Church district Melle
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 8.2 ″ N , 8 ° 19 ′ 52.3 ″ E
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Regional Church: | Ev.-luth. Regional Church of Hanover |
| Sprengel : | Osnabrück |
| Area : | approx. 550 km² |
| Structure: | 15 parishes |
| Parishioners: | 41,533 (2002) |
Superintendent's address : |
Krameramtsstrasse 10 49324 Melle |
| Superintendent: | (since 2016) Hans-Georg Meyer-ten Thoren |
| Website: | kirchenkreis-melle.de |
The Melle parish was a parish within the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover . He belonged to the district of Osnabrück . For Kirchenkreis Melle were about 41,500 church members in 15 congregations . The seat of the church district was Melle . The church district was created from the amalgamation of the church districts Wittlage and Buer. On January 1, 2013, the southern part of the church district was merged with most of the Georgsmarienhütte church district to form the new Melle-Georgsmarienhütte church district. The parishes of Arenshorst, Bad Essen, Barkhausen-Rabber, Bohmte, Hunteburg, Lintorf, Ostercappeln and Venne came to the parish of Bramsche .
geography
The church district was in the Osnabrücker Land in southwest Lower Saxony . It comprised the eastern part of the Osnabrück district . The area of the church district essentially corresponded to the former districts of Melle and Wittlage .
Churches and parishes
| image | church | place | local community | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Johanniskirche | Bohmte - Arenshorst | Arenshorst | |
|
St. Nicholas Church | Bad food | Bad food | |
| Katharinenkirche | Bad Essen-Barkhausen | Barkhausen-Rabber | ||
| Marienkirche | Bad Essen- Rabber | Barkhausen-Rabber | ||
|
St. Luke | Melle - Bennien | Bennien | |
|
St. Thomas Church | Booed | Booed | |
|
Martini Church | Melle- Buer | Buer | |
|
St. Anthony | Melle- Hoyel | Hoyel | |
|
Matthew Church | Bohmte- Hunteburg | Hunteburg | |
| John the Baptist | Bad Essen- Lintorf | Lintorf | ||
| Pauluskirche | Melle | Melle-Paulus | ||
|
St. Petri | Melle | Melle-Petri | |
|
Christophoruskirche | Melle- Neuenkirchen | Neuenkirchen | |
|
Marienkirche | Melle- Oldendorf | Oldendorf | |
| Pauluskirche | Ostercappeln | Ostercappeln | ||
| Walburgis Church | Ostercappeln- Venne | Venne |
Superintendent
Jürgen Oltmanns was Superintendent from 1978 to 2004, and Wolfgang Loos from 2005 to 2015.