Olsberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .
13-649: Olsberg may refer to: Olsberg, Germany , a town in Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Olsberg, Switzerland , a municipality in Rheinfelden district in Aargau, Switzerland Olsberg, Basel-Landschaft , a former municipality in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Olsberg, France, a village, part of the commune of Breidenbach, Moselle [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
26-563: A Gymnasium (higher education school) , it maintains a vocational college . Olsberg is twinned with: Bundesstra%C3%9Fe 7 The Bundesstraße 7 (abbr. B7 ) is a German federal highway ( Bundesstraße ) that stretches from the Dutch border at Venlo in the West to Rochlitz near Chemnitz in the East. It is approximately 530 km (330 mi) long. Because of its western origin some stretches of
39-464: A southern bypass road started in 2005 and is scheduled for opening in 2010. It will take the Bundesstrasse 480 to a new route bypassing the town core to the west and the south. Children are allocated to four primary schools according to their place of residence. Additionally there are three secondary schools, one of which caters for children with physical disabilities. While the town does not have
52-556: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Olsberg, Germany It is situated on the river Ruhr , approx. 15 km east of Meschede . It is bordered by Arnsberg Forest Nature Park , on the northern fringe of the Rothaargebirge . The town's setting is dominated by heavily wooded ridges and valleys formed by the Ruhr and three of its tributaries. A notable feature situated within
65-470: The 1950s. The town was formed on January 1, 1975 in the course of the municipal reorganization of North Rhine-Westphalia. Before that date all villages (except Bigge and Olsberg, which had been merged already been merged into a single municipality in 1969) have been independent municipalities. On 23 June 2014,a Learjet 35 and a Eurofighter Typhoon collided over the city.Both people onboard the Learjet died,while
78-634: The B 7 are designated as "Holländische Straße" ( Dutch Road ), e.g., in Kassel and Calden . The former Reichsstraße 7 extended from Schmölln over Meerane , Glauchau , Chemnitz and Freiberg to Dresden , where it linked with the Reichsstraße 6 . The former portion between Chemnitz and Dresden is now called the Bundesstraße 173 . The segment between Wuppertal and Hagen was constructed in 1788 (236 years ago) ( 1788 ) , making it one of
91-583: The Bundesstraße 7 is replaced by Autobahns . For example, between Hagen-Hohenlimburg and the former autobahn terminus in the eastern city of Iserlohn the B 7 becomes the Bundesautobahn 46 . Also, between Kassel and Eisenach the B 7 is slated to be replaced by the new Bundesautobahn 44 , the first piece of which was opened at Hessisch Lichtenau was in October 2005. Environmental concerns have been raised about
104-468: The oldest roads in western Germany . The stretch connecting Iserlohn and Menden was built between 1816 and 1817 (207 years ago) ( 1817 ) . Between Eisenach and Erfurt the B 7 follows the path of the former Via Regia . The original plan marked Dresden as he eastern terminus, however this portion was completed during the Third Reich and called the Bundesstraße 173 . In some areas
117-542: The pilot on the Typhoon survived. The town council is currently headed by mayor Wolfgang Fischer (CDU), re-elected in 2020. The composition of the town council is, since 2020: Traditionally dominated by agriculture (especially dairy farming ) and small scale wood and metal craft , the town's economical base today relies on the tertiary sector , especially tourism . Industry consists primarily of metallurgy and sawmills . The town has two train stations. Buses connect
130-529: The project, as the autobahn is proposed to run through the national park Meißner-Kaufunger Wald . Since August 2005 heavy transport vehicles have been banned from a 157 km (98 mi) stretch of the B 7. The ban applies for a year and is enforced between Kassel at the A 7 junction and Wehretal . Vehicles originating or ending in the Kassel area are exempt from the ban. replaced by [REDACTED] A 46 replaced by [REDACTED] A 46 Re-routed to
143-424: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olsberg&oldid=614520299 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732851935216156-503: The town core to the neighbouring villages and towns, generally with hourly services. Most bus services meet at Olsberg railway station to connect with train services. The Bundesstraße 480 runs through the town from north to south, and meets the Bundesstraße 7 just north of the town in the village of Altenbüren. The current end of the A46 motorway is 5 km to the Northwest. Construction on
169-556: The town's limits are the Bruchhauser Steine , four large porphyry rocks located on a mountain near the village of Bruchhausen. The Langenberg , the highest mountain of north-west Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia, is located on the eastern town border, the peak being just inside the town's limits. Clockwise from the north, Olsberg is bordered by: The town of Olsberg comprises twelve villages. The town's core consists of Olsberg itself and Bigge, which have physically merged since
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