Meschede

town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place medium_sized_district_town Q5632
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Meschede

Summary

Meschede is a medium-sized district town[1]. Meschede has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Meschede was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[3].
  • Meschede is located in Hochsauerlandkreis[4].
  • Meschede is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Meschede is on the body of water Ruhr[6].
  • Meschede's head of government is recorded as Christoph Weber[7].
  • Meschede's instance of is recorded as medium-sized district town[8].
  • Meschede's instance of is recorded as district capital[9].
  • Meschede's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[10].
  • Meschede's shares border with is recorded as Arnsberg[11].
  • Meschede's shares border with is recorded as Sundern (Sauerland)[12].
  • Meschede's twinned administrative body is recorded as Le Puy-en-Velay[13].
  • Meschede's postal code is recorded as 59872[14].
  • Meschede is part of South Westphalia[15].
  • Meschede's Commons category is recorded as Meschede[16].
  • Meschede's licence plate code is recorded as HSK[17].
  • Meschede's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[18].
  • Meschede's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[19].
  • Meschede's local dialing code is recorded as 02903[20].
  • Meschede's local dialing code is recorded as 0291[21].
  • Meschede's local dialing code is recorded as 02934[22].
  • Meschede's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.350277777778, 'lon': 8.2836111111111}[23].
  • Meschede's official website is recorded as https://www.meschede.de/[24].
  • Meschede's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meschede[25].
  • Meschede's Commons gallery is recorded as Meschede[26].
  • Meschede has a population of {'amount': '+30002'}[27].

Body

Geography

Meschede is in the country of Germany[5]. Meschede is located in Hochsauerlandkreis[4]. Meschede is on the body of water Ruhr[6]. Meschede is part of South Westphalia[15].

Physical Characteristics

Meschede covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+218.5'}[28]. Meschede sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+260'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+30002'}[27], {'amount': '+30086'}[30], {'amount': '+32472'}[31], {'amount': '+29921'}[32], {'amount': '+29608'}[33], and {'amount': '+30025'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include medium-sized district town[8], district capital[9], and urban municipality in Germany[10].

Why It Matters

Meschede has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+30002'}, {'amount': '+30086'}, {'amount': '+32472'} +5
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  2. 22d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population
    Coordinate location {'lat': 51.350277777778, 'lon': 8.2836111111111}
    Website
    Head of government Christoph Weber
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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