Belm
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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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.
Belm | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Belm
within Osnabrück district  | |
 Location of Belm | |
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| Coordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′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 |
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. In 1812, the Protestants received permission from Napoleon I in Moscow to build a church.
Old water mill, founded approx. 840[3] in Belm
Old Vehrte railway station
Megalithic tomb "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte
Megalithic tomb "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte
Glacial erratic "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte
Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte
Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker
Megalithic tomb "Sloopsteine of Haltern"
International relations
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
