Ostercappeln 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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. It is situated in the

Wiehengebirge The Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long finger away from the main upland area of the Lower Saxon ...

, approx. 15 km northeast of

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. 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 ...

. The municipality is made up of three villages, Ostercappeln, Venne and Schwagstorf, along the

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218. Ostercappeln is the location of the St. Raphael hospital, which serves a general hospital for the surrounding municipalities and as a center for pulmonary diseases for the district.

Mayor

Since 2021: Erik Ballmeyer file:Venne Mühlenensemble 2.JPG, Mill island in Venne file:Ostercappeln - Darpvenne - Eisenzeithaus 01.jpg, Replica of an Iron Age house in Darpvenne file:Windthorst-Gedenkstaette.jpg, Ludwig Windthorst Memorial file:Darpvenner steine i 03.jpg, Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine I" file:Darpvenner steine ii 01.jpg, Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine II" file:Darpvenner steine iii 02.jpg, Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine III" file:Driehauser Steine.jpg, Megalithic chambered tomb "Driehauser Steine" file:Haaren megalithgrab i 04.jpg, Megalithic chambered tomb "Dübberort I" file:Haaren megalithgrab ii 04.jpg, Megalithic chambered tomb "Dübberort II"

International relations

Ostercappeln is twinned with: *

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, France, since 1966

Sons and daughters of Ostercappeln

Ludwig Windthorst Baron Ludwig von Windthorst (17 January 181214 March 1891) was a German politician and leader of the Catholic Centre Party (Germany), Centre Party and the most notable opponent of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck during the Kingdom of Prussia, Pru ...

(1812-1891), politician *

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(born 1988), German footballer * Timo Beermann (born 1990), German footballer *

Moritz Heyer Moritz Heyer (born 4 April 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He had previously played for Sportfreunde Lotte, Hallescher FC and VfL Osnabrück. Career Early car ...

(born 1995), German footballer. John Ernst Hanxleden, (born 17th C., Died 18th C., Worked in India, Kerala.)Lexicographer, Grammarian, Sanskrit Scholar, Malayalam Poet.

References

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