Bremke (Eslohe)
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Bremke is a village in the municipality of Eslohe
Eslohe
Eslohe is a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Neighbouring municipalities:* Finnentrop* Lennestadt* Meschede* Schmallenberg* Sundern- Division of the town :...

 in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Hochsauerlandkreis.

The village has 615 inhabitants and lies in the east of the municipality of Eslohe at a height of around 300 m. The river Wenne
Wenne
Wenne is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia...

 flows through the village. In the village centre the B 511 federal road meets the B 55
Bundesstraße 55
The Bundesstraße 55 is a Bundesstraße road in Germany, connecting Jülich with Rheda-Wiedenbrück via Cologne, Gummersbach, Olpe and Meschede....

. Just after the entrance to the village is the parish church of St. Anthony. The village used to belong to the municipality of Reiste in Amt Eslohe until the end of 1974. Bremke borders on the parishes of Eslohe
Eslohe
Eslohe is a municipality in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Neighbouring municipalities:* Finnentrop* Lennestadt* Meschede* Schmallenberg* Sundern- Division of the town :...

, Frielinghausen and Reiste. The village lies at the junction of the B 55 and 511. From 1911 to 1994 Bremke even had a railway station, but passenger services on the Wenholthausen-Altenhundem railway were withdrawn by 1964.
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