Belm
| Belm | ||
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  Belm | ||
Location of Belm within Osnabrück district 
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| Coordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′E / 52.300°N 8.133°ECoordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′E / 52.300°N 8.133°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Osnabrück | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Viktor Hermeler (crossbench) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 13,581 | |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 49191 | |
| Dialling codes | 05406 | |
| Vehicle registration | OS | |
| Website | www.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
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Catholic romanesque church St. Dionysius (built between 1230 and 1250) in Belm
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Protestant Christchurch in Belm, built from 1815 to 1819
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Old water mill, founded approx. 840[1] in Belm
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Old Vehrte railway station
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Megalithic grave "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte
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Megalithic grave "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte
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Erratic block "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte
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Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte
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Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker
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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
