Bramsche is a town in the
district of Osnabrück,
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 ...
,
Germany
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. It is about north 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 populat ...
, at . Population is 30,952 (2018).
Subdivisions
In 1971/72 12 previously independent municipalities were included into the town.
*Achmer
*Balkum
*Epe and Malgarten
*Engter
*Evinghausen
*Hesepe
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Kalkriese
Kalkriese is a village now administratively part of the city of Bramsche in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the northern slope of the Wiehen Hills, a ridge-like range of hills, north of Osnabrück. The '' Kalkrieser B ...
– site of the
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, described as the Varian Disaster () by Roman historians, took place at modern Kalkriese in AD 9, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions and their auxiliaries, led by Publius Quinctil ...
*Lappenstuhl
*Pente
*Schleptrup
*
Sögeln
Sögeln is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1972, it has been a part of the city of Bramsche. The village developed around a castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobili ...
*Ueffeln
Mayors
The mayor of Bramsche is Heiner Pahlmann (
SPD
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been the ...
), re-elected in 2021.
He was first elected in May 2014 with 63.0% of the votes. His predecessor Liesel Höltermann (SPD) did not run for mayor any more.
Twin towns – sister cities
Bramsche is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Biskupiec
Biskupiec (german: Bischofsburg, ) is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is located in Olsztyn County and, as of December 2021, it has a population of 10,496. The countryside surrounding Biskupiec is a ...
, Poland
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Harfleur
Harfleur () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.
It was the principal seaport in north-western France for six centuries, until Le Havre was built about five kilometres (three miles) downstream ...
, France
*
Ra'anana
Ra'anana ( he, רַעֲנָנָּה, lit. "Fresh") is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, 1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an importan ...
, Israel
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Todmorden
Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Hal ...
, England, United Kingdom
Notable people
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Peter Urban (born 1948), radio and television moderator
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Marieluise Beck
Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952) is a German politician who served as member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag until 2017. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Education
Beck studie ...
(born 1952), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of Bundestag since 1983
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Filiz Polat
Filiz Polat (born 11 July 1978 in Bramsche, Lower Saxony) is a German politician for the Alliance 90/The Greens.
Early years
Polat was born on 11 July 1978 in Bramsche, a town in Osnabrück District, Germany, to a Turkish physician father an ...
(born 1978), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
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Simon Tüting
Simon Tüting (born 7 September 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Tüting was born in Bramsche, Lower Saxony. In 2007, he left VfL Osnabrück for then Bundesliga side Hansa Rostock. For Rost ...
(born 1986), footballer
References
External links
Official homepage
– Panoramic Views of Bramsche
es war einmal: Die Hollaender
Towns in Lower Saxony
Osnabrück (district)
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