Oettern-Bremke is a village in the borough of Detmold in the district of Lippe in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and lies about 5 km north of the town centre. The neighbouring Detmold villages are, in a clockwise direction, Bentrup, Loßbruch, Klüt, Jerxen-Orbke and Niewald. Oettern-Bremke was probably in the 13th century, like the neighbouring villages of Nienhagen and Niewald, founded as a Hagenhufendorf. The name Oettern comes from otters, that presumably lived in the nearby stream of the same name: Oetternbach. Bremke was mentioned as Bredenbeke in old documents dated 1322 and 1507.[1] Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of the town Detmold since 1970.

Oettern-Bremke
Ortsteil of Detmold
Position of Oettern-Bremke within Detmold
Oettern-Bremke Show map of Germany Oettern-Bremke Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°58′2″N 8°52′15″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
District	Lippe
Town	Detmold
Area
• Total	3.25 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation	171 m (561 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	153
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	32758
Dialling codes	05231

Around 153 villagers live in Oettern-Bremke on an area of 3.2 km² (as of August 2006). The current village chairman is Bernd Moritz (SPD), the representative in the Detmold town council is Wolfgang Köster (SPD).[2]

References

External links

• Official website of Detmold town