"It is now almost ten years since the former rural district of Melle with its 56 municipalities became the city of Mellle, reason enough to attempt to present this unique municipal structure in an illustrated book.However, it soon turned out that it is impossible to do justice to all parts of the city, their facilities, activities, interests and special features, precisely because of the diversity of the city and its citizens. This book can only show small, incomplete excerpts of everything, but together they result in a small image of our reality." -- Translated from foreword.