Place:Bünde, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany

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NameBünde
Alt namesBündesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Bunde
TypeTown
Coordinates52.2°N 8.583°E
Located inWestfalen, Preußen, Germany
Also located inDetmold, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany    
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District
Bustedt
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Bünde (Low German Buine) is a town in the Herford district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Natural history

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About 30 million-year-old fossils were found in the , including a skull of a toothed whale (Eosqualodon langewieschei) and a skeleton of a manatee (Anemotherium langewieschei). Both were found 1911-1912 by Friedrich Langewiesche, who became an honorary citizen of Bünde. The fossils are presented in 'Doberg Museum' in Bünde.

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History

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Bünde was first mentioned, as Buginithi, in 853. It has one of the oldest church foundations of Westphalia, the 'Laurentius Church' (founded about 778 - 840). During the Cold War, it was home to a British military base (part of the BAOR) which closed in 1993.

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