Osnabrück, the City of Peace

12 March 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Heger Gate © Quasitim/cc-by-sa-3.0

Heger Gate © Quasitim/cc-by-sa-3.0

Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. Its population is at 165,000, making it the third-largest city in Lower Saxony, after Hanover and Brunswick.   read more…

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