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Oldenburg (city)

Oldenburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɔldn̩bʊʁk] ) is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is officially named Oldenburg (Oldb) (Oldenburg in Oldenburg) to distinguish from Oldenburg in Holstein.

Oldenburg
City centre of Oldenburg including St Lamberti Church, Schloss Oldenburg (Oldenburg Palace) and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater (Oldenburg State Theatre; left image border)
Location of Oldenburg (city)
Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Coordinates: 53°08′38″N 8°12′50″E / 53.14389°N 8.21389°E / 53.14389; 8.21389
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictUrban district
Subdivisions33 boroughs, separated into nine census tracts
Government
 • Lord mayor (2021–26) Jürgen Krogmann[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total102.96 km2 (39.75 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total170,389
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26001–26135
Dialling codes0441
Vehicle registrationOL
Websitewww.oldenburg.de

During the French annexation (1811–1813) in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain, it was also known as Le Vieux-Bourg in French. The city is at the rivers Hunte and Haaren, in the northwestern region between the cities of Bremen in the east and Groningen (Netherlands) in the west. It has a population of 170,000 (November 2019).[3] Oldenburg is part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region, with 2.37 million people.

The city is the place of origin of the House of Oldenburg. Before the end of the German Empire (1918), it was the administrative centre and residence of the monarchs of Oldenburg.

History edit

Archaeological finds point to a settlement dating back to the 8th century. The first documentary evidence, in 1108, referenced Aldenburg in connection with Elimar I (also known as Egilmar I) who is now commonly seen as the first count of Oldenburg. The town gained importance due to its location at a ford of the navigable Hunte river. Oldenburg became the capital of the County of Oldenburg (later a Duchy (1774–1810), Grand Duchy (1815–1918), and Free State (1918–1946)), a small state in the shadow of the much more powerful Hanseatic city of Bremen.[4]

In the 17th century Oldenburg was a wealthy town in a time of war and turmoil and its population and power grew considerably. In 1667, the town was struck by a disastrous plague epidemic and, shortly after, a fire destroyed Oldenburg. The Danish kings, who were also counts of Oldenburg at the time, had little interest in the condition of the town and it lost most of its former importance. In 1773, Danish rule ended. Only then were the destroyed buildings in the city rebuilt in a neoclassicist style.[4] (German-speakers usually call the "neoclassicist style" of that period klassizistisch, while neoklassizistisch specifically refers to the classicist style of the early 20th century.)

 
Schloss Oldenburg

After the German government announced the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II (9 November 1918) following the exhaustion and defeat of the German Empire in World War I, monarchic rule ended in Oldenburg as well with the abdication of Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg (Friedrich August II von Oldenburg) on 11 November 1918. The Grand Duchy now became the Free State of Oldenburg (German: Freistaat Oldenburg), with the city remaining the capital.

In the 1928 city elections, the Nazi Party received 9.8% of the vote, enough for a seat on the Oldenburg city council. In the September 1930 Oldenburg state elections, the Nazi Party's share of the vote rose to 27.3%, and on May 29, 1932, the Nazi Party received 48.4% in the state election, enough to put the Nazi party in charge of forming a state government and, significantly, making Oldenburg the first state in the country to put the Nazis in power based on electoral turnout. By that autumn, a campaign of Aryanization began, forcing the sale of formerly Jewish-owned properties at steep discounts.[5]

In 1945, after World War II, the State of Oldenburg became part of the British zone of occupation. The British military government of the Oldenburg region resided in the city. Several displaced-persons camps were set up in the city that had suffered only 1.4% destruction during the bombing campaigns of World War II.[6] About 42,000 refugees migrated into Oldenburg, which raised the number of residents to over 100,000. In 1946 the Free State of Oldenburg was dissolved and the area became the 'Administrative District' of Oldenburg (Verwaltungsbezirk Oldenburg) within the newly formed federal German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). The city was now capital of the district. In 1978 the district was dissolved and succeeded by the newly formed Weser-Ems administrative region (Regierungsbezirk Weser-Ems), again with the city as administrative capital. The state of Lower Saxony dissolved all of the Regierungsbezirke by the end of 2004 in the course of administrative reforms.

Climate edit

Climate data for Oldenburg (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)
5.4
(41.7)
9.3
(48.7)
14.3
(57.7)
18.1
(64.6)
20.6
(69.1)
23.2
(73.8)
22.8
(73.0)
18.9
(66.0)
13.8
(56.8)
8.5
(47.3)
4.7
(40.5)
13.7
(56.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.9
(33.6)
1.7
(35.1)
4.9
(40.8)
9.5
(49.1)
13.9
(57.0)
17.2
(63.0)
19.4
(66.9)
19
(66)
14.6
(58.3)
9.8
(49.6)
5.1
(41.2)
2.1
(35.8)
9.8
(49.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.1
(31.8)
−0.3
(31.5)
1.6
(34.9)
4.4
(39.9)
7.9
(46.2)
10.8
(51.4)
13.4
(56.1)
13.2
(55.8)
10.2
(50.4)
6.2
(43.2)
3.2
(37.8)
0.0
(32.0)
5.9
(42.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 71.1
(2.80)
56.1
(2.21)
54.1
(2.13)
43.0
(1.69)
56.4
(2.22)
69.3
(2.73)
88.8
(3.50)
85.4
(3.36)
75.7
(2.98)
63.7
(2.51)
65.1
(2.56)
84.3
(3.32)
816.9
(32.16)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 18.5 16.8 16.6 14.0 13.8 15.9 17.3 16.3 15.0 16.7 19.1 19.5 199.1
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) 4.5 3.2 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 3.9 13.8
Average relative humidity (%) 86.2 83.5 78.6 71.0 70.4 72.0 73.2 75.1 79.8 83.5 87.4 88.5 79.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours 45.3 63.0 117.1 172.8 213.2 200.5 209.1 191.1 143.8 110.0 48.0 40.1 1,562.1
Source: World Meteorological Organization[7]

City government edit

Local elections take place every five years. The city council (Stadtrat) has 50 seats. The lord mayor (Oberbürgermeister) is elected directly by the citizens.

Political parties in Oldenburg (Oldb) and their percentages of votes in past city council elections[8]
Election
year
SPD Bündnis ’90/
Die Grünen
CDU Die Linke Freie Wähler/
FW-BFO
FDP Piraten
Partei
NPD LKR AFD
2001 40.1 13.6 30.5 3.9 2.8 8.2
2006 32.7 21.2 26.0 7.2 5.4 6.3
2011 34.0 27.3 20.6 6.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.1
2016 32.68 19.13 22.21 9.88 1.53 4.84 1.17 0.62 1.19 4.76
Resulting distribution of seats in the city council
Election
year
SPD Grüne CDU Linke FW FDP Piraten WFO NPD LKR AFD Total
seats
2001 21 7 15 2 1 4 50
2006 16 11 13 4 3 3 50
2011 17 14 10 3 2 1 1 1 1 50
2016 16 10 11 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 50

Economy and infrastructure edit

Transport edit

 
Oldenburg Railway Station
 
Oldenburg Harbour

The city centre of Oldenburg is surrounded by a ring of freeways (autobahns) consisting of A 28, A 29 and A 293. Because of this, Oldenburg is connected to the nationwide network of federal autobahns, as well as to the international E-road network (German: Europastraßen).

Oldenburg Central Station, Oldenburg (Oldb) Hauptbahnhof, is at the intersection of the railway lines Norddeich MoleLeer—Oldenburg—Bremen and Wilhelmshaven—Oldenburg—Osnabrück, with Intercity services to Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden and InterCityExpress services to Frankfurt and Munich.

Oldenburg is only about half an hour drive from Bremen Airport (about 50 km | 31 miles). Other international airports nearby are Hamburg Airport (160 km | 100 miles) and Hannover-Langenhagen Airport (170 km | 106 miles).

The small Hatten Airfield, (Flugplatz Oldenburg-Hatten ICAO airport code: EDWH), is located about 17 km south-west of Oldenburg. It serves to small aircraft (private planes, gliders, balloons, and helicopters). A flight training school is also located there, and small planes can be chartered. Scenic flights can be booked as well.

Oldenburg is connected to shipping through the Küstenkanal, a ship canal connecting the rivers Ems and Weser. With 1.6 million tons of goods annually, it is the most important non-coastal harbour in Lower Saxony.

Bicycles play a very important part in personal transport.

Agriculture edit

The city is surrounded by large agricultural areas, about 80% of which is grassland. There are farms near and even a few within city limits. Predominant agricultural activities of the region are the cultivation of livestock, especially dairy cows and other grazing animals, crops such as grains for food and animal feed, as well as asparagus, corn, and kale.

Industry edit

Sea salt production in the Oldenburg region has been used since the 15th century to supply the huge salt demand in the Baltic region. Peat extraction in the area continued for many centuries until it was replaced by coal mines.

Demographics edit

Residents by foreign citizenship[9]
Nationality Population (2020)
  Iraq 3,635
  Syria 2,190
  Turkey 1,425
  Poland 1,275
  Romania 1,135
  Russia 550
  Italy 450
  Iran 445
  Afghanistan 410

As of 31.12.2019 Oldenburg had 169,960 residents. 24.8% of the population were first or second generation immigrants.[10]

Cultural life edit

 
"Hundehütten" (dog houses) typical architecture in Oldenburg

Recurring cultural events edit

  • Kultursommer (summer of culture), series of free musical and other cultural events in the city centre during summer holiday season in July.
  • CSD Nordwest (Christopher Street Day) parade of the regional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community in June, with up to 10,000 participants (since 1995).
  • Stadtfest, a three-day festival of the city centre in August/September, comprises gastronomical offerings and rock and pop music performances on various stages.
  • Oldenburg International Film Festival, a privately organised film festival in September, focused on independent film and film makers. The festival is funded through public subsidies and private sponsoring.
  • Kramermarkt, fun fair at the Weser-Ems Halle on ten days in September/October. The tradition of this annual volksfest dates back to the 17th century, when the Kramermarkt was a market event at the end of the harvest.
  • Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchmesse (KIBUM), an exhibition of new German language children's and youth literature, takes place over 11 days in November. A non-commercial fair organised by the city government in cooperation with the public library and the university library. In the course of the fair, a prize, the Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis, is awarded to a debuting author or illustrator.

Points of interest edit

  • Core city centre, large pedestrianized shopping destination for the region.
  • Oldenburg State Theatre, oldest mainstream theatre in Oldenburg, first opened in 1833.
  • Schloss Oldenburg in the city centre, until 1918 residence of the monarchic rulers of Oldenburg, today a museum. A public park, the Schlossgarten, is nearby.
  • Weser-Ems Halle, exhibition and congress centre with outdoor fair area, located in Oldenburg Donnerschwee.
  • Small EWE Arena and Large EWE Arena, two sports and event halls located near the main railway station, opened in 2005 and 2013, and seating up to 4,000 and 6,852 visitors respectively. The large arena is also home to the EWE Baskets Oldenburg basketball club.

Lutheran community edit

Oldenburg is the seat of administration and bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, whose preaching venue is the St Lamberti Church.

Jewish community edit

 
Nathan Marcus Adler, chief Rabbi of the Oldenburg Jewish community in the 19th century

The history of the Jewish community of Oldenburg dates back to the 14th century.[11] Towards and during the 19th century, the Jews in Oldenburg were always around 1% of the total population, and by that time had acquired their own synagogue, cemetery and school. Most of them were merchants and businessmen. On 1938 Kristallnacht, the town men were led to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, among them Leo Trepp, the community Rabbi who survived and later became an honorary citizen of Oldenburg and honored by a street named after him.[12] Since 1981 an annual commemoration walk (Erinnerungsgang) has been held by Oldenburg citizens in memory of the deportation of the Oldenburg Jews on November 10, 1938.[13] Those who remained after 1938 emigrated to Canada, USA, United Kingdom, Holland or Mandatory Palestine.

After World War II, a group of survivors returned to the city and maintained a small community until it was dissolved during the 1970s. Nevertheless, due to Jewish emigration from the former USSR to Germany in the 1990s, a community of about 340 people is now maintaining its own synagogue, cemetery and other facilities. The old Jewish cemetery, which is no longer active after the opening of a new one, was desecrated twice in 2011 and 2013.[14]

Media edit

Print edit

  • Nordwest-Zeitung (NWZ) Oldenburg-based daily newspaper, also provides local editions in neighbouring counties
  • Free weekly newspapers delivered to households, mainly for ads and inserts: Hunte-Report (Wednesdays+Sundays), Sonntagszeitung (Sundays).
  • Diabolo free weekly city magazine / listings magazine
  • Mox free biweekly event listings magazine (from the same publisher as Diabolo)
  • Alhambra-Zeitung bimonthly leftist, anti-fascist magazine
  • Oldenburger Stachel local alternative magazine (discontinued)
  • Oldenburgische Wirtschaft monthly magazine of the Oldenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer)

Radio and television edit

  • Oldenburg Eins non-commercial public-access cable TV and radio station (live streams available online)
  • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), public TV and radio broadcaster (part of the ARD), maintains a regional studio in Oldenburg.
  • Radio FFN, commercial radio broadcaster, maintains a regional studio located in the NWZ building.

Online edit

  • Nordwest-Zeitung TV Local video news clips published by the Nordwest-Zeitung

Education edit

Tertiary education edit

There are two public universities in Oldenburg:

  • The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg was founded in 1973 based on a previous college for teacher training, the Pädagogische Hochschule Oldenburg, which had a history in Oldenburg dating back to 1793. The university was officially named after Carl von Ossietzky in 1991. As of 2014, it has almost 13,746 students, a scientific staff of 1,130, as well as 964 technical and administrative staff.[15] A new faculty of medicine and health sciences was established in 2012 as part of the newly founded European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, a cooperation with the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and local hospitals.[16]
  • The Jade University of Applied Sciences (Jade-Hochschule) The former Fachhochschule Oldenburg (until 1999) was founded in 1971, a merger of the previous engineering academy with the nautical college in Elsfleth. Oldenburg already had a history of construction engineering training dating back to 1882. Starting in 2000, the Fachhochschule had been part of multiple re-organisations involving several UAS (Fachhochschule) in the northwestern region. A relaunch under the name Jade-Hochschule took place in 2009 (previously: Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven). The Jade-Hochschule now comprises branches in three towns: Oldenburg, Elsfleth, and Wilhelmshaven. Based in Oldenburg are the departments of architecture, construction engineering and construction management, geodesy, as well as the institute of hearing aid technology and audiology. There are about 2,000 students in the Oldenburg branch.[17] (The Elsfleth branch offers bachelor's degree courses in nautical science, international logistics, and harbour management. The Wilhelmshaven branch offers courses in engineering, business management, and media management.)

Privately managed institutions of higher education:

  • Founded in 2004, the IBS IT & Business School Oldenburg (former Berufsakademie Oldenburg), a college of cooperative education, offers a B.Sc. degree course in business informatics and a B.A. degree course in business studies. The dual-system course combines practical vocational training at one of the partnering local companies with periods of academic studies.
  • The Private Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik, a regional college of cooperative education, maintains a branch in Oldenburg offering bachelor's degree courses with integrated vocational training in electrical engineering and mechatronics.

Other:

  • The Oldenburg branch of the Lower Saxony police academy (Polizeiakademie Niedersachsen) maintains a study facility in Oldenburg preparing candidates for a career in higher-middle-level or higher-level police service.

Primary and secondary education edit

  • Gymnasium Graf-Anton-Guenther School
  • Wirtschaftsgymnasium Oldenburg
  • Cäcilienschule Oldenburg
  • Liebfrauenschule Oldenburg
  • Herbartgymnasium Oldenburg
  • Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg
  • Neues Gymnasium Oldenburg
  • Gymnasium Eversten
  • IGS Flötenteich
  • Helene Lange Schule Oldenburg (IGS)
  • Realschule Hochheider Weg
  • Real- und Hauptschule Osternburg
  • Realschule Ofenerdiek
  • Kath. Grundschule Lerigauweg

Sports edit

Oldenburg hosted the 2007 Fistball World Championship.

It has two football teams, VfB Oldenburg and VfL Oldenburg, who also have a handball section of the same name.

Moreover, Oldenburg is home to the basketball team EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

Twin towns – sister cities edit

Oldenburg is twinned with:[18]

Notable people edit

 
Princess Cecilia of Sweden, 1835
 
Helene Lange, 1899
 
Karl Jaspers
 
Otto Suhr, 1958
 
Isaac Friedlander, 1878
 
Hans-Jörg Butt, 2016

Public servants and public thinking edit

Arts edit

Science & business edit

Sport edit

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  4. ^ a b   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Oldenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 72.
  5. ^ Goldsmith, Martin (2014). Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance. Da Capo Press. pp. 44–46. ISBN 978-0306823220.
  6. ^ Ulrich Schneider: Niedersachsen 1945, p. 95. Hannover 1985
  7. ^ . World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ^ Source: Official results of elections published on the official website of the city of Oldenburg. 2011-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Ausländer nach Nationalität 2014 bis 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  10. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "OLDENBURG - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  12. ^ Oldenburg, Stadt. "1990: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Leo Trepp – Stadt Oldenburg". www.oldenburg.de. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Erinnerungsgang -". Erinnerungsgang. from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
  15. ^ . uni-oldenburg.de. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  16. ^ "VI. School of Medicine and Health Sciences". uni-oldenburg.de. 25 April 2018. from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  17. ^ . jade-hs.de. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Oldenburgs Partnerkommunen". oldenburg.de (in German). Oldenburg. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  19. ^ "Amalie, Marie Friederike" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. I. 1905.
  20. ^ "Löwe, Sophie" . The American Cyclopædia. Vol. X. 1879.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Official Oldenburg tourist information centre
  • Oldenburg Panoramas 360-degree panning views
  • Drive-through videos of Oldenburg streets (in German)
  • Alt Oldenburg Large collection of historical photographs of Oldenburg (in German)
  • genealogy of emigrants from Oldenburg
  • Oldenburgische Landschaft (in German), Oldenburg-based public body of municipalities within the area of the former State of Oldenburg

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Oldenburg Oldenburg Palace and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Oldenburg State Theatre left image border FlagCoat of armsLocation of Oldenburg city OldenburgShow map of GermanyOldenburgShow map of Lower SaxonyCoordinates 53 08 38 N 8 12 50 E 53 14389 N 8 21389 E 53 14389 8 21389CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictUrban districtSubdivisions33 boroughs separated into nine census tractsGovernment Lord mayor 2021 26 Jurgen Krogmann 1 SPD Area Total102 96 km2 39 75 sq mi Elevation4 m 13 ft Population 2021 12 31 2 Total170 389 Density1 700 km2 4 300 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Postal codes26001 26135Dialling codes0441Vehicle registrationOLWebsitewww wbr oldenburg wbr deDuring the French annexation 1811 1813 in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain it was also known as Le Vieux Bourg in French The city is at the rivers Hunte and Haaren in the northwestern region between the cities of Bremen in the east and Groningen Netherlands in the west It has a population of 170 000 November 2019 3 Oldenburg is part of the Northwest Metropolitan Region with 2 37 million people The city is the place of origin of the House of Oldenburg Before the end of the German Empire 1918 it was the administrative centre and residence of the monarchs of Oldenburg Contents 1 History 2 Climate 3 City government 4 Economy and infrastructure 4 1 Transport 4 2 Agriculture 4 3 Industry 5 Demographics 6 Cultural life 6 1 Recurring cultural events 6 2 Points of interest 6 3 Lutheran community 6 4 Jewish community 7 Media 7 1 Print 7 2 Radio and television 7 3 Online 8 Education 8 1 Tertiary education 8 2 Primary and secondary education 9 Sports 10 Twin towns sister cities 11 Notable people 11 1 Public servants and public thinking 11 2 Arts 11 3 Science amp business 11 4 Sport 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksHistory editArchaeological finds point to a settlement dating back to the 8th century The first documentary evidence in 1108 referenced Aldenburg in connection with Elimar I also known as Egilmar I who is now commonly seen as the first count of Oldenburg The town gained importance due to its location at a ford of the navigable Hunte river Oldenburg became the capital of the County of Oldenburg later a Duchy 1774 1810 Grand Duchy 1815 1918 and Free State 1918 1946 a small state in the shadow of the much more powerful Hanseatic city of Bremen 4 In the 17th century Oldenburg was a wealthy town in a time of war and turmoil and its population and power grew considerably In 1667 the town was struck by a disastrous plague epidemic and shortly after a fire destroyed Oldenburg The Danish kings who were also counts of Oldenburg at the time had little interest in the condition of the town and it lost most of its former importance In 1773 Danish rule ended Only then were the destroyed buildings in the city rebuilt in a neoclassicist style 4 German speakers usually call the neoclassicist style of that period klassizistisch while neoklassizistisch specifically refers to the classicist style of the early 20th century nbsp Schloss OldenburgAfter the German government announced the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II 9 November 1918 following the exhaustion and defeat of the German Empire in World War I monarchic rule ended in Oldenburg as well with the abdication of Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg Friedrich August II von Oldenburg on 11 November 1918 The Grand Duchy now became the Free State of Oldenburg German Freistaat Oldenburg with the city remaining the capital In the 1928 city elections the Nazi Party received 9 8 of the vote enough for a seat on the Oldenburg city council In the September 1930 Oldenburg state elections the Nazi Party s share of the vote rose to 27 3 and on May 29 1932 the Nazi Party received 48 4 in the state election enough to put the Nazi party in charge of forming a state government and significantly making Oldenburg the first state in the country to put the Nazis in power based on electoral turnout By that autumn a campaign of Aryanization began forcing the sale of formerly Jewish owned properties at steep discounts 5 In 1945 after World War II the State of Oldenburg became part of the British zone of occupation The British military government of the Oldenburg region resided in the city Several displaced persons camps were set up in the city that had suffered only 1 4 destruction during the bombing campaigns of World War II 6 About 42 000 refugees migrated into Oldenburg which raised the number of residents to over 100 000 In 1946 the Free State of Oldenburg was dissolved and the area became the Administrative District of Oldenburg Verwaltungsbezirk Oldenburg within the newly formed federal German state of Lower Saxony Niedersachsen The city was now capital of the district In 1978 the district was dissolved and succeeded by the newly formed Weser Ems administrative region Regierungsbezirk Weser Ems again with the city as administrative capital The state of Lower Saxony dissolved all of the Regierungsbezirke by the end of 2004 in the course of administrative reforms Climate editClimate data for Oldenburg 1991 2020 normals Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearMean daily maximum C F 4 7 40 5 5 4 41 7 9 3 48 7 14 3 57 7 18 1 64 6 20 6 69 1 23 2 73 8 22 8 73 0 18 9 66 0 13 8 56 8 8 5 47 3 4 7 40 5 13 7 56 7 Daily mean C F 0 9 33 6 1 7 35 1 4 9 40 8 9 5 49 1 13 9 57 0 17 2 63 0 19 4 66 9 19 66 14 6 58 3 9 8 49 6 5 1 41 2 2 1 35 8 9 8 49 6 Mean daily minimum C F 0 1 31 8 0 3 31 5 1 6 34 9 4 4 39 9 7 9 46 2 10 8 51 4 13 4 56 1 13 2 55 8 10 2 50 4 6 2 43 2 3 2 37 8 0 0 32 0 5 9 42 6 Average precipitation mm inches 71 1 2 80 56 1 2 21 54 1 2 13 43 0 1 69 56 4 2 22 69 3 2 73 88 8 3 50 85 4 3 36 75 7 2 98 63 7 2 51 65 1 2 56 84 3 3 32 816 9 32 16 Average precipitation days 1 0 mm 18 5 16 8 16 6 14 0 13 8 15 9 17 3 16 3 15 0 16 7 19 1 19 5 199 1Average snowy days 1 0 cm 4 5 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 9 13 8Average relative humidity 86 2 83 5 78 6 71 0 70 4 72 0 73 2 75 1 79 8 83 5 87 4 88 5 79 1Mean monthly sunshine hours 45 3 63 0 117 1 172 8 213 2 200 5 209 1 191 1 143 8 110 0 48 0 40 1 1 562 1Source World Meteorological Organization 7 City government editLocal elections take place every five years The city council Stadtrat has 50 seats The lord mayor Oberburgermeister is elected directly by the citizens Political parties in Oldenburg Oldb and their percentages of votes in past city council elections 8 Election year SPD Bundnis 90 Die Grunen CDU Die Linke Freie Wahler FW BFO FDP PiratenPartei NPD LKR AFD2001 40 1 13 6 30 5 3 9 2 8 8 2 2006 32 7 21 2 26 0 7 2 5 4 6 3 2011 34 0 27 3 20 6 6 1 3 1 3 0 2 8 1 1 2016 32 68 19 13 22 21 9 88 1 53 4 84 1 17 0 62 1 19 4 76Resulting distribution of seats in the city council Electionyear SPD Grune CDU Linke FW FDP Piraten WFO NPD LKR AFD Totalseats2001 21 7 15 2 1 4 502006 16 11 13 4 3 3 502011 17 14 10 3 2 1 1 1 1 502016 16 10 11 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 50Economy and infrastructure editTransport edit nbsp Oldenburg Railway Station nbsp Oldenburg HarbourThe city centre of Oldenburg is surrounded by a ring of freeways autobahns consisting of A 28 A 29 and A 293 Because of this Oldenburg is connected to the nationwide network of federal autobahns as well as to the international E road network German Europastrassen Oldenburg Central Station Oldenburg Oldb Hauptbahnhof is at the intersection of the railway lines Norddeich Mole Leer Oldenburg Bremen and Wilhelmshaven Oldenburg Osnabruck with Intercity services to Berlin Leipzig and Dresden and InterCityExpress services to Frankfurt and Munich Oldenburg is only about half an hour drive from Bremen Airport about 50 km 31 miles Other international airports nearby are Hamburg Airport 160 km 100 miles and Hannover Langenhagen Airport 170 km 106 miles The small Hatten Airfield Flugplatz Oldenburg Hatten ICAO airport code EDWH is located about 17 km south west of Oldenburg It serves to small aircraft private planes gliders balloons and helicopters A flight training school is also located there and small planes can be chartered Scenic flights can be booked as well Oldenburg is connected to shipping through the Kustenkanal a ship canal connecting the rivers Ems and Weser With 1 6 million tons of goods annually it is the most important non coastal harbour in Lower Saxony Bicycles play a very important part in personal transport Agriculture edit The city is surrounded by large agricultural areas about 80 of which is grassland There are farms near and even a few within city limits Predominant agricultural activities of the region are the cultivation of livestock especially dairy cows and other grazing animals crops such as grains for food and animal feed as well as asparagus corn and kale Industry edit Sea salt production in the Oldenburg region has been used since the 15th century to supply the huge salt demand in the Baltic region Peat extraction in the area continued for many centuries until it was replaced by coal mines Demographics editResidents by foreign citizenship 9 Nationality Population 2020 nbsp Iraq 3 635 nbsp Syria 2 190 nbsp Turkey 1 425 nbsp Poland 1 275 nbsp Romania 1 135 nbsp Russia 550 nbsp Italy 450 nbsp Iran 445 nbsp Afghanistan 410As of 31 12 2019 Oldenburg had 169 960 residents 24 8 of the population were first or second generation immigrants 10 Cultural life edit nbsp Hundehutten dog houses typical architecture in OldenburgRecurring cultural events edit Kultursommer summer of culture series of free musical and other cultural events in the city centre during summer holiday season in July CSD Nordwest Christopher Street Day parade of the regional Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community in June with up to 10 000 participants since 1995 Stadtfest a three day festival of the city centre in August September comprises gastronomical offerings and rock and pop music performances on various stages Oldenburg International Film Festival a privately organised film festival in September focused on independent film and film makers The festival is funded through public subsidies and private sponsoring Kramermarkt fun fair at the Weser Ems Halle on ten days in September October The tradition of this annual volksfest dates back to the 17th century when the Kramermarkt was a market event at the end of the harvest Oldenburger Kinder und Jugendbuchmesse KIBUM an exhibition of new German language children s and youth literature takes place over 11 days in November A non commercial fair organised by the city government in cooperation with the public library and the university library In the course of the fair a prize the Kinder und Jugendbuchpreis is awarded to a debuting author or illustrator Points of interest edit Core city centre large pedestrianized shopping destination for the region Oldenburg State Theatre oldest mainstream theatre in Oldenburg first opened in 1833 Schloss Oldenburg in the city centre until 1918 residence of the monarchic rulers of Oldenburg today a museum A public park the Schlossgarten is nearby Weser Ems Halle exhibition and congress centre with outdoor fair area located in Oldenburg Donnerschwee Small EWE Arena and Large EWE Arena two sports and event halls located near the main railway station opened in 2005 and 2013 and seating up to 4 000 and 6 852 visitors respectively The large arena is also home to the EWE Baskets Oldenburg basketball club Lutheran community edit Oldenburg is the seat of administration and bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg whose preaching venue is the St Lamberti Church Jewish community edit nbsp Nathan Marcus Adler chief Rabbi of the Oldenburg Jewish community in the 19th centuryThe history of the Jewish community of Oldenburg dates back to the 14th century 11 Towards and during the 19th century the Jews in Oldenburg were always around 1 of the total population and by that time had acquired their own synagogue cemetery and school Most of them were merchants and businessmen On 1938 Kristallnacht the town men were led to Sachsenhausen concentration camp among them Leo Trepp the community Rabbi who survived and later became an honorary citizen of Oldenburg and honored by a street named after him 12 Since 1981 an annual commemoration walk Erinnerungsgang has been held by Oldenburg citizens in memory of the deportation of the Oldenburg Jews on November 10 1938 13 Those who remained after 1938 emigrated to Canada USA United Kingdom Holland or Mandatory Palestine After World War II a group of survivors returned to the city and maintained a small community until it was dissolved during the 1970s Nevertheless due to Jewish emigration from the former USSR to Germany in the 1990s a community of about 340 people is now maintaining its own synagogue cemetery and other facilities The old Jewish cemetery which is no longer active after the opening of a new one was desecrated twice in 2011 and 2013 14 Media editPrint edit Nordwest Zeitung NWZ Oldenburg based daily newspaper also provides local editions in neighbouring counties Free weekly newspapers delivered to households mainly for ads and inserts Hunte Report Wednesdays Sundays Sonntagszeitung Sundays Diabolo free weekly city magazine listings magazine Mox free biweekly event listings magazine from the same publisher as Diabolo Alhambra Zeitung bimonthly leftist anti fascist magazine Oldenburger Stachel local alternative magazine discontinued Oldenburgische Wirtschaft monthly magazine of the Oldenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce Industrie und Handelskammer Radio and television edit Oldenburg Eins non commercial public access cable TV and radio station live streams available online Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR public TV and radio broadcaster part of the ARD maintains a regional studio in Oldenburg Radio FFN commercial radio broadcaster maintains a regional studio located in the NWZ building Online edit Nordwest Zeitung TV Local video news clips published by the Nordwest ZeitungEducation editTertiary education edit There are two public universities in Oldenburg The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg was founded in 1973 based on a previous college for teacher training the Padagogische Hochschule Oldenburg which had a history in Oldenburg dating back to 1793 The university was officially named after Carl von Ossietzky in 1991 As of 2014 it has almost 13 746 students a scientific staff of 1 130 as well as 964 technical and administrative staff 15 A new faculty of medicine and health sciences was established in 2012 as part of the newly founded European Medical School Oldenburg Groningen a cooperation with the University of Groningen Netherlands and local hospitals 16 The Jade University of Applied Sciences Jade Hochschule The former Fachhochschule Oldenburg until 1999 was founded in 1971 a merger of the previous engineering academy with the nautical college in Elsfleth Oldenburg already had a history of construction engineering training dating back to 1882 Starting in 2000 the Fachhochschule had been part of multiple re organisations involving several UAS Fachhochschule in the northwestern region A relaunch under the name Jade Hochschule took place in 2009 previously Fachhochschule Oldenburg Ostfriesland Wilhelmshaven The Jade Hochschule now comprises branches in three towns Oldenburg Elsfleth and Wilhelmshaven Based in Oldenburg are the departments of architecture construction engineering and construction management geodesy as well as the institute of hearing aid technology and audiology There are about 2 000 students in the Oldenburg branch 17 The Elsfleth branch offers bachelor s degree courses in nautical science international logistics and harbour management The Wilhelmshaven branch offers courses in engineering business management and media management Privately managed institutions of higher education Founded in 2004 the IBS IT amp Business School Oldenburg former Berufsakademie Oldenburg a college of cooperative education offers a B Sc degree course in business informatics and a B A degree course in business studies The dual system course combines practical vocational training at one of the partnering local companies with periods of academic studies The Private Fachhochschule fur Wirtschaft und Technik a regional college of cooperative education maintains a branch in Oldenburg offering bachelor s degree courses with integrated vocational training in electrical engineering and mechatronics Other The Oldenburg branch of the Lower Saxony police academy Polizeiakademie Niedersachsen maintains a study facility in Oldenburg preparing candidates for a career in higher middle level or higher level police service Primary and secondary education edit Gymnasium Graf Anton Guenther School Wirtschaftsgymnasium Oldenburg Cacilienschule Oldenburg Liebfrauenschule Oldenburg Herbartgymnasium Oldenburg Altes Gymnasium Oldenburg Neues Gymnasium Oldenburg Gymnasium Eversten IGS Flotenteich Helene Lange Schule Oldenburg IGS Realschule Hochheider Weg Real und Hauptschule Osternburg Realschule Ofenerdiek Kath Grundschule LerigauwegSports editOldenburg hosted the 2007 Fistball World Championship It has two football teams VfB Oldenburg and VfL Oldenburg who also have a handball section of the same name Moreover Oldenburg is home to the basketball team EWE Baskets Oldenburg Twin towns sister cities editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany Oldenburg is twinned with 18 nbsp Hoje Taastrup Denmark 1978 nbsp Cholet France 1985 nbsp Groningen Netherlands 1989 nbsp Makhachkala Russia 1989 nbsp Rugen district Germany 1990 nbsp Mateh Asher Israel 1996 nbsp Kingston upon Thames England United Kingdom 2010 nbsp Buffalo City South Africa 2012 nbsp Qingdao China 2014 nbsp Xi an China 2017 Notable people edit nbsp Princess Cecilia of Sweden 1835 nbsp Helene Lange 1899 nbsp Karl Jaspers nbsp Otto Suhr 1958 nbsp Isaac Friedlander 1878 nbsp Hans Jorg Butt 2016See also Counts dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg Public servants and public thinking edit Anna of Oldenburg 1501 1575 a Countess consort of East Frisia spouse of Count Enno II of East Frisia Princess Cecilia of Sweden 1807 1844 Princess of Sweden died locally Amalia of Oldenburg 1818 1875 a Bavarian princess and Queen of Greece from 1836 to 1862 19 Karl von Wedel 1842 1919 a Prussian general and diplomat Helene Lange 1848 1930 politician educator and suffragist Rudolf Heinze 1865 1928 jurist and politician vice chancellor of Germany 1920 21 Karl Jaspers 1883 1969 philosopher psychiatrist and writer Otto Schultze 1884 1966 Generaladmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II Peter Suhrkamp 1891 1959 publisher and founder of the Suhrkamp Verlag Otto Suhr 1894 1957 politician and Governing Mayor of Berlin 1955 57 Wilhelm Gideon 1898 1977 Nazi SS commandant of the Gross Rosen concentration camp Hermann Ehlers 1904 1954 politician CDU Bundestag President was a local landlord and died locally Hermann Behrends 1907 1948 Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes Heinz Rokker 1920 2018 WWII fighter pilot Ulrike Meinhof 1934 1976 journalist far left activist and co founder of the Red Army Faction Bernd Althusmann born 1966 politician CDU Thyra von Westernhagen born 1973 Hanoverian princess by marriage Hasnain Kazim born 1974 journalistArts edit Martin Zaagmolen buried 1669 Dutch painter Sophie Lowe 1815 1866 opera soprano 20 Christian Griepenkerl 1839 1916 painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna August Jerndorff 1846 1906 a Danish painter known for his portraits Ellen Plessow 1891 1967 a German actress in films from 1922 to 1957 Erna Schluter 1904 1969 operatic dramatic soprano Jurgen Goslar born 1927 actor and director Thomas Schmidt Kowalski 1949 2013 composer Klaus Modick born 1951 author and literary translator Rena Niehaus born 1954 film actress Thomas Schutte born 1954 sculptor and draftsman Heiko Daxl 1957 2012 media artist and curator Andrea Clausen born 1959 stage actress member of the Burgtheater ensemble Sarah Nemtsov nee Reuter born 1980 composer Klaas Heufer Umlauf born 1983 TV host producer actor and singer Science amp business edit Otto Mencke 1644 1707 philosopher and scientist Arp Schnitger 1648 1719 organ builder Wilhelm Heinrich Schussler 1821 1898 medical doctor and naturopath Isaac Friedlander 1823 1878 American wheat broker and California land speculator Lothar Meyer 1830 1895 chemist studied here Reinhard Schlichting 1835 1897 American manufacturer and politician in Wisconsin August Brauer 1863 1917 zoologist studied deep sea ichthyology Carl Ramsauer 1879 1955 professor and research physicist discovered the Ramsauer Townsend effect Walter Behrmann 1882 1955 geographer introduced a cylindrical map projection Behrmann projection Hans Gunther Aach 1919 1999 botanist Manfred Milinski born 1950 biologist and formerly a director of the Max Planck Institute Thomas Reiter born 1958 retired European astronaut Air Force Brigadier General lives locallySport edit Uta Frommater born 1948 swimmer team bronze medallist at the 1968 Summer Olympics Karsten Baumann born 1969 football player and manager played 389 games Hans Jorg Butt born 1974 footballer played 479 games and 4 for Germany Oliver Kohrmann born 1976 handball player Florian Bruns born 1979 football coach and former player who played 369 games Johannes Bitter born 1982 handball player goalkeeper for Germany Thomas Plossel born 1988 sailor twice team bronze medallist at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics See also editRoute of Megalithic Culture tourist route from Osnabruck to Oldenburg via some 33 Megalithic sitesReferences edit Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26 September 2021 PDF Landesamt fur Statistik Niedersachsen 13 October 2021 Archived PDF from the original on 2022 10 09 LSN Online Regionaldatenbank Tabelle A100001G Fortschreibung des Bevolkerungsstandes Stand 31 Dezember 2021 in German Landesamt fur Statistik Niedersachsen 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