Editing Oelde

{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = Langestraße oelde 2014 1.JPG
|imagesize         =
|image_caption     = Lange Street - Oelde centre
|type               = Town
|image_flag           = Flagge Oelde.svg
|image_coa            = DEU Oelde COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|50|N|8|9|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Oelde in WAF.svg
|state        = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region  = Münster
|district             = Warendorf
|elevation              = 74 - 173
|area            = 102.77
|postal_code               = 59302
|area_code           = 02522, 02529, 02520, 05245
|licence               = WAF, BE
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 70 028
|divisions        = 5
|website           = [http://www.oelde.de/ www.oelde.de]
|mayor             = Karin Rodeheger<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;25
|party             = independent
}}

'''Oelde''' ({{IPA|de|ˈœldə|-|De-Oelde.ogg}}) is a town in the district of [[Warendorf (district)|Warendorf]], in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. It is located near [[Beckum, Germany|Beckum]].

==Geography==

===Division of the town===
[[File:Lette Vitus2.JPG|thumbnail|St. Vitus church in Oelde-Lette]]
Oelde consists of 5 districts:
* Oelde
* Stromberg
* Lette
* Sünninghausen
* Kirchspiel (with farming communities)
** Keitlinghausen
** Ahmenhorst
** Menninghausen

===Neighbouring places===

The neighboring municipalities and cities are clockwise, starting in the north:
* [[Beelen]]
* [[Herzebrock-Clarholz]]
* [[Rheda-Wiedenbrück]]
* [[Langenberg (Westphalia)|Langenberg]]
* [[Wadersloh]]
* [[Beckum, Germany|Beckum]]
* [[Ennigerloh]]

==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Oelde is (not officially) [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
* [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|22px]] [[Niesky]] ([[Saxony]], [[Germany]])

==History==
[[File:St. Johannes der Täufer (Kirche in Oelde).JPG|thumbnail|St. Johannes parish church in Oelde]]
The name Oelde was first mentioned in a document around 890 as "Ulithi im Dreingau" in the Urbar of the [[Werden Abbey|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 [[Bundesautobahn 2|A&nbsp;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 [[Theodor Heuss|Heuss]] and [[Heinrich Lübke|Lübke]] to hunt small game in the state forest "Geisterholz". These events were commonly known as "diplomatic hunts."

In 2001 Oelde hosted one of the most important [[Landesgartenschau|flower shows]] ever organized in Westphalia with more than 2.2 million visitors. Since then, the city garden, included in the exhibition grounds and embellished for the occasion, has been commercially exploited under the name "Park of the four seasons" (Vier-Jahreszeiten-Park).

==Economy==
Oelde is a centre of metal and lumber production, [[publishing]], and also higher education through its nursing college.
It is also home to the headquarters of [[GEA Westfalia Separator|GEA (Westfalia Separator)]], a manufacturer of centrifuges and dairy machines and the headquarters of Haver&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Boecker, a manufacturer of wire weaving.

==Transport==

===Roads===
Oelde is connected to the [[Bundesautobahn 2]].

===Railways===
[[File:Oelde Bahnhof.JPG|thumbnail|On the right: Oelde railway station]]
The [[Hamm–Minden railway]] connects [[Oelde station]] to the [[Rail transport in Germany|German rail network]]. The line is served by the [[Rhein-Weser-Express]] and the [[Ems-Börde-Bahn]] every hour.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.oelde.de/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://www.vier-jahreszeiten-park.de/de Vier Jahreszeiten Park Oelde] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://wp.eghn.org/en/vier-jahreszeiten-park-in-oelde-2 European Garden Heritage Network]

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