Bersenbrück

Bersenbrück is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the town Bersenbrück. The Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück consists of the following municipalities: Alfhausen Ankum Bersenbrück Eggermühlen Gehrde Kettenkamp Rieste

Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA. The parish Ankum includes the municipalities Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal Eggermühlen; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Kettenkamp, Nortrup-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Tütingen, Westerholte. Today the unless otherwise stated municipalities constitute the village Ankum.

The Alfsee is a reservoir in the north of the district of Osnabrück in the state of Lower Saxony in north Germany. It has an area of 2.2 km². It acts as a flood retention basin for the catchment area of the Hase and as local recreational area.

Nortrup is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The Gehn is a small ridge of hills between Bramsche and Ueffeln in Germany's Central Uplands, that are an extension of the Wiehen Hills (German: Wiehengebirge). The ridge runs from northwest to southeast and is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long and an average of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide. The highest point is the Kettelberg which is 108 m above sea level (NN) high. The Gehn forms a link between the Wiehen Hills and the Ankum Heights (Ankumer Höhe). It is largely forested and is not - like the Ankum Heights- part of a series of ice age terminal moraines from the latest event of the Saalian glaciation, the so-called Drenthe I stage, but is a ridge of Jurassic rock that was pushed up during the folding towards the end of the Cretaceous period. Like the Wiehen Hills and the Ankum Heights, the Gehn belongs to the North Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Hills Nature Park (Naturpark Nördlicher Teutoburger Wald-Wiehengebirge).

Eggermühlen is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Castle Eggermühlen is a former knight's seat founded in the 13th century. Owner is the baron of Boeselager.

Rieste is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Sögeln is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1972, it has been a part of the city of Bramsche. The village developed around a castle from the 14th century.

Badbergen is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the River Hase.

Darnsee is a 8-metre (26 ft) deep lake in Bramsche, Lower Saxony, Germany.

The Artland-Gymnasium Quakenbrück (AGQ) is a secondary school in the Artland region for students in grades 5 to 13. The Gymnasium dates back to a Latin school first mentioned in 1354, making it one of the oldest schools in Lower Saxony.

The Osnabrück Canal (German: Stichkanal Osnabrück, formerly the Zweigkanal Osnabrück) or SKO, is an artificial waterway, about 14.5 kilometres (9 mi) long, that links the Mittelland Canal in central Germany with the port in the town of Osnabrück. It was built between 1910 and 1915 and runs largely parallel to the unnavigable River Hase, the greatest distance between the two being about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi). The 11th Armoured Division crossed the canal during World War II as it advanced across Germany.