Melle, Germany

Melle, Germany
Melle
Coat of arms of Melle
Melle is located in Germany
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Melle
Coordinates 52°12′16″N 8°20′20″E / 52.20444°N 8.33889°E / 52.20444; 8.33889Coordinates: 52°12′16″N 8°20′20″E / 52.20444°N 8.33889°E / 52.20444; 8.33889
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Osnabrück
Mayor André Berghegger (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 254.00 km2 (98.07 sq mi)
Elevation 76 m  (249 ft)
Population 46,141 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 182 /km2 (470 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OS
Postal codes 49324–49328
Area codes 05422 (Melle, Gesmold, Oldendorf); 05427 (Buer); 05428 (Neuenkirchen); 05429 (Wellingholzhausen); 05226 (Riemsloh, Bruchmühlen)
Website www.stadt-melle.de

Melle is a city in the 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.

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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 North and the Teutoburg Forest in the South. The cities of Osnabrück and Bielefeld are some 30 km away each. The Münster Osnabrück International Airport is located about 60 km to the southwest.

Administrative organisation of Melle

Neighbouring Towns

Neighbouring towns are Preußisch Oldendorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian Minden-Lübbecke district, Rödinghausen, Bünde and Spenge in the North Rhine-Westphalian Herford district, Werther and Borgholzhausen in the North Rhine-Westphalian Gütersloh district, as well as Dissen, Hilter, Bissendorf, and Bad Essen in the Osnabrück district.

Bissendorf
16 km
Bad Essen
18 km
Rödinghausen
18 km
Georgsmarienhütte
27 km
Neighbouring towns and villages Bünde
18 km
Dissen
19 km
Borgholzhausen
12 km
Spenge
17 km

Municipalities

The city consists of the eight municipalities of Melle-Mitte, Buer, Bruchmühlen, Gesmold, Neuenkirchen, Oldendorf, Riemsloh and Wellingholzhausen.

Evangelical Lutheran St. Petri Church
Roman Catholic St. Matthäus Church
Town Hall

Religion

Last updated: 31 December 2007

Politics

Major

André Berghegger (CDU) is mayor of Melle.

City council

The CDU, in a coalition with the FDP, has a majority in the city council, which is composed of 41 city council members.

CDU SPD The Greens FDP Total
2006 19 15 4 3 41 seats

(As of: Local elections on 10 September 2006)

Twin towns

Melle is maintaining town twinnings with Bad Dürrenberg in Saxony-Anhalt and with Reinickendorf in Berlin. Its French twin town is Melle in the region of Poitou-Charentes. Further twin towns in Europe are Jēkabpils in Latvia, Resko in Poland, and Sint-Denijs-Westrem in Belgium. Outside Europe there are the twin towns of New Melle in the USA and Niğde in Turkey.

Economy

A substantial economic factor for Melle is the wood processing industry. Further important branches are metal, food, and plastics processing. Tetra (company) was founded in Melle. In recent years Melle has more and more become a logistics site along the A 30 motorway.

Culture and Sights

Observatories

There are two astronomical observatories in the surrounding of Melle providing guided tours for the public. The EXPO 2000 observatory in Melle-Oberholsten runs the largest Newtonian telescope used for public observation.[2]

References

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