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
