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Belm
Municipality
Coat of arms of Belm
Coat of arms
Location of Belm within Osnabrück district
North Rhine-WestphaliaCloppenburg (district)Diepholz (district)EmslandVechta (district)OsnabrückAlfhausenAnkumBad EssenBad IburgBad LaerBad RothenfeldeBadbergenBelmBergeBersenbrückBippenBissendorfBohmteBramscheDissenEggermühlenFürstenauGehrdeGeorgsmarienhütteGlandorfHagenHasbergenHilterMelleKettenkampMenslageMerzenNeuenkirchenNortrupOstercappelnQuakenbrückRiesteVoltlageWallenhorst
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictOsnabrück
Subdivisions5
Government
 • MayorViktor Hermeler (crossbench)
Area
 • Total46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi)
Elevation
81 m (266 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total14,095
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49191
Dialling codes05406
Vehicle registrationOS
Websitewww.belm.de

Belm is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Wiehengebirge, approx. 7 km northeast of Osnabrück and is therefore part of the city-agglomeration of Osnabrück. Also it is seated in the middle of the TERRA.vita Nature Park. Two little right tributaries of the river Hase are flowing through its territory.

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
    Catholic romanesque church St. Dionysius (built between 1230 and 1250) in Belm
  • Protestant Christchurch in Belm, built from 1815 to 1819
    Protestant Christchurch in Belm, built from 1815 to 1819
  • Old water mill, founded approx. 840[2] in Belm
    Old water mill, founded approx. 840[2] in Belm
  • Old Vehrte railway station
    Old Vehrte railway station
  • Megalithic grave "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte
    Megalithic grave "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte
  • Megalithic grave "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte
    Megalithic grave "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte
  • Erratic block "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte
    Erratic block "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte
  • Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte
    Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte
  • Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker
    Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker
  • Megalithic grave "Sloopsteine of Haltern"
    Megalithic grave "Sloopsteine of Haltern"

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

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

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ^ http://www.belmer-muehle.de/


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