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Melle Melle Location of the town of Melle within Osnabrück district Coordinates 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 46,352 (31 December 2009)[1]  - Density 182 /km2 (473 /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 territoral reform in 1972. Since then Melle is the third largest city in Lower Saxony in terms of surface area. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Geographical Position 2.2 Neighbouring Towns 2.3 Municipalities 3 Religion 4 Politics 4.1 Major 4.2 City council 4.3 Twin towns 5 Economy 6 Culture and Sights 6.1 Observatories 7 References 8 External links // 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 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 Christian confessions: Evangelical Lutheran Church: 22.579 Evangelical Reformed Church: 244 Roman Catholic Church: 15.036 Old Catholic Church Evangelical Free Church (Baptists) Russian Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church New Apostolic Church Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon): 9 Muslims Jews none: 10.061 not known: 91 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, wich 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 ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.  ^ http://www.sternwarte-melle.de/ External links http://www.stadt-melle.de Official website v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Osnabrück (district) Alfhausen | Ankum | Bad Essen | Bad Iburg | Bad Laer | Bad Rothenfelde | Badbergen | Belm | Berge | Bersenbrück | Bippen | Bissendorf | Bohmte | Bramsche | Dissen | Eggermühlen | Fürstenau | Gehrde | Georgsmarienhütte | Glandorf | Hagen | Hasbergen | Hilter | Kettenkamp | Melle | Menslage | Merzen | Neuenkirchen | Nortrup | Ostercappeln | Quakenbrück | Rieste | Voltlage | Wallenhorst This Osnabrück district location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e