Drenke belongs to the town of Beverungen and is a farming village with its own weather station.

The 360-person village of Drenke (as of 01/01/2016) is picturesquely situated on a hill west of the Weser, approx. 5 km from the town center. Despite its hillside location, it is idyllically situated in a hollow. The name, which probably means "watering place", is linked to a legend according to which Charlemagne refreshed himself here from a spring. However, the village was first mentioned in documents in 1203.

While the inhabitants used to mainly farm, most of them now earn their living in the surrounding villages.

Some timbered houses from the 19th century are worth seeing, situated high above the pond in the village center, with a Deelen entrance at the back of the buildings - relatively rare in Westphalia.

A visit to the small, lovingly furnished village church of St. Mary Magdalene from 1859 is a must. Maria Magdalena from 1859 is worth a visit if only for its magnificent stained-glass windows with their artistic paintings.

A popular viewpoint can be found on the almost 290-metre-high Eggeberg at the foot of the Drenker memorial, around one kilometer northwest of the village.

Drenke is also known for the Beverungen Training Center of IG Metall on the Elisenhöhe and the nearby Beverungen-Drenke weather station, which was inaugurated by Jörg Kachelmann in 1999.