The nearby communities of Berxen, Bruchhöfen, Bruchmühlen, Dille, Gehlbergen, Heiligenberg, Homfeld, Nenndorf, Riethausen, Stapelshorn, Wöpse, Oerdinghausen, Scholen, Weseloh, Süstedt and Engeln all belong to Bruchhausen-Vilsen.

Municipal Elections of 10 September 2006: The coat of arms contain a bear claw in the right half, representing the counts of Hoya, and a blue and white gyron in the left, representing the counts of Bruchhausen.

The museum presents exhibits on various train subjects and has an extensive railway car collection (about 100 vehicles).

The little town is home to what is claimed to be the world's only surviving Borgward garage/service centre, operated by a father-and-son team of enthusiasts.

[2] Borgward was an automobile manufacturer, based in nearby Bremen, which ceased trading under controversial circumstances in 1961, but the cars, notably the Isabella model became an iconic symbol of Germany's economic miracle, and continue to generate passion, even though only between 2,000 and 3,000 Borgwards are now (2014) thought to survive worldwide.

The business claims to have 70 regular customers and is proud to use "experience in place of a computer driven diagnostic centre", pointing out that a lot of mechanical diagnosis can be done simply by listening to the noise from the engine ("Vieles kann man schon am Motorengeräusch hören").

An exterior restoration was accomplished between 1991 and 1994, and there are plans to renovate the interior in the coming years.

Mentioned for the first time in the year 1532, creation of a massive ground work and the repair of the mill house was undertaken in 1749.

Water was restored to the mill in 1990/1991, and starting in the spring of 1996, roughly three tons per day of cereal was being ground.