Belm
Belm 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.
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Location of Belm within Osnabrück district  | |
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| Coordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Osnabrück |
| Subdivisions | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Viktor Hermeler (crossbench) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,788 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 49191 |
| Dialling codes | 05406 |
| Vehicle registration | OS |
| Website | www.belm.de |
The municipality is divided into 5 boroughs: Belm, Powe, Icker, Haltern and Vehrte
Catholic romanesque church St. Dionysius (built between 1230 and 1250) in Belm
Protestant Christchurch in Belm, built from 1815 to 1819
Old water mill, founded approx. 840[2] in Belm
Old Vehrte railway station
Megalithic grave "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte
Megalithic grave "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte
Erratic block "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte
Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte
Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker
Megalithic grave "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
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