Schinkel (Osnabrück district)

The first attack on the Schinkel area, on 23 June 1940, was directed at the Osnabrücker Kupfer- und Drahtwerk (Osnabrück Copper and Wire Works, abbreviated OKD, today KM Europa Metal) – by the time the war finished in May 1945, 65% of it had been destroyed.

The district is home to numerous primary schools and kindergartens; however the local library had to close in 2010 due to the city's troubled economic situation.

Around the Schützenstraße area lies the beating heart of Schinkel: numerous shops, pharmacies, doctors and bank branches.

The Reformed Protestant Gnadenkirche (Church of Mercy), built in 1960, was completely pulled down apart from its bell tower due to financial difficulties, to make way for a day care centre for children.

[2] The railway depot in Schinkel, which was established in 1876, was in earlier times colloquially referred to as “Kamerun” (Cameroon).

Osnabrück's tram line 3 operated in Schinkel until 1958, running from the terminus station “Schinkel” on the corner between Schützenstraße and Bremer Straße and passing through Schützenstraße and Buersche Straße towards Neumarkt-Martiniplatz (today Heinrich-Lübke-Platz, named after Germany's second Federal President) in the Weststadt district.

The construction of a regional train station in the Bremer Brücke/Halle Gartlage area is being considered – earlier a platform for special trips was situated here.

The police have given support to this idea in the citizens’ forum, with regards to football matches and visitors to the stadium.