# Mesum

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{{Short description|Village in Germany}}
Mesum, church: katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Johannes Baptist|thumb|230px|left
'''Mesum''' is a [village](/source/village) south of [Rheine](/source/Rheine), located in the district [Steinfurt](/source/Steinfurt), part of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia). The current population in 2004 is about 8500. Mesum was first mentioned in 1373 in a document listing the church. That old church still exists as the oldest building of the village.

The village grew in the 19th century with the [textile](/source/textile) industry. At that time, it was part of the [Prussia](/source/Prussia)n Kingdom.

==Railway station==
The village has a railway station [Rheine-Mesum](/source/Rheine-Mesum_railway_station), however [Rheine](/source/Rheine_railway_station) has more services.

[http://www.mesum.de Link to city-homepage] (German)

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Category:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia

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