Map of Osnabrück, Germany

Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 166,462. It lies at 52.2726°N, 8.0498°E. Osnabrück is about 365 km (227 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Melle, 21 km to the east.

Osnabrück at a glance

Where is Osnabrück?

• The 48th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The 3rd largest city in Lower Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 42 min on the shortest day to 16 h 47 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Osnabrück

• Melle — 21 km east
• Ibbenbüren — 23 km west
• Warendorf — 36 km south
• Greven — 37 km southwest
• Emsdetten — 37 km west
• Bünde — 37 km east
• Rheine — 41 km west
• Bielefeld — 42 km southeast
• Löhne — 45 km east
• Münster — 45 km southwest

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Hanover — 515,140
• Braunschweig — 244,715
• Oldenburg — 159,218
• Wolfsburg — 123,064
• Göttingen — 122,149
• Salzgitter — 104,970
• Hildesheim — 103,052
• Wilhelmshaven — 84,393
• Delmenhorst — 75,893
• Lüneburg — 71,260

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.