Halle (also called Halle in Westfalen in order to distinguish from Halle,_Saxony-Anhalt) is a town in the German Bundesland of North_Rhine-Westphalia. It lies in the western part of the state, south of Osnabrück and east of Münster. Population: 21,000 (2004).
History
Halle is mentioned in historical documents as early as 1246.
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