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Gesmold is a town and former municipality, now part of Melle, in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is placed between the Wiehengebirge and the Teutoburg Forest.

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Map of Gesmold, 49326 Melle, Germany

It features Gesmold Castle, a Renaissance building. Another interesting place is the Church of St. Peter.

Important persons of Gesmold

  • Hermann von Amelunxen (died 1580), Baron
  • Ludwig von Hammerstein (1702–1796), Baron
  • Johann Matthias Seling (1792–1860), Professor and Priest in Osnabrück
  • Mathias Schürmann, Professor, from 1828 to 1866 Priest in Gesmold
  • Ludwig von Hammerstein (1832–1905), Jesuit and writer
  • Wilhelm Joachim von Hammerstein (1838–1904), German politician
  • Conrad Seeling, (19. Jh.) painter and builder
  • Bernhard Olthaus (1862–1952), Dekan
  • Hans von Hammerstein (1867–1933), German General of the Infanterie
  • Fritjof von Hammerstein, (1870–1944), German Generalleutnant
  • August Niehaus (1880–1961), theacher and writer
  • Heinrich Rahe (1892–1975), theacher and poet
  • Heinrich Stühlmeyer (1907–1978), a "silent hero of the resistance" against National Socialism, who was deported to the concentration camp Emslandlager in 1940 for his support of the Catholic church and those persecuted by the Third Reich, had been employed at St. Peter's Gesmold for 47 years.

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    Gesmold Wikipedia
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