Facts and figures Osnabrück District

Location:

 

• North-west Germany

 

 

Inhabitants:

 

• More than 350.000

 

 

Age structure:

 

• Population younger than 25 years: 26.1 % (national comparison: 24 %) 

 

 

Traffic connections:

 

• A 1, A 30 and A 33 motorways
• Western hub for mainline railway routes going north-south and east-west
• Münster/Osnabrück international airport
• Midland Canal
• 21 towns, local authorities and municipalities

 

 

Near-by centres:

 

• 50 km to Bielefeld and Münster
• 100 km to Bremen, Hanover and to the Ruhr
• 200 km to Hamburg, Cologne and Amsterdam

 

 

Potential consumers:

 

• in a radius of 200 km
• 40 % of the German population (33.9 million people) 
• 75 % of the Dutch population (12.7 million people)

 

 

Key branches:

 

• Food industry
• Mechanical & agricultural engineering
• Transportation & logistics
• Healthcare

 

 

Land use:

 

• Industry, trade and mixed: 6,700 hectares

 

 

Employees:

 

• More than 120.000

 

 

Employment development:

 

• 2010 to 2017
• Osnabrück District: + 29 % (comparison: Lower Saxony: + 19 %)

 

 

Educational facilities:

 

• University and University of Applied Sciences
• Numerous vocational colleges
• More than 250 other educational facilities

 

 

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Osnabrück District - The Heart of Germany's North West