{{Infobox German place |name = Stemwede |type = Stadt |image_photo = Haldem.jpg |imagesize = <!-- Photo size. Default is 250px --> |image_caption = <!-- Caption --> |image_flag = Flagge Stemwede.svg |image_coa = Stemwede wappen.svg |coordinates = {{coord|52|25|N|8|26|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Stemwede in MI.svg |state = NRW |region = Detmold |district = Minden-Lübbecke |elevation = 41 |area = 166.13 |postal_code = 32351 |area_code = 05474, 05773, 05745 |licence = MI, LK |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 7 70 044 |divisions = 3 |website = [https://www.stemwede.de/ www.stemwede.de] |mayor = Kai Abruszat<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020–25 |party = FDP }}
'''Stemwede''' ({{IPA|de|ʃtɛmˈveːdə|-|Stemwede.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|Stemwäide}}) is a municipality in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Following a recent regional reorganization, in 1973, the former districts of Dielingen-Wehdem and Levern were consolidated and the district of "Stemwede" created. The new name was chosen because for a thousand years the area along the Stemweder Berg (mountain) was popularly referred to as Stemwede.<ref>[http://www.stemwedegenealogy.com/StemwedeEmigrantDatabase.pdf Stemwede Emigrant Database]</ref>
==Geography== Stemwede is situated approximately 20 km north-west of Lübbecke.
===Subdivisions of the town=== The municipality of Stemwede is divided into 3 districts (consisting of the following villages each): {{div col|colwidth=24em}} * District '''Levern''' ** Levern ** Sundern ** Niedermehnen ** Destel ** Twiehausen * District '''Dielingen''' ** Drohne ** Dielingen ** Haldem ** Arrenkamp * District '''Wehdem''' ** Westrup ** Wehdem ** Oppendorf ** Oppenwehe {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Stemwede
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