Osnabrück is a city in
Lower Saxony,
Germany, some 80 km NNE of
Dortmund, 45 km NE of
Münster, and some 100 km due west of
Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the
Wiehengebirge and the northern tip of the
Teutoburg Forest, which is a series of parallel ridges running SE towards
Bielefeld and beyond to
Detmold, that makes the generally pretty area attractive to bicycle riders, amongst others. As of
June 30,
2006, its population was 163,357, making it the third largest city in Lower Saxony.
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