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Osnabrück became important during the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia that took place here as well as in Münster between 1643-1648. The Peace of Westphalia, proclaimed in October 1648, finally ended the Thirty years’ War and changed the face of Europe.
After thirty years of war, devastation, pillage, murder, and displacement in the heart of Europe, the Peace of Westphalia was proclaimed from the steps of Osnabrück Town Hall in 1648. It marked a historic turning point in the history of Europe.
Osnabrück. The name says it all: The negotiations for and signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 are the biggest events in the city's history, which still shape beautiful Osnabrück – otherwise known as the City of Peace – to this day. The marketplace is the perfect place to begin your exploration of the city.
The Peace of Westphalia, concluded in the town halls of Osnabrück and Münster, laid the first foundations for a European community of states. With their provisions of international law, the peace treaties developed into a pillar of international relations that are still of great importance today.
The city of peace Osnabrück is located between the Teutoburg Forest and the Wiehengebirge in the federal state of Lower Saxony. Charles the Great founded the city as a bishop’s seat as early as 780.
Münster and Osnabrück – Sites of the Peace of Westphalia, Germany. The Peace of Westphalia describes the totality of the peace treaties that were negotiated and agreed upon in the cities of Münster and Osnabrück in 1648. They brought an end to the Thirty Years' War (AD 1618-1648), in which all major European powers were involved and which ...
The peace is regarded as an outstanding event in European and German history, as it laid the first foundations for a united Europe. Find out all about the Peace of Westphalia. More. Since April 2015, Osnabrück Town Hall and Münster Town Hall have been awarded the European Heritage Label.
