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== Tourism ==
== Tourism ==
[[File:Meesdorf - Blick von Buer.jpg|thumb|Evening view on Measdorf]]
[[File:Meesdorf - Blick von Buer.jpg|thumb|Evening view on Meesdorf]]
In the northern parts of Hunte Valley, dinosaur tracks were discovered. The erected building is Rainsave, and also from [[Barkhausen]] are many signs to that never closed exhibition. At [[Hunte]] Valley, explorers find many ways that lead into the [[Wiehengebirge|Wiehenhills]].
In the northern parts of Hunte Valley, dinosaur tracks were discovered. The erected building is Rainsave, and also from [[Barkhausen]] are many signs to that never closed exhibition. At [[Hunte]] Valley, explorers find many ways that lead into the [[Wiehengebirge|Wiehenhills]].
The "Rote Pfahl" is a marker at the side of the road, where the trader's route through Meesdorf in the 19th century is recorded. To get over the [[Bad Essen]] hill, the traders from [[Bremen]] had to use additional horses for their wagons. The marker was used as a signal on the road, for the traders that rested their roadtrain. Of course it also represented a rallypoint in case something dangerous ever happens(crimes, accidents etc.).<ref>[http://www.melle.info//info/poi/roter_pfahl_meesdorf_roter_pfahl_meesdorf-900000160-20301.html?site=info Roter Pfahl, Stadt Melle]</ref>
The "Rote Pfahl" is a marker at the side of the road, where the trader's route through Meesdorf in the 19th century is recorded. To get over the [[Bad Essen]] hill, the traders from [[Bremen]] had to use additional horses for their wagons. The marker was used as a signal on the road, for the traders that rested their roadtrain. Of course it also represented a rallypoint in case something dangerous ever happens(crimes, accidents etc.).<ref>[http://www.melle.info//info/poi/roter_pfahl_meesdorf_roter_pfahl_meesdorf-900000160-20301.html?site=info Roter Pfahl, Stadt Melle]</ref>

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Typical Farmsteadview

Meesdorf (Germany) is a part of the municipality of Buer in the city of Melle in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It lies in the Wiehen hills in Hunte valley. It was originally named "Metdisdorphe".[1]

Tourism

Evening view on Meesdorf

In the northern parts of Hunte Valley, dinosaur tracks were discovered. The erected building is Rainsave, and also from Barkhausen are many signs to that never closed exhibition. At Hunte Valley, explorers find many ways that lead into the Wiehenhills. The "Rote Pfahl" is a marker at the side of the road, where the trader's route through Meesdorf in the 19th century is recorded. To get over the Bad Essen hill, the traders from Bremen had to use additional horses for their wagons. The marker was used as a signal on the road, for the traders that rested their roadtrain. Of course it also represented a rallypoint in case something dangerous ever happens(crimes, accidents etc.).[2]

The 13 ton boulder flint at the Glockenstraße crossroads reminds visitors of the village's deep history.[3]

Clubs

  • Oldtimer-Machines Melle-Buer [4]
  • Homelandclub, inside the Oldtimermuseum
  • Soccersports Meesdorf[5]
  • Rabbitbreeding Buer [6]

Festivals

Summers Flora
  • Sportsfestival at soccersplace
  • Easter Fire at tentsplace
  • Hunters Meeting with venisonmeal
  • Saint Nicholas Festival

Economy

The land is mostly used for conventional farming. Roads are used for sports like Nordic walking. The local camping ground can host about 200 people. Other uses include:

  • timber and woodworking industry
  • metal manufacturing
  • farm machine dealer
  • cargo company
  • junkyard
  • information engineering

Famous people

  • Ernst Buermeyer (1883–1945), educator, mayor of Gildehaus (Bad Bentheim) Gildehaus, party member of (DVP) and (NSDAP)

Notes

52°15′49″N 8°24′37″E / 52.2636°N 8.4104°E / 52.2636; 8.4104