Bünde is a city in the Herford (district), North Rhine-Westphalia (federal state), Germany, between Bielefeld (west) and Hannover (east). Its population was about 48,000 in 2003. A small river 'Else' crosses the town. Herford is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen) is the largest in population (though only fourth in area) among Germanys 16 federal states. ... Map of Germany showing Bielefeld Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ...

History: Bünde was first mentioned in 853. It has one of the oldest church foundations of Westphalia, the 'Laurentius Church' (founded about 778 - 840). Events A Byzantine fleet destroys Damiette (in Egypt) Births Deaths Categories: 853 ... Events Charlemagne fights the Moors in Spain. ... Events After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Lothar, Charles the Bald and Louis the German fight over the division of the empire, with Lothair succeding as Emperor. ...

Industry: The main industries are kitchen furniture and cigar manufacturers. The town is called the 'Cigar Box of Germany'. Corona cigar A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of tobacco leaves that have already been dried and fermented, which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than into the lungs) its smoke (see tobacco smoking). ...

Natural Monument: 'Doberg' About 30 mio.-year-old fossils were found here. Besides others a skull of a toothed whale (easqualadon langewieschei) and a skeleton of a sea cow (anemotherium langewieschei). Both were found 1911 / 1912 by Friedrich Langewiesche of Bünde. He became an honorary citizen of Bünde. The fossils are presented in 'Doberg Museum' of Bünde. A fossil Ammonite Fossils are the mineralized remains of animals or plants or other traces such as footprints. ... A Hippopotamuss skull A skull, or cranium, is a bony structure of vertebrates which serves as the general framework for a head. ... Families See text The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans. ... In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

External links

• Official home page of the city of Bünde (http://www.buende.de/) (German)
• Official home page of Doberg Museum (http://www.museum-buende.de/) (German)