View from the Marienkirchturm to the market place
375 Years of the Peace of Westphalia
7 months - 7 themes: 200 events from April to October
To the anniversary program 2023
7 months, 7 topics

Seven themes in seven months: From April to October, each month has a focus that revolves particularly around a peace theme. The monthly theme weeks form the common thread of the anniversary program. All themes are united by one question: What can we take away and learn from the historic peace treaty of 1648 for the present and ultimately the future?

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Everything about the city of peace Osnabrück

Experience peace - cycling route between Münster and Osnabrück

It is the route of the peace riders who rode back and forth between the two cities to deliver dispatches in the five years before the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. At over 150 kilometers, the Peace Route is a multi-day tour.

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Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize

The Peace Award stands for people who build bridges in hopeless conflict situations.

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Peace of Westphalia

This peace agreement was hard fought for. The result still serves as a model today.

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