Gesmold is a town and former municipality, now part of Melle, in the district of Osnabrück, in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

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. It is placed between the

Wiehengebirge The Wiehen HillsElkins, T.H. (1972). ''Germany'' (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. . (, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long f ...

and the

Teutoburg Forest The Teutoburg Forest ( ; ) is a range of low, forested hills in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the 17th century, the official name of the hill ridge was Osning. It was first renamed the ''Teutoburg Forest'' ...

. 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),

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* Ludwig von Hammerstein (1702–1796), Baron * Johann Matthias Seling (1792–1860), Professor and Priest in

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...

* 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

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of the Infanterie * Fritjof von Hammerstein, (1870–1944), German

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* August Niehaus (1880–1961), teacher and writer * Heinrich Rahe (1892–1975), teacher and poet * Heinrich Stühlmeyer (1907–1978), a "silent hero of the resistance" against

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, who was deported to the

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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.''Die Macht der leisen Töne oder: Ein stiller Held aus Gesmold''. Heimatverein Gesmold (Hg.), Nr. 134, März 2010.

References

Sources

Ludger Stühlmeyer Ludger Stühlmeyer (born 3 October 1961 in Melle, West Germany) is a German cantor, organist, composer, docent and musicologist. Biography Stühlmeyer was born to a family of cantors and made his first steps under the guidance of his father in ...

: ''Die Orgel der St. Petrus-Kirche Gesmold''. In

Uwe Pape Uwe Pape (5 May 1936 – 13 August 2023) was a German business information scientist and organ expert. Early life and education Pape was born in Bremen. After graduating from gymnasium there, Pape studied mathematics, physics, pedagogy and philos ...

: ''Orgelatlas'', Berlin 1980, . * Franz Nieweg, Klaus Rahe, Maria Winkelmann: ''Gesmold Gestern und Heute. In Bildern-Berichten-Gedichten'', Heimatverein Gesmold 1986. * Andreas Loheide: '' Die St. Petrus Kirche Gesmold'' und ''Leitfaden Gemeindepastoral St. Petrus Gesmold'', Gesmold 1993. * Bernard Meyer: ''Gesmold - In alten Bildern'', Heimatverein Gesmold 1995. * Bernard Meyer: ''Gesmold - In alten und neuen Bildern'', Heimatverein Gesmold 1997. * Irmgard und Bernard Meyer: ''St. Petrus ad vincula'', Gesmold 1998. * Bernard Meyer: ''Gesmold - Im neuen Jahrtausend'', Heimatverein Gesmold 2001. * Ludger Stühlmeyer: ''Die Macht der leisen Töne oder: Ein stiller Held aus Gesmold''. In: ''Dat Gessemske Blättken. Mit Berichten, Geschichten und Gedichten über Gesmolder Ereignisse aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart''. Heimatverein Gesmold 2010. * Bernard Meyer: ''Gesmold - Im Wandel der Zeit'', Heimatverein Gesmold 2010. * Heimatverein Gesmold Bernard Meyer und Marlies Kellenbrink: ''Dat Gessemske Blättken'', Heimatverein Gesmold 1975 - heute. Eine 16 seitige Schrift mit über 140 Ausgaben mit Themen aus Gesmold, alt und neu. * Maria Breeck: '' Irrwege meiner Flucht'', Heimatverein Gesmold 2013.

External links

Homepage of Gesmold

History of Gesmold
Former municipalities in Lower Saxony Towns in Lower Saxony Melle, Germany {{LowerSaxony-geo-stub