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Telgte
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Telgte is a town in the Warendorf district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the river Ems about 12 kilometers east of Muenster and 15 kilometers west of Warendorf. It is known chiefly as a place of pilgrimage: the Marian pilgrimage from Osnabrueck to Telgte draws about 150,000 pilgrims a year and is the second largest pilgrimage in Germany. Guenter Grass set his novel The Meeting at Telgte in the town during the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia. Covering 90.84 square kilometers, Telgte had a population of 20,128 as of December 31, 2025.
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