Espelkamp is a town and a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km north of Lübbecke and 20 km north-west of Minden. Minden-Lübbecke is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ... Lübbecke is a town and a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Minden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
The town of Espelkamp was once considered part of Großendorf in the Rahden parish.
The British Col. Steege, at present commander in the area of Lübbecke, gives Father Diehl, the contact to the British military-government of the Protestant relief organization Westphalia, the hint to use the buildings of the ammunition-institution for tasks of the relief organization.
In the new city Espelkamp, 23,600 inhabitants now live on a surface of 84 square-kilometers and today the city counts over 28,000 inhabitants: Westphalia and many expellees, refugees and new inhabitants, that has found a new home here.