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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)

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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

A main focus of the operation was the city of Osnabrück, which police say was one of the hubs of the operation.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2022

“A German scholar, Wolfgang Karrer, from Osnabrück University, has a census of my characters; they number some one thousand,” he said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

A French fortune-teller had warned him that "he would not survive his wife a year"; and, as he neared Osnabrück, the home of his brother, the Prince Bishop, his fatal illness overtook him.

From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton