The former farming community on the Mittelland Canal was first mentioned in documents around 1200. Old farmsteads and St. Andrew's Church, built around 1240, still characterize the village northwest of Lübbecke today. The church was donated by Bishop Otto I of Minden and has been rebuilt and extended several times over the centuries. Worth seeing on the pulpit and the keystones of the vaults are the coats of arms of two noble families who once exercised patronage over the church.
After the Second World War, many refugees and displaced persons found a new home in the formerly independent district of Alswede, which was incorporated into Lübbecke in 1973. The charming landscape on both sides of the canal is a popular destination for those seeking relaxation. Worth a detour are the late baroque moated castle Hüffe with its charming large landscaped park and the Hollwinkel manor, both just a few kilometers away in the neighbouring climatic health resort of Preußisch Oldendorf. Benkhausen Castle in Espelkamp-Gestringen with its large park, restaurants and the German Museum of Automata is similarly close by.
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