Eversburg

Eversburg is a district located in the north-west of the city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Location

On the north side, Eversburg borders on the district of Büren in the municipality of Lotte, in North Rhine-Westphalia. It also borders on the Osnabrück districts of Pye, Hafen, Westerberg and Atter (in a clockwise direction).

Name origin

This formerly infertile area – through which a stream today known as the Landwehrbach flows – was once the site of the Hof Eversfeld (Eversfeld estate) which belonged to the nobleman Hermann von Blankena; in 1223 he sold it to the cathedral chapter of Osnabrück. Continuous disputes with the counts of Tecklenburg necessitated the establishment of a territorial army in Osnabrück and the fortification of the estate around 1300. The cathedral chapter converted the Hof Eversfeld into a moated castle, whose trenches were supplied from the river. From this point onwards the estate became known as Eversburg; this name was first mentioned in civic records in 1383.

District

“Maria Trost” castle chapel

The Evangelical church St. Michaeliskirche (St. Michael's Church), the Catholic church Liebfrauenkirche Eversburg (Church of Our Lady), a Serbian Orthodox church, and a mosque are located in Eversburg. As a result of the city's troubled economic situation, the district library is under threat of closure.

There is a local recreation area in the south-west of the district (along with the Rubbenbruchsee).

Transport links

Eversburg is positioned on several rail lines; earlier it had its own train station (Osnabrück-Eversburg). Lines which passed/pass through here include the Hannover-Amsterdam, Delmenhorst/Oldenburg-Osnabrück and Tecklenburger Nordbahn (Tecklenburg Northern Rail, from Rheine via Mettingen) routes. In the SPNV Westfalen-Lippe local transport plan, the restoration of a half-hourly regional rail service from Osnabrück to Recke is suggested on account of its potential profitability. This could possibly entail the reopening of the Osnabrück-Eversburg station. Furthermore, a new railway station (Osnabrück/Lotte) is envisioned on the city boundary. Eversburg was also attached to Osnabrück's first O-Buslinie (O bus line); line number 5 ran (with tram link) from Rißmüllerplatz through Natruper Straße, dividing into two sub-lines heading towards Eversburg-Büren and Eversburg-Atter. Today, city buses travel through Eversburg heading from the terminus stations with these same names.

Links

• http://www.osnabahn.de/bahnhof-eversburg/