The district administration, the army recruiting office, the tax office, the Technisches Rathaus (a section of the municipal administration dealing with planning and planning approvals), the GoParc discothèque and the Radewig and MARTa-Viertel parking garages are also nearby.

The railway line is elevated so that intersecting streets of the town can run under it.

Herford was connected by a single-track line built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company on 15 October 1847.

A roundhouse with a turntable, water tower and a coal shed were built in 1879 and 1880.

[9] Construction of two freight tracks between Hamm and Minden started in 1911 and they were taken in operation in stages between 1912 and 1916.

In this context, the then ground-level line was placed on an embankment and the level crossings were replaced by bridges.