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Bunde
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Bunde is a city in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Bielefeld and Hannover. Its population was about 48,000 in 2003. The small river Else crosses the town. Bunde was first mentioned in 853. It has one of the oldest church foundations of Westphalia, the Laurentius Church. About 30 million year old fossils were found in the Doberg, including a skull of a toothed whale and a skeleton of a sea cow. Both were found in 1911 by Friedrich Langewiesche, who became an honorary citizen of Bunde. The fossils are presented in Doberg Museum in Bunde. The city is devided into 12 districts includes Bunde-Mitte, Ennigloh, Spradow, Dunne, Sudlengern, Hunnebrock, Holsen, Bustedt, Ahle, Werfen, Huffen, and Muckum.
Bunde is known as the town of best geographical environment and has traced its origins back to prehistoric times. Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and can also enjoy its natural beauty concealed by the beautiful landscapes.
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