Fürstenau, Lower Saxony, Germany
🇩🇪 Fürstenau (Northern Low Saxon: Försnau) is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 40 km (25 mi) north-west of Osnabrück, and 25 km (16 mi) east of Lingen.
Fürstenau is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Fürstenau.
St. Georg Evangelical Lutheran Church stands in the city market square. Pastor Anke Kusche tells the story of how during World War II the army required all the available metal for war products. The church bells which had rung daily for hundreds of years were taken down as required. But during the night one of them was stolen and buried until after the war in a farmer's field.
In the city clerks office hangs a painting of the city in the late 18th century. It is how the city still looks in December 2006.
Europe/Berlin/Lower_Saxony
Fürstenau has a population of over 9,621 people. Fürstenau also forms part of the wider Osnabrück District which has a population of over 359,471 people. It is also a part of the larger Lower Saxony State. Fürstenau is situated near Osnabrück.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Fürstenau has links with:
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🇩🇪 Lichtenberg 52.533
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Locations Near: Fürstenau 7.66667,52.5167
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🇩🇪 Osnabrück 8.048,52.273 d: 37.5
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🇩🇪 Cloppenburg 8.035,52.843 d: 44
🇩🇪 Münster 7.629,51.961 d: 61.9
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