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Melle, Germany
Melle () is a city in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. The city corresponds to what used to be the district of Melle until regional territorial reform in 1972. Since then, Melle is the third largest city in Lower Saxony in terms of surface area. History Melle was first mentioned in a document from 1169. In 1443 Heinrich von Moers, Bishop of Osnabrück, gave Melle the privilege of a ''Wigbold''. Osnabrück looked after Melle's interests in the Westphalian Hanseatic League. Melle belonged to the Kingdom of Hanover until 1866 when it became part of Prussia. In 1885 Amt Grönenberg and the municipality Melle formed the prussian district Kreis Melle. The district Melle later on became the municipality Melle. In 1972 the former district with its 56 municipalities were united to the city Melle which since then is part of Osnabrück (district). Geography Geographical position Melle is situated in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills in the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesmold
Gesmold is a town and former municipality, now part of Melle, Germany, Melle, in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is placed between the Wiehengebirge and the Teutoburg Forest. It features Gesmold Castle, a Renaissance building. Another interesting place is the Church of St. Peter. Important persons of Gesmold * Hermann von Amelunxen (died 1580), Baron * Ludwig von Hammerstein (1702–1796), Baron * Johann Matthias Seling (1792–1860), Professor and Priest in Osnabrück * Mathias Schürmann, Professor, from 1828 to 1866 Priest in Gesmold * Ludwig von Hammerstein (1832–1905), Jesuit and writer * Wilhelm Joachim von Hammerstein (1838–1904), German politician * Conrad Seeling, (19. Jh.) painter and builder * Bernhard Olthaus (1862–1952), Dean (Christianity), Dekan * Hans von Hammerstein (1867–1933), German General of the Infanterie * Fritjof von Hammerstein, (1870–1944), German Generalleutnant * August Niehaus (1880–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states (Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen), it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf (630,000), Dortmund and Essen (about 590,000 inhabitants each) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the heart of the European Blue Banana make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgsmarienhütte
Georgsmarienhütte () is a town in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 7 km south of Osnabrück. History In 1856 the company "Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein" was founded to erect an iron and steel works in the municipality of Malbergen. It was named after King George V of Hanover who supported industrial development, and his wife Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Marie. The workers’ housing estates grew and developed to the municipality Georgsmarienhütte. Malbergen became part of Georgsmarienhütte in 1937. In 1970, the municipalities Oesede, Kloster Oesede, Harderberg, Holsten-Mündrup, the southern part of Holzhausen and the "industrial village" Georgsmarienhütte were united to the city Georgsmarienhütte. The iron and steel works were one of the most important employers south of Osnabrück, employing several thousand people. Since 1923 it belonged to Klöckner Werke AG which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Essen
Bad Essen is a small municipality and health resort in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony. Bad Essen with its historical centre is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Geography The town of Bad Essen is on the Northern European Lowlands, North German Plains, because of the transition of the low mountain range to the plains. The Wiehengebirge, Wiehengebirge Range covers approximately the southern third of the town and reaches an elevation of 211m above sea level. The highest point of the Wiehengebirge, Wiehengebirge Range is on the black Brink in Lintorf. The northern part of the town is flat, with an average elevation of 50m above sea level. The Hunte flows through the eastern part of Bad Essen northwards and crosses the Midland Canal in Wittlage. References External links Official Webpage [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bissendorf
Bissendorf () is a municipality in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 9 km southeast of Osnabrück. Population 14,700 (2020). It is divided into Bissendorf proper, Schledehausen and Wissingen. References Bissendorf, Osnabrück (district) {{Osnabrück-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilter
Hilter is a municipality in the district Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany, in the hills of the Teutoburg Forest. As of 2020 it has a population of 10,429, and covers an area of 52.61 km2. Its highest elevation is the Hohnangel, 262 metres above sea level. History The municipality was united on July 14, 1972, by merging the municipalities Borgloh, Hankenberge and Hilter. Already in 1977 the municipalities Allendorf, Borgloh-Wellendorf, Ebbendorf, Eppendorf and Uphöfen were joined into the ''Einheitsgemeinde'' Borgloh. Industry Hilter was well known for mining ''Hilter Gold'' ochre Ochre ( ; , ), iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colou ... as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century. File:Hilter am Teutoburger Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissen, Lower Saxony
Dissen am Teutoburger Wald is an old charactered town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approximately 20 km southeast of Osnabrück. Geography Dissen is located on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest at the transition to East Westphalia. The highest point is the Hankenüll (307 meters) on the northeastern city limits. From east to west is the city area about eight kilometers, from north to south about ten kilometers. The land use is composed as follows: 43.8 percent agricultural use, 41.7 percent forest area, 9.8 percent building and courtyard areas and 4.7 percent traffic and other areas. Dissen is bordered to the north by Hilter and Melle, Germany, Melle, to the west by Bad Rothenfelde, and to the south and east by the North Rhine-Westphalian towns of Versmold and Borgholzhausen in the Gütersloh district. The city consists of the districts Dissen, Aschen, Erpen, and Nolle. History Dissen was first men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gütersloh District
Gütersloh () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 people. Geography Gütersloh lies in the Emssandebene, south-west of the Teutoburg Forest and on the north-eastern edge of the Westphalian Basin and has no significant points of elevation. The town's lowest point is above sea level on the river Ems near the Princess Royal Barracks and the highest point is above sea level in the eastern township of Friedrichsdorf. The border to Rheda-Wiedenbrück extends as part of the Rhedaer Forest, a large wooded area with predominantly conifers. The river Dalke flows through the town from east to west, crossing close to the Stadt Park as well as the town centre and river Ems. Gütersloh railway station is on the Hamm–Minden line. History The then-official district of Gütersloh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgholzhausen
Borgholzhausen () is a town in the Gütersloh (district), district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 20 km north-west of Bielefeld. Borgholzhausen is a sister city to New Haven, Missouri in the Missouri Rhineland of the United States. Geography and early history Borgholzhausen is located in a clearing in the Teutoburg Forest, on the northern edge of the Westphalian Plain. The mountain range roughly bisects the city area NW-SE and is in turn bisected by the mountain pass where the town of Borgholzhausen was founded. The mountainous part of the Borgholzhausen area generally reaches elevations of 200–300 meters above sea level, while the pass area and other lower-lying parts are less than half that elevation. The town center is about one kilometer east of the Johannisegge mountain and south of the Hankenüll mountain. The northern parts of Borgholzhausen are in the Ravensberger mountains, while the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia
Werther () is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Teutoburg Forest, approximately 10 km (6 miles) north-west of Bielefeld. It is best known for the Werther's Original caramel sweets, which are nowadays produced in the nearby city of Halle. Werther has one ''Gesamtschule'' and one ''Gymnasium'', which has an exchange partnership with a Yarm School, an independent school in Yarm, England. People * August Oberwelland (1859-1924), German entrepreneur, ''August Storck August Storck KG (), doing business as Storck, is a German confectionery producer with headquarters in Berlin, owned by Axel Oberwelland. The main facility of Storck in Germany is in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, with another located in Sk ...'' company founder * Wilhelm Wallbaum (1876-1933), German politician References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herford District
Herford () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Minden-Lübbecke, Lippe, the urban district of Bielefeld and the districts of Gütersloh and Osnabrück. History The region is also known as ''Wittekind's land'', as the last fights of Wittekind's Saxon tribes against Charlemagne took place here. He is believed to be buried in the town of Enger. When the area became part of the Prussian province of Westphalia, the first district, Herford, was created in 1816. In 1832 it was merged with the district of Bünde. In 1911 the city of Herford left the district; however it lost its status as an independent urban district in 1969. The district reached its current size in 1973 when the municipality of Uffeln, which was formerly in the district of Minden, was merged into the city Vlotho. Geography The district is located between the three mountain chains of the Wiehen Hills in the north and the Teutoburg Forest in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spenge
Spenge () is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Geography Spenge is situated north of Bielefeld and west of Herford. It borders Lower Saxony in the west. Subdivisions Spenge consists of 5 subdivisions (population as of December 31, 2001): * Bardüttingdorf (1,480 inhabitants) * Hücker-Aschen (1,465 inhabitants) * Lenzinghausen (2,793 inhabitants) * Spenge (8,696 inhabitants) * Wallenbrück (1,976 inhabitants) Towns and local subdistricts * Affhüpperhöfe * Bardüttingdorf * Baringdorf * Blomeier Hof * Bockhorst * Bruning * Detert-Kriese * Diemke * Düttingdorf * Ellersiek * Gehlenbrink * Grafahrend * Hannighorst * Harrenheide * Heistersiek * Helligen * Helliger Heide * Hücker * Hücker Dorf * Hücker Kreuz * Hücker-Aschen * Hülsmann Hof * Kisker * Klein Aschen * Klockenbrink * Lenzinghausen * Mantershagen * Mark * Martmühle * Mühlenburg * Nagelsholz * Neuenfeld * Nordspenge * Placken * Riepe * Söttringhausen * Spenger Heide * Südholz * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
