Osnabrück ( German: [ɔsnaˈbʁʏk] ) is a district ( Landkreis ) in the southwest of Lower Saxony , Germany . With 2,122 km it is the second largest district of Lower Saxony.
21-516: Hilter is a municipality in the district Osnabrück , Lower Saxony , Germany . It is located in the hills of the Teutoburg Forest . As of 2020 it has a population of 10,429, and covers an area of 52.61 km. Highest elevation is the Hohnangel with 262 m above sea level. The municipality was united on July 14, 1972, by merging the municipalities Borgloh, Hankenberge and Hilter. Already in 1977
42-615: Is ascribed to be Münsterland , although it belongs to the Osnabrücker land historically. The district is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Emsland , Cloppenburg , Vechta and Diepholz , the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Minden-Lübbecke , Herford , Gütersloh , Warendorf and Steinfurt ) and the City of Osnabrück . The coat of arms displays the Bennoturm ("Benno's Tower") of Bad Iburg , which served as
63-516: The Landrat were elected into the assembly. The district committee prepares the decisions of the district assembly and decides affairs which the district assembly must not decide. The committee consists of twelve members from the district assembly, eleven of whom are eligible to vote. Composition of the district assembly since 2011: Since 1999 a partnership exists to Olsztyn County in the north-east of Poland . From historical attachment and in view of
84-598: The New Forum , Democracy Now and the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights agreed upon the creation of the strategic partnership Alliance 90 ("Bündnis 90") for the 1990 East German general election . On 18 March 1990, in the next and final free election of the former East Germany , the Alliance 90 received 2.9% of the vote, thus securing 12 seats. By far the best result for Alliance 90 was in constituency of Berlin with 6.3%. In
105-784: The Greens which had been a cross-German party since the end of 1990. One part of the Brandenburg state alliance advocated against a unification with the Greens, including future Minister-President of Brandenburg Matthias Platzeck , Günter Nooke, Ute Platzeck, Peter Schüler, Manfred Kruczek and Gerd Gebhardt. However, they were unsuccessful in their case and founded the Citizens' Alliance ("Bürger Bündnis"), headed by Günter Nooke, Matthias Platzeck und Wolfgang Pohl. The party Alliance 90/The Greens in Saxony had already been established on 27 September 1991, one and
126-514: 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 . The northern two thirds of the district belong to the North German plain ; the mountain ranges Teutoburg Forest and Wiehen Hills run east-west in the southern third of the district. The river Hase flows through the district from south to north. In
147-524: The New Forum did not participate in the alliance. In Brandenburg , the three civic groups of the Alliance 90 took office alone. In other states, the Greens also successfully took part in the electoral alliances. In Brandenburg from 1990 until 1994, Alliance 90 participated in a traffic light coalition with the Social Democrats and Free Democrats . In the 1990 federal election held on 2 December 1990,
168-465: The administrative district and the district-free city of Osnabrück. The area of the district Osnabrück has been confessionally mixed since Protestant Reformation and the Peace of Westphalia : Lutherans ( Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover ) and Catholics ( Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ). Because the (Catholic) Osnabrücker Land bordered on Lutheran territories, there have been Lutherans in
189-409: The district authority) since 2019. She is the political representative and president of the district government. Every five years the citizens of the district Osnabrück elect their representatives into the district assembly. The district assembly is the uppermost organ of the district. The next election takes place in the autumn of 2016. At the last local election on September 11, 2011, 68 delegates and
210-575: The district since the 19th century. The confessional distribution has not changed significantly in spite of the influx of Heimatvertriebene after 1945. The following long distance roads pass through the district: The first railway to reach the district territory was the Hannoversche Westbahn , connecting Osnabrück with Hanover in 1855. It was extended to Rheine in 1856. The Köln - Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft connected Osnabrück with Bremen in 1871, and with Münster in 1873. This turned
231-532: The eastern part flows the Hunte . The district encloses the district-free city of Osnabrück . Together, they form the Osnabrück Land ( Osnabrücker Land ), which can be divided inter alia into the smaller regions of Artland, Grönegau and Wittlage Land. The Tecklenburger Land in the west is the geographical continuation of the Osnabrücker land in the neighbouring federal state North Rhine-Westphalia . Often it
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#1732854686262252-695: The entry of Poland in the European Union the Osnabrück district performs its special contribution to the development of the German-Polish friendship. During the past years resulted narrow municipal connections to Polish districts. Thus the district as well as the municipality Bad Essen signed a declaration in 2002 about the collaboration with Wałcz County ; narrow contacts exist to Gryfino County . The Landschaftsverband Osnabrücke r Land , an incorporated society, looks after cultural interests under sponsorship of
273-642: The first election following the reunification of Germany , 6.1% of voters in the Eastern electoral area (1.2% across Germany) cast their Zweitstimme (the vote for a party, as opposed to for a person) for the group "Alliance 90/Greens – Citizens' Movement" ( Bündnis 90/Grüne – BürgerInnenbewegung ), which entered into the German Bundestag with eight East German electees: Klaus-Dieter Feige, Ingrid Köppe, Gerd Poppe, Christina Schenk, Werner Schulz, Wolfgang Ullmann, Konrad Weiß and Vera Wollenberger. Werner Schultz took over
294-422: 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
315-408: The fortress of the bishops until 1673. There is also a wheel displayed in the coat of arms, which is the heraldic symbol of the City of Osnabrück. The district of Osnabrück encompasses 38 municipalities, eight of which are towns. 17 municipalities are part of a Samtgemeinde . Populations at 31 December 2007 are given in parentheses. Anja Kebschull ( Die Grünen ) is the full-time Landrat (head of
336-547: The function of Speaker of the Bundestag group, which he held for the entirety of the legislative period. Its West German partners, the Greens, fell short of election to the parliament. On 21 September 1991, the party Alliance 90 was founded, which brought together parts of the New Forum, Democracy Now and the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights. On 14 May 1993 came the agreement to create the union of Alliance 90/The Greens with
357-479: The municipalities Allendorf, Borgloh-Wellendorf, Ebbendorf, Eppendorf and Uphöfen were joined into the Einheitsgemeinde Borgloh. Hilter was well known for mining Hilter Gold ochre as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century. Osnabr%C3%BCck (district) The district in its present form was established on July 1, 1972 by merging
378-564: 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 ,
399-652: The remaining constituencies results ranged from 1.6% in Neubrandenburg to 3.8% in Potsdam . Together with the eight elected mandates from the " Green Party in the GDR ", they created the “Alliance ’90/Greens Party” Faction ( Fraktion Bündnis 90/Grüne ). In the East German Landtag elections on 14 October 1990 the differently-composed electoral alliances made their entry into every Landtag except Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , where
420-535: The town's main station, Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof , into a significant railway interchange. Today the following railway lines are used for public transport: [REDACTED] Media related to Landkreis Osnabrück at Wikimedia Commons 52°20′N 8°10′E / 52.33°N 8.17°E / 52.33; 8.17 Alliance 90 Alliance 90 ( German : Bündnis 90 ) was a political alliance of three non-communist political groups in East Germany . It
441-592: Was formed in February 1990 by the New Forum , Democracy Now and the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights . It received 2.9% of the vote in the 1990 Volkskammer elections. For the first all-German federal election it formed a joint list with the East German Green Party . It was this coalition that merged with the West German Green Party in 1993 to form Alliance 90/The Greens . On 7 February 1990,
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