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Belm

Belm
Coat of arms of Belm
Coat of arms
Belm   is located in Germany
Belm
Belm
Coordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′E / 52.300°N 8.133°E / 52.300; 8.133Coordinates: 52°18′N 08°08′E / 52.300°N 8.133°E / 52.300; 8.133
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)
 • 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

Catholic romanesque church St. Dionysius (built between 1230 and 1250) in Belm

Protestant Christchurch in Belm, built from 1815 to 1819

Old water mill, founded approx. 840 in Belm

Old Vehrte railway station

Megalithic grave "Devil's Baking Oven" in Vehrte

Megalithic grave "Devil's Dough Trough" in Vehrte

Erratic block "Devil's Stone" in Vehrte

Feeder beck of the river Nette in Vehrte

Sinkhole "Icker Loch" in Icker

Megalithic grave "Sloopsteine of Haltern"

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