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Location of the town of Meschede within Hochsauerlandkreis district
Meschede
View over Meschede

Meschede
Coordinates	51°21′01″N 08°17′01″E / 51.35028°N 8.28361°E / 51.35028; 8.28361
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Hochsauerlandkreis
Town subdivisions	17
Mayor	Uli Hess (CDU)

Basic statistics
Area	218.5 km² (84.4 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (853 ft)
Population	31,664 (30 June 2008)
- Density	145 /km² (375 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HSK
Postal codes	D 59872
Area code	0291
Website	www.meschede.de

Meschede is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Hochsauerlandkreis.

Geography

Meschede is situated in the Ruhr valley, near to the Hennesee, south of the nature-park Arnsberger Wald. Major towns in the vicinity of Meschede are Paderborn (51 km), Kassel (85 km), Siegen (57 km), Hagen, Dortmund (60 km) and Hamm (49 km).

History

In 1921 the Sauerländer Heimatbund was founded.

Transportation

Meschede are connected with two national roads, the federal roads B 7 and B 55, it also has an autobahn with the motorway A 46. It has a category II airport, the Meschede-Schüren Airport

Neighbouring municipalities

Panorama of Meschede

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Meschede consists of these districts and villages:

Baldeborn
Berge
Berghausen
Beringhausen
Blüggelscheidt
Bockum
Bonacker
Calle
Drasenbeck
Einhaus
Enkhausen
Enste
Ensthof
Erflinghausen
Eversberg
Frenkhausen
Freienohl

Frielinghausen
Galiläa
Giesmecke
Grevenstein
Heggen
Heinrichsthal
Höhringhausen
Horbach
Immenhausen
Klause
Köpperkopf
Köttinghausen
Kotthoff
Laer
Löllinghausen
Löttmaringhausen
Mielinghausen

Mosebolle
Mülsborn
Obermielinghausen
Olpe
Remblinghausen
Schederberge
Schedergrund
Schüren
Stesse
Stockhausen
Vellinghausen
Visbeck
Wallen
Wehrstapel
Wennemen
Windhäuser
Wulstern.

Climate

The city's climate is continental. The lowest temperature recorded was -20 °C, its highest was recorded at 39 °C.

Mayors of Meschede

1952–1961: Engelbert Dick (CDU)
1961–1969: Josef Busch (CDU)
1969–1974: Bruno Peus (CDU)
1975–1998: Franz Stahlmecke (CDU)
1998–1999: Bruno Peus (CDU)
1999-present: Hans-Ulrich (Uli) Hess (CDU)

Media

Meschede features its local radio station Radio Sauerland and the Fachhochschule Südwestfalen runs its own radio station called radioFH!. Newspapers that receive includes Westfalenpost and Westfälischen Rundschau. Its own newspaper includes the Sauerlandkurier.

Notable people

Karl Lehr (1842–1919), mayor of Duisburg
August Macke (1887–1914), painter
Josef Schrudde (1920–2004)
Ansgar Nierhoff (b. 1941), artist
Rolf Schulte (b.1938), photographer/artist
Werner Pieper (b. 1948), author
Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (b. 1963), author of the Carcassonne games
Matthias Ungemach (b. 1968), Olympic rower
Dagmar H. Mueller (b. 1961)
Armin Petras (b. 1964), theatre director
Daniela Bette (b. 1981), actress
Hartwig Hogrebe, priest ^[1]
Dieter Wurm, chairman Sauerländer Heimatbund ^[2]
Sybilla Schiller, academic/gender activist

Notable places

Abbey Königsmünster, built by Order of Saint Benedict
Hennesee

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns — Sister cities

Meschede is twinned with:

Wińsko (Poland) -- since 1956
Le Puy-en-Velay (France) -- since 1975
Cousolre du Nord (France) -- since 1965 (twin town of Freienohl)

Also unofficial friendly relations exist with the following towns:

A square named Winziger Platz (named after Wińsko by the English former name) and a street named Le-Puy Allee named after Le-Puy-en-Velay little north situated within the city centre.