Bissendorf-Schledehausen (Osnabrück) Travel Guide
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Bissendorf-Schledehausen Overview
Bissendorf-Schledehausen (formerly Bissendorpe) is part of the Bissendorf municipality in the district of Osnabrück (Osnabrück vacation rentals | Osnabrück travel guide), in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 9 km southeast of Osnabrück. Population of Bissendorf was 14,404 (2005).
Bissendorf is in Osnabrück between Wiehe Mountains and Teutoburg forest. The Hase runs through the township from east to west. The community is bordered on the north by Belm and Ostercappeln (Ostercappeln vacation rentals | Ostercappeln travel guide), in the east by [=destination:bad-essen:Bad Essen (Essen vacation rentals | Essen travel guide):], and Melle (Melle vacation rentals | Melle travel guide), in the south of Hilter on Teutoburg forest and Georgsmarienhuette.
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Things to See in Bissendorf-Schledehausen
The Schelenburg: water castle from the 11th Century
Schloss Ledenburg, water castle from 1627
Gut Stockum, manor from the 13th Century, now serves as the Reiterhof
Holter Burg, ruins destroyed in 1147
Großsteingräber in den Ortsteilen, the large stone tombs in the districts Jeggen and Wulften
The Meyerhof Schledehausen mansion
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Maps and Driving Directions to Bissendorf-Schledehausen (Osnabrück)
Bissendorf is on the A 30 and attached to it in a west-east direction. Junctions are located on the western border with Natbergen.
Schelenburg Bissendorf
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- Homepage of Bissendorf-Schledehausen (Osnabrück): Bissendorf (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Bissendorf-Schledehausen (Osnabrück)
More about the History of Bissendorf-Schledehausen (Osnabrück)
Today's community of Bissendorf was created by the merger of Samtgemeinde, Bissendorf-Holte and Schledehausen in the territorial reform in 1972. Bissendorf was first mentioned in writing in 1160. It developed initially in the area around the present-day St. Dionysius Catholic Church settlement, which currently has 2500 inhabitants.
The settlement around the church has survived and is now regarded as one of the finest examples of a church settlement. The church group is Meierhof, vicarage, old school and inn. The church settlement is a historical monument.
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