Messe is a German word meaning

trade fair A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and c ...

; a German and a French word meaning

mass (liturgy) Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term ''Mass'' is commonly used in the Catholic Church, in the Western Rite Orthodox, in Old Catholic, and in Independent Catholic churches. The term is ...

and

mass (music) The Mass ( la, missa) is a form of sacred musical composition that sets the invariable portions of the Christian Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism), known as the Mass. Most Mass ...

Places

Germany

Messe Erfurt The Messe Erfurt is a convention center including an indoor arena, in Erfurt, Germany. Its seating capacity is roughly 12,000 people. The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres. It serves as home arena fo ...

, convention centre in Erfurt, Germany *

Messe Frankfurt Messe Frankfurt () is the world's largest trade fair, congress and event organizer with its own exhibition grounds. The organisation has 2,500 employees at some 30 locations, generating annual sales of around €661 million. Its services inclu ...

, convention centre operator in Frankfurt am Main, Germany *

Messe München Messe München GmbH is the operator of the Neue Messe München exhibition center, the ICM Internationales Congress Center München and the MOC Veranstaltungscenter München. The exhibition space of the 16 halls together is 180,000 m2 and anothe ...

, convention centre operator in Munich, Germany *

Hamburg Messe Hamburg Messe is a business unit of Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH. The area of Hamburg Messe hosts about 40 trade fairs annually, with over 15000 exhibitors and 700000 visitors. About 15 events are operated by Hamburg Messe itself. Exhibitio ...

, convention centre operator in Hamburg, Germany *

Messe Wien Messe Wien (English: Trade Fair of Vienna) is the biggest trade fair in Austria and one of the most important economic factors of Vienna. This venue failed to win the bid for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, after Conchita Wurst Thoma ...

, convention centre in Vienna, Austria **

Messe-Prater station Messe-Prater is a metro station, station on of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Leopoldstadt District. It opened in 2008. References External links

* Buildings and structures in Leopoldstadt Railway stations opened in 2008 ...

, subway station *

Messezentrum Nuremberg Messezentrum Nuremberg is a convention center located in Nuremberg, Germany, which opened in 1974. It is owned and operated by the NürnbergMesse company. The site features 170,000 m2 of display area that extends over 15 exhibition halls, includ ...

, Nuremberg, Germany **

Messe (Nuremberg U-Bahn) Messe station is a Nuremberg U-Bahn station, located on the U1 line in Nuremberg, Germany. The station was featured in the 2011 Joe Wright film ''" Hanna"''. The title characters father, played by Eric Bana, is seen leaving the nearby bus stati ...

, subway station * Hannover Messe/Laatzen station, serving Hannover Messe

Japan

Makuhari Messe is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...

, a convention centre in Chiba City, Chiba *

Toki Messe is a multi-purpose international convention center in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The center was opened on May 1, 2003, and contains a hotel, restaurants, an art museum, conference rooms, and the offices of several international organiz ...

, a convention centre in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture *

Osaka Auto Messe The Osaka Auto Messe (''大阪オートメッセ'') is an annual auto show that is held at Intex Osaka in Osaka, Japan since 1997. It focuses on modified car and car after parts. It is one of the biggest auto shows in Japan. Usually, it is held for ...

, an annual auto show that is held at Intex Osaka

Other places

Messé Messé is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Deux-Sèvres department of France. The communes cooperate in the follow ...

, France *

Messe (Greece) Messa or Messe ( grc, Μέσση) was one of the nine cities of ancient Laconia enumerated in the Catalogue of Ships, in the ''Iliad'' by Homer, who gives it the epithet of πολυτρήρων, 'abounding in pigeons'. Strabo says that the position ...

, a town of ancient Greece

Music

Mass (music) The Mass ( la, missa) is a form of sacred musical composition that sets the invariable portions of the Christian Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism), known as the Mass. Most Mass ...

* '' Messe I.X–VI.X'', a 2013 album by Norwegian band Ulver *

Musikmesse Musikmesse Frankfurt was an international fair regarding the music industry that took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 1980 until 2019. In 2012, 68,587 visitors and 1,512 exhibitors from 51 countries were counted. Despite an exhibitor drop ...

, a music trade fair in Germany

People with the surname

Giovanni Messe Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician. In the Second World War, he was captured in Tunisia, but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of Septemb ...

(1883–1968), Italian politician and Field Marshal