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Surrounded by narrow mediaeval streets, the
historical town hall with its Friedenssaal (Peace
Hall) lies in Osnabrueck's old town. The marketplace
in front of the Rathaus is one of the most beautiful
records of urban mediaeval architecture.
1200 years ago, when the diocesan town here was
founded by Charlemagne, this was the site where
trade routes running from north to south and east to
west met on the River Hase. These trade routes are
today marked by motorway and rail routes.
The only "tower railway station" in Germany was
build in Osnabrueck more than 100 years ago, and the
railway tracks still cross on two separate levels.
Conscious of tradition, the city combines the
historical and the futuristic.
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