Nahne

Last updated April 26, 2019

Nahne is a district in the south of Osnabrück, Germany with a population of 2,241 residents (as of 31 October 2009), thus making it the city’s smallest district in terms of population. It covers an area of 4.854 km².

Osnabrück is a city in the federal state of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It is situated in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168,145 Osnabrück is one of the four largest cities in Lower Saxony. The city is the centrepoint of the Osnabrück Land region as well as the District of Osnabrück.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Geography

To the north Nahne borders on the district of Schölerberg, on Kalkhügel to the north-west, Sutthausen to the west and Voxtrup to the east. Georgsmarienhütte’s Harderberg district shares a border with Nahne to the south.

Schölerberg is a district of Osnabrück, Germany, with approximately 13,900 residents.

Kalkhügel is a district of Osnabrück, Germany with a population of roughly 5,900 residents. It is home to both a Protestant and a Catholic church. There is also a school centre (Schulzentrum) located in the district.

Sutthausen is a district of Osnabrück, Germany, with a population of about 4,500 residents. It is located in the south of the city, close to the Teutoburg Forest; it originally arose from two separate estates, Gut Sutthausen and Gut Wulften. The district has both Protestant and Catholic churches - respectively the Apostelkirche and the Marienkirche.

The district’s terrain is hilly – it is positioned between the Schölerberg and the Osterberg (127 m and 173 m above sea level respectively. Most of its land area is used for agricultural purposes. The district is divided along a north-south axis by the Iburger Straße (Bundesstraße 51 and Bundesstraße 68) and an east-west axis by Bundesautobahn 30. The main residential areas are located to the north-west and the south-east of this transport axis.

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History

Nahne’s history as a farming community goes back roughly 850 years; it used to belong to the parish of St. Johann (St. John) in Osnabrück. Prior to its incorporation into the city on 1 July 1972^[1] it had strong economic links to Osnabrück – due to its largely agrarian character which had helped provide the city with agricultural produce. Until 1934 Nahne had occupied a considerably larger area, stretching all the way up to the district of Fledder in the north. Today the district is characterised by estate houses and large supermarkets; the Osnabrück district's administrative centre (Kreishaus) is located to its east, and a number of medium-sized workshops and other businesses in the west, spread out towards the district’s border on Sutthauser Straße. As an independent community Nahne did not have its own crest.

Fledder is a district in the east of Osnabrück, Germany, characterised by its large prevalence of industrial estates. Despite being the location of numerous businesses and large supermarkets the district has comparatively few residential buildings; its population is roughly 2,400.

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Personalities

From August to November 1920 the author Erich Maria Remarque worked as a primary school teacher in Nahne.

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Nahne is the birthplace of Christian Kleiminger, an SPD politician and representative for Rostock in the Bundestag. He attended the local Franz-Hecker-Grundschule (primary school) from 1972 to 1976.

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Places of interest and events

St. Ansgar's Kirche (St. Ansgar Church)
Zoo Osnabruck
Museum am Schölerberg (natural history museum)
Planetarium (in the Museum am Schölerberg)
Grasstrack racing: since the mid-1950s an international motorcycle racing competition has taken place on the grasstrack in Nahne. The event attracts interest from outside the region. It is hosted by the Auto- und Motorsportgemeinschaft Osnabrück (Osnabrück Car and Motor Sports Association).

District assembly

The Kreishaus of the Osnabrück district is located in Nahne, within the boundaries of the city. The district assembly – the area’s highest authority – meets there. Various other administrative bodies of the district are also based in the Kreishaus.

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References

↑ German Federal Statistical Office (Eds.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982 (Stuttgart/ Mainz, 1983), p.252 (ISBN 3-17-003263-1)

External links

Quarterly information from the Referat Stadtentwicklung und Bürgerbeteiligung (Department for Urban Development and Citizen Participation), Statistics Department, 4/2008 (PDF file, 1.49 MB, in German)
City of Osnabrück, Referat für Stadtentwicklung und Bürgerbeteiligung – Statistics Department, 11/2009 (PDF file, 35.4 KB)

Coordinates: 52°14′50″N8°03′30″E / 52.2472°N 8.0583°E / 52.2472; 8.0583

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[1] German Federal Statistical Office (Eds.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982 (Stuttgart/ Mainz, 1983), p.252 (ISBN 3-17-003263-1)