| City of Osnabrück |
 |
| General |
| Administration¹ | | Street address: | WFO Wirtschaftsförderung Osnabrück GmbH
Natruper-Tor-Wall 2A
49076 Osnabrück |  | | Telephone: | 0541/331400 | | Fax: | 0541/260800 | | E-mail: | wfo@wfo.de | | Homepage: | http://www.wfo.de  | | | Contact: | Mr. Wolfgang Gurk | | Telephone: | 0541/ 331400 | | Fax: | 0541/ 260800 | | E-mail: | wfo@wfo.de | | | |
|
Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 15 |
View | | | Real estates: | 32 |
View | | |
|
|
| Population |
Population²
As of:
31.12.2010 | | Total | | Female | | Male | | | | Inhabitants: | 164,119 | | 85,465 |
(52.1 %)
| | 78,654 |
(47.9 %)
| |
Age structure: |  | |
|
Population density²
As of:
31.12.2010 | | Inhabitants/km²: | 1,369.9 | |
|
|
| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 29 | | Secondary schools: | 7 | | Secondary modern schools: | 9 | | Grammar schools: | 9 | | Special schools: | 8 | | Vocational schools: | 17 | | Other educational
facilities¹:
| University of Osnabrück (approx. 10,000 students)
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) (approx. 8,300 students)
Northwest German Academy for Scientific-Technical Further Training (NWA)
Osnabrück-Emsland Academy of Administration and Business
Adult education centre (VHS)(approx. 17,000 attendees)
School of Music and Art
2 family education centres
Numerous private institutes for continuing and further education | |
|
| Health care¹ | | Hospitals: | 5
(1,862 total beds)
| | Other medical health
facilities:
| The healthcare industry in the Osnabrück region is an important sector with a high potential for employment. More than 14 percent of all employees work directly or indirectly for this "white industry", far more than in the German national average. Specifically, this totals more than 13,000 jobs. | |
|
| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| Osnabrück offers the extensive range of leisure activities to be expected from a major city in conjunction with surrounding countryside that is extremely attractive.
| | Cultural
facilities:
| Municipal theatres; Emma Theater; dance, children's and youth theatre; puppet theatre, amateur theatre experimental stage, Theater in der Lagerhalle;
Felix Nussbaum Museum; museum of cultural history; Museum am Schölerberg (natural history and the environment); museum of industrial culture; Diocesan Museum, Boden theme park; Dominican Church Art Gallery, Erich Maria Remarque Peace Centre; extensive library collections;
Technical-ecological learning centre "Nackte Mühle; various nature and cultural societies | | Sport
facilities:
| Numerous sport clubs;
The osnatel Arena (next to the Bremer Brücke railway bridge) (holds 18,415 spectators) as the venue of VFL Osnabrück football club (plays in Regional League North, i.e. third division)
102 sport and gymnastic halls
20 tennis complexes
6 indoor tennis halls
Squash complexes
2 combined indoor and open-air swimming pools (Nettebad opened in 2005 as modern leisure and sports baths; Moskaubad baths); 1 indoor swimming baths (Schinkelbad)
Teaching swimming baths
Equestrian sport arenas and riding halls
Rowing facilities, canoeing facilities and boathouses
Running tracks, orienteering hiking trails
Golf course, small-scale golf courses
Central shooting range
Ice rink and roller sport centre, skateboard facility, skating hall, roller-skating track
Badminton hall
Indoor climbing facility
| | | Special amenities on offer: | "Erlebnis Osnabrück" ("Osnabrück Experience" - info and communications platform)
http://www.osnabrueck.de/4846.asp | |
|
| Living space¹ | |
| Transport¹ | | Type | Designation | | Distance | | | | Motorway | A 1 | | 1 km | | | Motorway | A 30 | | 1 km | | | Motorway | A 33 | | 1 km | | | International airport | Münster Osnabrück International Airport | | 35 km | | | Rail station | Osnabrück central station | | 1 km | | | Inland port | Osnabrück | | 1 km | | | | Comment on the
transport infrastructure:
| Osnabrück lies in a highly favourable position for transport access at the intersection of the federal motorways A 1 Hamburg - Köln and A 30 Amsterdam - Hannover - Berlin as well as the corresponding railway routes. It offers an outstanding logistics potential and excellent logistics know-how. | | |
|
|
| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | € per inhabitant
(City of Osnabrück)
| National comparison
(Germany=100 %) | | | | Gross domestic product 2009:
| 39,703 | 136 % | | | |
€ per employed person
(City of Osnabrück)
| National comparison
(Germany=100 %) | | | | Gross value added 2009 | | - Production sector: | 62,936 | 111 % | | - Service sector: | 46,966 | 89 % | | | | € per inhabitant
(City of Osnabrück)
| State comparison
(State=100 %) | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2010:
| 425.53 | 89 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2010:
| 256.32 | 93 % | | |
|
Employment³
As of: 30.06.2010 | | Total | | Female | | Male | | | | | Employed persons: | 81,017 | 39,214 |
(48.4 %)
| 41,803 |
(51.6 %)
| | Change over previous year: | -57 |
(-0.1 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 47.3 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | In-commuters | Out-commuters | Balance | | | | Commuters: | 48,523 | 18,306 | +30,217 | | | |
|
| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Collection rates¹ | | Local business tax: | 425 % | | | Local property tax A: | 300 % | | | Local property tax B: | 450 % | | |
|
| Business promotion schemes¹ | | To improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the City of Osnabrück has set up the Innovations-Impuls-Programm. Entrepreneurial investments and investment preparatory measures can receive financial support from the funding programme. | | | Link to promotion info: | Innovations-Impuls-Programm Osnabrück
http://www.wfo.de/1080.asp | |
|
Business promotion
agencies¹ | | | Street address: | WFO Wirtschaftsförderung Osnabrück GmbH
Natruper-Tor-Wall 2A
49076 Osnabrück | | | Telephone: | 0541/331400 | | Fax: | 0541/260800 | | E-mail: | wfo@wfo.de | | Homepage: | http://www.wfo.de | | | Contact: | Mr. Wolfgang Gurk | | Telephone: | 0541/ 331400 | | Fax: | 0541/ 260800 | | E-mail: | wfo@wfo.de | | | | | |
|
