What is Osnabrück?
{{Infobox German location |type = City |image_coa = Osnabrück Wappen.svg |image_flag = Banner der Stadt Osnabrück.svg |coordinates = {{coord|52|17|N|8|3|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = Niedersachsen |image_photo = Osnabrück aerial.jpg |image_caption = mid-June 2009 aerial view of downtown Osnabrück |district = Kreisfreie Stadt |elevation = 63 |area = 119.80 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03404000 |population = 168145 |pop_metro = 272674 |Stand = 2016-12-31 |postal_code = 49074–49090 |area_code = 0541 |licence = OS |website = {{url|http://www.osnabrueck.de/}} |mayor = Wolfgang Griesert{{sfn|Hinrichs|2013}} |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = CDU }} '''Osnabrück''' is a [[city]] in [[Germany]] in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Lower Saxony]]. It is around 1,200 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derby.gov.uk/communityliving/twinning/osnabrucktoday.htm|work=Derby's website|title=Osnabrück Today|accessdate=September 25, 2011|archive-date=October 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020214230/https://www.derby.gov.uk/CommunityLiving/Twinning/OsnabruckToday.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The castle dates back to the 19th century. The city was founded by [[Charlemagne]]. About 165,000 people live there. It is twinned with [[Derby, UK]], as well as five other cities around Europe. Osnabrück is in the [[south]] of the state, on the border with [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. It shares an [[airport]] with the [[neighbour]]ing city of [[Münster]] which is in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the only German city in a [[national park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osnabrueck.de/25374.asp|work=Osnabrück's website|title=Welcome to Osnabrück|accessdate=September 25, 2011|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226151656/http://www.osnabrueck.de/25374.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>