Minden is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Minden may also refer to: Places Australia Minden, Queensland Canada Minden, Ontario Germany Minden, Rhineland-Palatinate Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia New Zealand Minden, New Zealand United States Minden, Alabama Minden, Iowa Minden, Louisiana Minden, Minnesota, a ghost town in Benton County, Minnesota Minden, Mississippi Minden, Lawrence County, Missouri Minden, Warren County, Missouri, a ghost town in Warren County, Missouri Minden, Montana, an unincorporated community in Meagher County, Montana Minden, Nebraska Minden, Nevada Minden, New York Minden, South Carolina, an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, South Carolina Minden, Texas Minden, West Virginia Mindenmines, Missouri Minden City, Michigan Minden Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Minden Township, Michigan Minden Township, Benton County, Minnesota New Minden, Illinois Hong Kong Minden Row People Judah Löb Minden (18th-century), German lexicographer Löb ben Moses Minden (died 1751), ḥazzan and poet Lion Van Minden (1880–1944), Dutch Olympic fencer Other uses SS Minden, a German cargo ship, sank in 1939 The М-1085 Minden, an ex-German minesweeper, now in service with the Georgian Navy HMS Minden, a Royal Navy ship, 1810 Battle of Minden, 1759 Minden Day (August 1), the commemoration of the Battle of Minden, celebrated by the regiments of the British Army who fought in it See also Mindon (disambiguation) Munden (disambiguation)