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Osnabrück

American  
[oz-nuh-brook, aws-nah-bryk] / ˈɒz nəˌbrʊk, ˌɔs nɑˈbrük /

noun

  1. a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.


Osnabrück British  
/ ɔsnaˈbryk /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NW Germany, in Lower Saxony: a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages; one of the treaties comprising the Peace of Westphalia (1648) was signed here. Pop: 165 517 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hertha Berlin and Osnabrück supporters had the same banners in Berlin, where both sets of fans stayed silent early on.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2023

Born in Osnabrück, Germany, Otto-Knapp grew up on a dairy farm, which led to her deep interest in the natural world.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2022

Born in Osnabrück, northern Germany, Mr. Scholz grew up in Hamburg, the city he would later run as mayor.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Scholz, a lifelong Social Democrat, was born in Osnabrück in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony and raised in the wealthy city-state of Hamburg on Germany’s northern coast, where he also served as mayor.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2021

We consulted a large map, and decided to motor via Hannover to Osnabrück, and then go on to the frontier, wherever that might be.

From An Account of Our Arresting Experiences by Evans, Conway

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