Belm

Belm
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Belm within Osnabrück district
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Osnabrück
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Bernhard Wellmann (CDU)
Area
• Total	46.67 km2 (18.02 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	14,095
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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
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  Protestant Christchurch, early 19th century
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  Old water mill, founded approx. 840
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  Old railway station of Vehrt
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "devil's backing oven" 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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  Dolina "Icker Loch" in Icker

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Belm is twinned with:

• Elterlein, Germany, since 2004
• Kolno, Poland, since 2006
• Englewood, USA, since 2007