved climatic health spas . A special route links the palaces and manor houses around the town. From here the cyclist must choose whether to follow the northern variant or southern variant of the Mill Route. The northern tour goes via Lübbecke and past the Großes Torfmoor before returning to Minden. From Rahden to Minden,

153-652: The German district of Minden-Lübbecke and its neighbouring areas in North Rhine-Westphalia . The route is laid out in such a way as to take in 43 historic mills along a circular route of about 320 kilometres. Running along largely quiet country roads, the Westphalian Mill Route takes cyclists through a cultural landscape dominated by the Wiehen and Weser Hills , the North German Plain and

170-595: The Minden pleasure boats (Südhemmern). The northern route starts at the ship mill in Minden . Running initially alongside the River Weser it makes for Petershagen , where it crosses the river. After swinging around in a wide loop it returns to Petershagen via Schlüsselburg . This section is about 65 km long and runs past 11 mills. From Petershagen the cycleway runs through Hille to Espelkamp and Rahden . In

187-551: The Rahden village of Tonnenheide is the so-called Große Stein ("Great Rock"), the largest glacial erratic in northwest Germany, and in the museum farm ( Museumshof ) is one of the two Rossmühlen ("Stallion Mills") on the Mill Route. This section is also about 65 kilometres long. From Rahden the route continues through Oppenwehe to Levern . In the vicinity of Oppenwehe is the Oppenwehe Moor . Its next goal, opposite

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204-423: The ancient border of Westphalia . Minden-Lübbecke is roughly identical with the medieval Bishopric of Minden . At its biggest extent in the 13th century, it later lost territory until it came finally to be around the size of today's district. In the 17th century the principality came into the possession of Brandenburg and thus Prussia . Lost for a time to Napoleonic France, it came back to Prussia in 1813, and

221-550: The distance is about 85 kilometres. The southern route runs from Preußisch Oldendorf through Hüllhorst , Bad Oeynhausen and Porta Westfalica to Minden. The length of this tour is around 95 kilometres. Unlike the hitherto largely flat section, the route now crosses the heights of the Wiehen( Wiehengebirge ) and later the Weser Hills ( Wesergebirge ). After visiting the windmill of Hüllhorst-Schnathorst or

238-409: The gorge. The centre of the modern town is the former village of Hausberge, which was first mentioned in 1096. The Emperor William Monument was erected near the town by the then Prussian Province of Westphalia between 1892 and 1896 The monument, which is around 88 metres high, is classified as one of Germany's national monuments . From 18 March 1944 until 1 April 1945 a concentration camp

255-580: The water mill of Schöne Mühle in Wulferdingsen (near Bad Oeynhausen ) cyclists can switch to the northern route at the so-called Wallücke ("dyke gap") up an incline. The main route continues along the Weser, passing through Holzhausen (wind mill) and along the Weser Cycleway before returning to Minden, avoiding a climb over the Weser Hills. This route runs past Kleinenbremen , where there

272-672: Was established in the Barkhausen quarter. From 1 February 1945 until 1 April 1945 a camp was used in the Hausberge quarter. In the Lerbeck quarter also was a concentration camp in use from 1 October 1944 until 1 April 1945. In the Neesen quarter was a location for the forced labour for some of the inmates. All of these camps were subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp . On 10 January 2015, Belgian footballer Junior Malanda died in

289-531: Was then part of the Province of Westphalia . In 1816 the districts of Minden and Rahden were created, but in 1832 the Rahden district was merged with parts of the abolished Bünde district, and the administrative seat of the new district was Lübbecke . The district within today's borders was created in 1973 when the two districts of Minden and Lübbecke were merged. The district is also known as Mühlenkreis , as it has many reconstructed historic mills, many linked by

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