Meschede

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For the German physicist, see Dieter Meschede

Meschede
View over Meschede
Coat of arms	Location

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	34,678 (01/01/2006)
- Density	159 /km² (411 /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 Coordinates: 51°21′01″N 08°17′01″E / 51.35028, 8.28361

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

1 Geography
2 Transportation
- 2.1 Neighbouring municipalities
- 2.2 Division of the town
3 Climate
4 Mayors of Meschede
5 Media
6 Notable people
7 Other
- 7.1 Twin Towns
8 External links

[edit] Geography

Meschede is situated in the Ruhr valley, 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).

[edit] Transportation

Meschede are connected with two national roads, the B7 and the B55, it also has a autobahn with the A46. It has a category II airport, the Meschede-Schüren Airport

[edit] Neighbouring municipalities

[edit] 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
Freienoh

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.

[edit] Climate

The city's climate is continental. The lowest temperature recorded was -15 °C, its highest was recorded at 38 °C.

[edit] 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: Ulrich (Uli) Hess

[edit] Media

Meschede features its local radio station Radio Sauerland. Newspapers that receive includes Westfalenpost and Westfälischen Rundschau. Its own newspaper includes the Sauerlandkurier.