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Osnabrück's old town (
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: ''Altstadt'') is the historic and original core of the city
Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
, Lower Saxony, Germany, also called Heger Tor Viertel.


History

The city was founded 780 by
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, king of the
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. Around 800 made Charlemagne the area to the new bishopric and the missionary Wiho became Osnabrück's first bishop. The town walls with its towers from this time are the borders for the old town. Osnabrück played an important role in the
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. The war that was mainly fought in central Europe was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. Initially the war started between Catholics and Protestants, although they were all Christians. As the time and the war drew on the conflict became more general involving most of the great powers in Europe. Between May and October 1648 were the peace treaties signed in Osnabrück and Münster. The Peace of Westphalia ended with that the Thirty Years' War and Osnabrück became the city of Peace with many historical artifacts from this time.


Tourism and sights


Cathedral

The Sankt Peter cathedral of the Osnabrück bishopric was first ordained 785, and rebuilt twice. The second one was destroyed by a fire in 1100 and renovated from 1218 to 1277. The cathedral has two towers. The northwest tower is source; the other was replaced in the 15th century by a larger Gothic tower.


Town hall

It took over 25 years to finish the town hall which is located in the central of the old town just next to the Marienkirche. The hall is built in typical Late Gothic style with little towers on the corners and eight statues on the front side of the building. The peace treats for the
Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...
were signed there in 1648 and 42 portraits are hung in the peace hall of European envoys and monarchs of the time, including
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of France and
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.


Marienkriche

The church is next to the town hall In 1543 it was changed to a Protestant church.


Heger Tor

The Heger Tor, also called Waterloo Tor is a part of the town walls and the entrance to the old town. The gate was rebuilt in 1817, two years after the
battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army (1804–1815), Frenc ...
. The gate was designed by Johann Christian Sieckmann. The gate looks like a
triumphal arch A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, and usually standing alone, unconnected to other buildings. In its simplest form, a triumphal ...
.Altstadt Osnabrück, Sehenswürdigkeiten, November 11,2013
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Picture gallery

File:Osnabrück Dom Westseite.jpg, Sankt Peter cathedral File:OSRathaus.JPG, Town hall in 2008 File:St. Marien Osnabrueck.jpg, View from the market place on the Marienkirche File:Osnabrück Marienkirche Eingangsportal.JPG, Brideportal on the church File:OSHegerTor.JPG, Heger Tor File:Osnabrück Weihnachtsmarkt 1.JPG, Nutcracker on the Christmas market


References


External links

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Historischer WeihnachtsmarktMaiwoche 2014 OsnabrückOsnabrücker Land, Tourist informationTheater Osnabrück, ProgrammFelix Nussbaum Haus, Museum
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