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Welte is the name of the following geographical locations:

Welte , Welté or Wehlte is the family name of the following people:

Adalbert Welte (1902–1969), Austrian homeland poet
Albert Welte (1875–1955), Austrian politician (CS, ÖVP); Member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
Benedikt Welte (1805–1885), Catholic theologian, co-founder of the Church Lexicon (1847–1860)
Bernhard Welte (1906–1983), German religious philosopher
Berthold Welte (1843–1918), German manufacturer and businessman, son of Michael Welte
Dietrich Welte (* 1935), German geochemist, professor at RWTH Aachen
Edwin Welte (1876–1958), German inventor, developed the reproduction piano and the optical sound organ, grandson of Michael Welte
Emil Welte (1841–1923), German-American inventor, son of Michael Welte
Erwin Welte (1913–2002), German agricultural chemist
Franz Welte (* 1942), Swiss journalist
Gottlieb Welté (* 1748 or 1749, † 1792), German landscape painter and etcher
Harald Welte (* 1979), German programmer
Karl Heinrich Welte (* 1942), German medic
Kurt Wehlte (1897–1973), German painting technician and restorer
Michael Welte (1807–1880), German inventor, music box maker and manufacturer
Miriam Welte (* 1986), German cyclist
Paul H. Welte OP (1930–2017), German religious and theologian
Philipp Welte (* 1962), German publishing manager
Werner Welte (1948–1995), German Anglicist

Welte also denotes:

Welte Fahrzeugbau , manufacturer of special and forestry vehicles, Umkirch near Freiburg
Welte-Wenu GmbH , international group of companies based in Neu-Ulm, manufacturer of cardan shafts, fluid and tube bending technology
M. Welte & Sons , manufacturer of self-playing mechanical musical instruments and their American subsidiary M. Welte & Sons
Welte Mignon reproduction piano, mechanical automatic musical instrument that was the first to enable largely authentic recording and playback of piano pieces

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