Meschede

Meschede
Meschede
Town
	View over Meschede
	Coat of arms
	Location of Meschede within Hochsauerlandkreis district
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerlandkreis
Subdivisions	17
Government
• Mayor	Uli Hess (CDU)
Area
• Total	218.5 km2 (84.4 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	29,988
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	D 59872
Dialling codes	0291
Vehicle registration	HSK
Website	www.meschede.de

Meschede is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Hochsauerlandkreis.

Geography

Meschede is situated in the Ruhr valley, near to the Hennesee, south of the nature-park Arnsberger Wald. Major towns in the vicinity of Meschede are Paderborn (51 km), Kassel (85 km), Siegen (57 km), Hagen, Dortmund (60 km) and Hamm (49 km).

Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Meschede consists of these districts and villages:

Baldeborn
Berge
Berghausen
Beringhausen
Blüggelscheidt
Bockum
Bonacker
Calle
Drasenbeck
Einhaus
Enkhausen
Enste
Ensthof
Erflinghausen
Eversberg
Frenkhausen
Freienohl

Frielinghausen
Galiläa
Giesmecke
Grevenstein
Heggen
Heinrichsthal
Höhringhausen
Horbach
Immenhausen
Klause
Köpperkopf
Köttinghausen
Kotthoff
Laer
Löllinghausen
Löttmaringhausen
Mielinghausen

Mosebolle
Mülsborn
Obermielinghausen
Olpe
Remblinghausen
Schederberge
Schedergrund
Schüren
Stesse
Stockhausen
Vellinghausen
Visbeck
Wallen
Wehrstapel
Wennemen
Windhäuser
Wulstern.

History

In 1921 the Sauerländer Heimatbund was founded.

Transportation

Meschede is connected with two national roads, the federal roads B 7 and B 55, and the motorway A 46. It has an airfield, the Meschede-Schüren Airfield, with a 900 m runway.

Climate

The city's climate is continental. The lowest temperature recorded was −20 °C (−4 °F), its highest was recorded at 39 °C (102 °F).

Mayors of Meschede

1952–1961: Engelbert Dick (CDU)
1961–1969: Josef Busch (CDU)
1969–1974: Bruno Peus (CDU)
1975–1998: Franz Stahlmecke (CDU)
1998–1999: Bruno Peus (CDU)
1999–present: Hans-Ulrich (Uli) Hess (CDU)

Media

Meschede has its local radio station Radio Sauerland. The Fachhochschule Südwestfalen runs its own radio station called radioFH!. The regional newspapers are Westfalenpost and Westfälische Rundschau. The local newspaper is the Sauerlandkurier.

Notable people

Karl Lehr (1842–1919), mayor of Duisburg
August Macke (1887–1914), painter
Ansgar Nierhoff (b. 1941), artist
Werner Pieper (b. 1948), author
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (b. 1963), author of the Carcassonne games
Matthias Ungemach (b. 1968), Olympic rower
Armin Petras (b. 1964), theatre director
Daniela Bette (b. 1981), actress
Joseph Hippolyt Pulte (6 October 1811 – died in Cincinnati, Ohio, 24 February 1884) was a homeopathic physician.
Dieter Wurm, chairman of Sauerländer Heimatbund ^[2]

Main sights

Abbey Königsmünster, built by Order of Saint Benedict
Hennesee - The Hennesee is a lake near Meschede and the main recreational area of the town. It was built to secure the water supply of the close Ruhrgebiet and is today mainly use to generate hydropower, flood protection and baseflow. Recreational areas are the tanning lawn and bath area, fishing, rowing, sailing, walking and hiking.