Osnabrück
Os·na·brück
O0138800 (ŏz′nə-bro͝ok′, ôs′nä-brük′)Osnabrück
(German ɔsnaˈbryk)Os•na•brück
(ˈɒz nəˌbrʊk)n.
单词 | osnabrück |
释义 | OsnabrückOs·na·brückO0138800 (ŏz′nə-bro͝ok′, ôs′nä-brük′)Osnabrück(German ɔsnaˈbryk)Os•na•brück(ˈɒz nəˌbrʊk)n. OsnabrückOsnabrück(ôs'näbrük`), city (1994 pop. 168,078), Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on the Hase River, linked by canal with the Midland Canal. It is an inland port, a rail junction, and an industrial center, with iron and steel mills, machinery plants, and factories that manufacture textiles, paper, and motor vehicles. Located on the site of an ancient Saxon settlement, Osnabrück was made (783) an episcopal see by Charlemagne. The city became a member of the Hanseatic League and a center of the linen trade. It accepted the Reformation in 1543; however, the cathedral remained Catholic, and under the Peace of Westphalia (see Westphalia, Peace ofWestphalia, Peace of,1648, general settlement ending the Thirty Years War. It marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire as an effective institution and inaugurated the modern European state system. ..... Click the link for more information. )—one of whose treaties was signed (Aug., 1648) in the Osnabrück city hall—the see was occupied alternately by Catholic and Lutheran bishops. The bishopric of Osnabrück was secularized in 1803, and the city passed (1815) to Hanover at the Congress of Vienna. The Catholic diocese was restored in 1857. Osnabrück was badly damaged in World War II. Noteworthy buildings include the three-towered cathedral (begun 783, burned down 1254; rebuilt in Romanesque style with Gothic additions); the Gothic Church of St. Mary (c.1300); and the city hall (1487–1512). Osnabrück also contains a teachers college (housed in a 17th-century palace) and a museum. Osnabrücka city in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the Land of Lower Saxony. Population, 143,500 (1971). Osnabrück has a port on a branch of the Middle Land Canal. Industries include metallurgy, machine building, and textile production. |
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