Quakenbrück

Quakenbrück
Town hall by the market square
Town hall by the market square
Coat of arms of Quakenbrück
Location of Quakenbrück within Osnabrück district
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Quakenbrück is located in Germany
Quakenbrück
Quakenbrück
Quakenbrück is located in Lower Saxony
Quakenbrück
Quakenbrück
Coordinates: 52°40′38″N 07°57′27″E / 52.67722°N 7.95750°E / 52.67722; 7.95750
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictOsnabrück
Municipal assoc.Artland
Government
 • MayorTülay Tsolak (SPD)
Area
 • Total
17.95 km2 (6.93 sq mi)
Elevation
24 m (79 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
13,884
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49610
Dialling codes05431
Vehicle registrationOS
Websitewww.quakenbrueck.de

Quakenbrück (Northern Low Saxon: Quokenbrügge) is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase. It is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Artland.

History

Memorial plate on the synagogue
Quakenbrück station
Church of St. Sylvester

Quakenbrück was founded in 1234 by the Bishop of Osnabrück, according to the earliest documents, although the area had been settled previously. It served as a border to the north of Osnabrück.

On 29 May 1916, a nail man made from French poplar was given to the town by Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser and placed in the meeting room of the town hall. Revenue from the statue, which depicted a 13th-14th-century knight clad in armor and holding a shield and a sword and has come to be known as the Quakenbrück iron Knight (Quakenbrücker Eiserner Burgmann), were used to fuel the war effort. The statue was built by two soldiers from Schorlemer's Battalion.[2]

Climate

Temperate coastal climate is affected by damp NW winds from the North Sea. The long term average air temperature in Quakenbrück is 8.5–9.0 °C (47.3–48.2 °F) with an average rainfall of 700 mm (28 in). Between May and August, there are about 20–25 days during which temperatures may reach over 25 °C (77 °F).

Sport

Quakenbrück has a professional basketball team, the Artland Dragons. The Dragons finished as Runners-up during the 2007 Basketball Bundesliga season and won the German Cup in 2008.

Mayors

  • till 1968: Aloys Geers (SPD)
  • 1968–1972: Karl Möller (CDU)
  • 1972–1979: Horst Magnus (CDU)
  • 1979–1988: Werner Korfhage (FDP)
  • 1988–1991: Jürgen Gadeberg (SPD)
  • 1991–2000: Klaus Alves (CDU)
  • 2000–2011: Wolfgang Becker (CDU)
  • 2011–2014: Claus Peter Poppe (SPD)
  • 2014–2016: Paul Gärtner (SPD)
  • 2016–2021: Matthias Brüggemann (CDU)
  • Since 2021: Tülay Tsolak (SPD)

Twin towns – sister cities

Quakenbrück is twinned with:[3]

Notable people

Wilhelm Martin, 1933

References

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ^ Heiko Bockstiegel: Der Eiserne Burgmann im Rathaussaal zu Quakenbrück. in: Heimat-Jahrbuch Osnabrücker Land 1980, S. 54ff.
  3. ^ "Partnerstädte der Stadt Quakenbrück". artland.de (in German). Samtgemeinde Artland. Retrieved 2021-03-03.