Ostercappeln

Ostercappeln
Municipality
Saint Lambert Church
Coat of arms
Location of Ostercappeln within Osnabrück district
Ostercappeln Ostercappeln
Coordinates: 52°21′N 08°14′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Osnabrück
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Erik Ballmeyer (CDU)
Area
• Total	100.18 km2 (38.68 sq mi)
Elevation	73 m (240 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	10,251
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49179
Dialling codes	05473
Vehicle registration	OS
Website	www.ostercappeln.de

Ostercappeln is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Wiehengebirge, approx. 15 km northeast of Osnabrück. The municipality is made up of three villages, Ostercappeln, Venne and Schwagstorf, along the Bundesstraße 218. Ostercappeln is the location of the St. Raphael hospital, which serves a general hospital for the surrounding municipalities and as a center for pulmonary diseases for the district.

Mayor

Since 2021: Erik Ballmeyer

• 
  Mill island in Venne
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  Replica of an Iron Age house in Darpvenne
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  Ludwig Windthorst Memorial
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine I"
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine II"
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "Darpvenner Steine III"
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "Driehauser Steine"
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "Dübberort I"
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  Megalithic chambered tomb "Dübberort II"

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Ostercappeln is twinned with:

• Bolbec, France, since 1966

Sons and daughters of Ostercappeln

Ludwig Windthorst in 1872

• Ludwig Windthorst (1812-1891), politician
• Michael Hohnstedt (born 1988), German footballer
• Timo Beermann (born 1990), German footballer
• Moritz Heyer (born 1995), German footballer. John Ernst Hanxleden, (born 17th C., Died 18th C., Worked in India, Kerala.)Lexicographer, Grammarian, Sanskrit Scholar, Malayalam Poet.