Editing Porta Westfalica (section)

==Geography==
Porta Westfalica is situated on the right bank of the [[Weser]] (except for the Barkhausen quarter), near the [[Porta Westfalica (gorge)|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 is overlooked by the [[Jakobsberg (Porta Westfalica)|Jakobsberg]] and [[Wittekindsberg]] hills.

===Neighbouring places===
* [[Bad Oeynhausen]]
* [[Bückeburg]]
* [[Minden]]
* [[Rinteln]]
* [[Vlotho]]

===Division of the town===
The town of Porta Westfalica consists of 15 districts:
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* Hausberge (5,064 inhabitants)
* Lohfeld (1,350 inhabitants)
* Barkhausen (4,253 inhabitants)
* Neesen (2,319 inhabitants)
* Lerbeck (3,727 inhabitants)
* Nammen (2,208 inhabitants)
* Wülpke (606 inhabitants)
* Kleinenbremen (2,245 inhabitants)
* Eisbergen (3,401 inhabitants)
* Veltheim (2,539 inhabitants)
* Möllbergen (1,643 inhabitants)
* Holtrup (1,048 inhabitants)
* Vennebeck (983 inhabitants)
* Costedt (508 inhabitants)
* Holzhausen (4,284 inhabitants)
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