Bramsche

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bramsche within Osnabrück district

(2021–26) Heiner Pahlmann^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total183.32 km² (70.78 sq mi)Highest elevation

157 m (515 ft)Lowest elevation

44 m (144 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total32,179 • Density180/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

49565

Dialling codes05461Vehicle registrationOSWebsitebramsche.de

Bramsche is a town in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Osnabrück, at 52°24′N 7°59′E / 52.400°N 7.983°E / 52.400; 7.983. Population is 30,952 (2018).

Subdivisions

In 1971/72 12 previously independent municipalities were included into the town.

Achmer
Balkum
Epe and Malgarten
Engter
Evinghausen
Hesepe
Kalkriese – site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Lappenstuhl
Pente
Schleptrup
Sögeln
Ueffeln

Mayors

The mayor of Bramsche is Heiner Pahlmann (SPD), re-elected in 2021.^[1] He was first elected in May 2014 with 63.0% of the votes.^[3] His predecessor Liesel Höltermann (SPD) did not run for mayor any more.

Year	Inhabitants
1961	22,728
1970	23,921
1987	24,225
1990	28,120
1995	30,724
2000	30,633
2005	31,006
2010	30,986
2015	36,013

Twin towns – sister cities

Bramsche is twinned with:^[4]

Biskupiec, Poland
Harfleur, France
Ra'anana, Israel
Todmorden, England, United Kingdom

Notable people

Peter Urban (born 1948), musician, radio and TV host
Marieluise Beck (born 1952), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of Bundestag since 1983
Anke Hennig (born 1964). politician (SPD) Member of the Bundestag since 2021. worked locally as a taxi driver.
Filiz Polat (born 1978), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
Simon Tüting (born 1986), footballer, played 297 games

References

^ ^a ^b "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen 12 September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ Einzelergebnisse der Direktwahlen am 25. Mai 2014 in Niedersachsen Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 9 November 2014
^ "Städtepartnerschaften". stadt-bramsche.de (in German). Bramsche. Retrieved 2021-02-10.