Osnabrück
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Summary
Osnabrück is a big city[1]. Osnabrück draws 10,138 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #105 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Niedersächsischer Städtetag[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lower Saxony[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Hase[8], Düte[9], Rubbenbruchsee[10], Attersee (Osnabrück)[11]
- Head of government: Katharina Pötter[12]
- Instance of: major regional center[13], college town[14], Hanseatic city[15], urban municipality in Germany[16], urban district of Lower Saxony[17], district capital[18], Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony[19], independent city of Germany[20]
- Shares border with: Osnabrück District[21], Steinfurt[22]
- Founder: Charlemagne[23]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Innenstadt[24], Weststadt[25], Westerberg[26], Eversburg[27], Hafen[28], Sonnenhügel[29], Haste[30], Dodesheide[31], Gartlage[32], Schinkel[33], Widukindland[34], Schinkel-Ost[35], Fledder[36], Schölerberg[37]
- Twinned administrative body: Angers[38], Haarlem[39], Vila Real[40], Tver[41], Çanakkale[42], Derby[43], Greifswald[44], Hefei[45], Gmünd in Kärnten[46], Evansville[47], Gwangmyeong[48]
- Postal code: 49074–49090[49]
- Part of: Ballungsraum Osnabrück[50]
- Commons category: Osnabrück[51]
- Licence plate code: OS[52]
- Said to be the same as: Osnabrück[53]
- Local dialing code: 0541[54], 05402[55], 05406[56], 05407[57]
- Inception: 780[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Osnabrück include Münster/Osnabrück Airport[59], a commercial airport[60], in Germany[61], founded in 1972[62]; Osnabrück District[63], a district of Lower Saxony[64], in Germany[65], founded in 1885[66]; and Osnabrück Government Region[67], a government region of Lower Saxony[68], in German Empire[69], founded in 1885[70].
Why It Matters
Osnabrück has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] Osnabrück is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for Osnabrück include Münster/Osnabrück Airport[59], a commercial airport[60], in Germany[61], founded in 1972[62]; Osnabrück District[63], a district of Lower Saxony[64], in Germany[65], founded in 1885[66]; and Osnabrück Government Region[67], a government region of Lower Saxony[68], in German Empire[69], founded in 1885[70].