Place:Osnabrück, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany

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NameOsnabrück
Alt namesThiene Bei Alfhausensource: from redirect
Osnabrücksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Onsabruck
TypeDistrict
Coordinates52.283°N 8.05°E
Located inWeser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany
Contained Places
Independent city/rural district
Osnabrück
Inhabited place
Bramsche
Melle
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Osnabrück is a district (Landkreis) in the southwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. With 2,121 km² it is the second largest district of Lower Saxony.

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History

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The district in its present form was established on July 1, 1972 by merging the former districts of Melle, Bersenbrück and Wittlage, and most of the old district of Osnabrück. Eight municipalities (Atter, Pye, Hellern, Nahne, Voxtrup, Darum, Gretesch and Lüstringen) were merged with the city of Osnabrück in the same year. The former district of Osnabrück had already been enlarged with the district of Iburg in 1932. The 1972 local government reform also led to a considerable decrease of the number of municipalities.

The present combined territory of the district and the city of Osnabrück is almost identical to the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück which existed until 1802, when it was mediatised and assigned to the Electorate of Hanover. It was occupied by France between 1807 and 1813, after which it was returned to the Kingdom of Hanover. After the 1866 Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover (including the former bishopric of Osnabrück) was annexed by Prussia. Since 1 November 1946, the area is part of Lower Saxony.

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