What is Ostercappeln?
{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Ostercappeln COA.svg |image_photo = Ostercappeln Lambertuskirche.jpg |image_caption = Saint Lambert Church |coordinates = {{coord|52|21|N|08|14|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Ostercappeln in OS.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Osnabrück |elevation = 73 |area = 100.18 |postal_code = 49179 |area_code = 05473 |licence = OS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 59 029 |divisions = 3 |website = [https://www.ostercappeln.de/ www.ostercappeln.de] |mayor = Erik Ballmeyer<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> |leader_term = 2021–26 |party = CDU }} '''Ostercappeln''' is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is in the Wiehengebirge, around 15 km northeast of Osnabrück. The municipality has three villages, Ostercappeln, Venne and Schwagstorf, along the Bundesstraße 218. St. Raphael hospital is in Ostercappeln, which serves a general hospital for the surrounding municipalities and as a center for pulmonary diseases for the district. {{-}} == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{geo-stub}}