Belm
Belm | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Belm
within Osnabrück district | |
Location of Belm | |
Belm Belm | |
| Coordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′E / 52.300°N 8.133°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Osnabrück |
| Subdivisions | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Viktor Hermeler[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.64 km2 (18.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,905 |
| • Density | 298.1/km2 (772.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 49191 |
| Dialling codes | 05406 |
| Vehicle registration | OS, BSB, MEL, WTL |
| Website | www.belm.de |
Belm (German pronunciation: [bɛlm]) is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the Wiehengebirge, approximately 7 km northeast of Osnabrück, and is therefore part of the city-agglomeration of Osnabrück. It is seated in the middle of the TERRA.vita Nature Park. Two little right tributaries of the river Hase flow through it.
The municipality is divided into 5 boroughs: Belm, Powe, Icker, Haltern and Vehrte
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Catholic romanesque church St. Dionysius (built between 1230 and 1250) in Belm
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Protestant Christchurch in Belm, built from 1815 to 1819. In 1812, the Protestants received permission from Napoleon I in Moscow to build a church.
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Old water mill, founded approx. 840[3] in Belm
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Old Vehrte railway station
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Megalithic tomb "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte
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Megalithic tomb "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte
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Glacial erratic "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte
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Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte
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Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker
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Megalithic tomb "Sloopsteine of Haltern"
International relations
Belm is twinned with:
Famous people
- Ingo Petzke (born September 18, 1947), an internationally acknowledged German film scholar, filmmaker and author
- Sascha Weidner (born August 1, 1974, died April 9, 2015), German photographer and artist
References
- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Tabelle EVAS 12411, Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2024" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ "Home". belmer-muehle.de.