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Oelde
Oelde (German pronunciation: [ˈœldə] ⓘ; Low German: Üle) is a town in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near Beckum.
Oelde consists of 5 districts:
The neighboring municipalities and cities are clockwise, starting in the north:
Oelde is (not officially) twinned with:
The name Oelde was first mentioned in a document around 890 as "Ulithi im Dreingau" in the Urbar of the Werden monastery.
In 1457 a conflagration destroyed the city. In 1498, after the reconstruction, Oelde had 750 citizens. Another fire raged in 1605 and destroyed a total of 18 houses, barns and the town hall.
In 1939, Oelde was given its own exit when the motorway A 2 was built.
In the 1950s and 1960s, a high number of visitors came to Oelde when diplomats accepted the invitation of the Federal Presidents Heuss and Lübke to hunt small game in the state forest "Geisterholz". These events were commonly known as "diplomatic hunts."
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Oelde
Oelde (German pronunciation: [ˈœldə] ⓘ; Low German: Üle) is a town in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near Beckum.
Oelde consists of 5 districts:
The neighboring municipalities and cities are clockwise, starting in the north:
Oelde is (not officially) twinned with:
The name Oelde was first mentioned in a document around 890 as "Ulithi im Dreingau" in the Urbar of the Werden monastery.
In 1457 a conflagration destroyed the city. In 1498, after the reconstruction, Oelde had 750 citizens. Another fire raged in 1605 and destroyed a total of 18 houses, barns and the town hall.
In 1939, Oelde was given its own exit when the motorway A 2 was built.
In the 1950s and 1960s, a high number of visitors came to Oelde when diplomats accepted the invitation of the Federal Presidents Heuss and Lübke to hunt small game in the state forest "Geisterholz". These events were commonly known as "diplomatic hunts."