Nortrup is a municipality in the
district of Osnabrück, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
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Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
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Mayor
Leonhard Renze was elected in April 1993. He was the successor of Reinhold Gieseke.
Renze was in office till 2016. Since 2016 Karl-Heinz Budke is the new mayor.
Notable people
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Hermann Kemper
Hermann Kemper (5 April 1892 in Nortrup – 13 July 1977) was a German engineer and pioneer in magnetic levitation.
Herman Kemper began his research on magnetic levitation in 1922. In 1933, Kemper constructed a working circuit for hovering on ...
(1892-1977), German engineer and pioneer in magnetic levitation.
* Ernst von Hammerstein-Loxten (1827-1914), prussian agrarian minister
* Ludwig von Hammerstein-Loxten (1839-1927), prussian general
* Rudolf von Hammerstein (1735-1811), hannoveranian generalleutnant
References
Osnabrück (district)
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