Glandorf is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in

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. It is situated close to the

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, 24 km south of

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

. The name Glandorf derives from ''Glanathorpe'' - which means ''settlement on the creek Glane'' - and was first mentioned in records in 1070. The municipality includes Glandorf and six local subdivisions which are Averfehrden (formerly Narendorf), Schierloh, Schwege, Sudendorf, Westendorf, and Laudiek. Glandorf's landmark is a windmill that is constructed following the example of Dutch windmill design. It was built in 1840. Since 2000, civil weddings can be celebrated in the windmill.

Churches

The oldest parts of the Roman Catholic Church St. Johannis (St. John the Baptist) date from the 13th century and were documentary mentioned the first time in 1275. In 1636 the church was burned down by Swedish troops during the

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and was rebuilt with the old material. Between 1817 and 1820 a complete modification of the building occurred. Another Roman Catholic church is St. Marien (St. Mary) in Schwege. It was built 1863 due to the teacher Mathias Niehaus's initiative. The Protestant church "Kripplein Christi" (Crib of Christ) is a wooden church and was first built 1912 in Holsen-Ahle near by

Bünde Bünde (Low German ''Buine'') is a town in the Herford district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Bünde is situated between Osnabrück (west), Hannover (east) and Bielefeld (south). Waterways The town is crossed from west to east ...

. In 1952 the church was bought by the Protestant community of Glandorf and was rebuilt on a new foundation. Image:Windmuehle_Glandorf.jpg, The Windmill Image:GlandorfSt.Johannes.jpg, St. Johannis Image:St-Marien-Schwege.jpg, St. Marien in Schwege Image:Glandorf, Kripplein Christi.jpg, Kripplein Christi

Partnerships

Glandorf, Ohio Glandorf is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,001 at the 2010 census. History Glandorf was founded by Johann Wilhelm Horstmann and six other men from Glandorf, Germany in 1834. They embarked on the ship ''Co ...

* Lichtenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

References

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