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Ostercappeln

Ostercappeln
Coat of arms of Ostercappeln
Coat of arms
Ostercappeln   is located in Germany
Ostercappeln
Ostercappeln
Coordinates: 52°21′N 08°14′E / 52.350°N 8.233°E / 52.350; 8.233Coordinates: 52°21′N 08°14′E / 52.350°N 8.233°E / 52.350; 8.233
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Osnabrück
Government
 • Mayor Rainer Ellermann (CDU)
Area
 • Total 100.18 km2 (38.68 sq mi)
Elevation 73 m (240 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 9,566
 • Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 49179
Dialling codes 05473
Vehicle registration OS
Website www.ostercappeln.de

Ostercappeln is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Wiehengebirge, approx. 15 km northeast of Osnabrück.

Since 2001: Rainer Ellermann

Catholic church St. Lambertus

Mill island in Venne

Replica of an Iron Age house in Darpvenne

Ludwig Windthorst Memorial

Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine I"

Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine II"

Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine III"

Megalithic chambered tomb "Driehauser Steine"

Megalithic chambered tomb "Dübberort I"

Megalithic chambered tomb "Dübberort II"

Ostercappeln is twinned with:




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