Osnabrück.Peace heritage, Piesberg and southern greenery
Rectangular wooden city map made from oiled maple – two layers with a black back plate.
About the product
Osnabrück’s peace heritage belongs to a city extending well beyond its town hall and old streets. Piesberg to the northwest, the main station to the east and green areas around the southern zoo create a broader arrangement. The wooden map connects them through the intervening neighbourhoods. Historic civic buildings, industrial landscapes and everyday urban routes remain distinct within this joined city view.
What does the map show?
- Town Hall of the Peace of Westphalia
- Piesberg
- Industrial Culture Museum
- Main station
- Southern greenery
- Precisely cut and engraved
- Fine laser details with clear depth
- Carefully inspected and securely packed
- Handmade in Germany
Configuration
Shape: Rectangular · Design: Layered · Material: Maple · Sizes: 20 × 30 cm, 35 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm
The configuration shown in the cart and at the time of ordering is authoritative. The preview is not a dimensioned technical drawing.
Availability & production
- Availability
- Made to order
- Production time
- Ships in 3-5 business days
Production starts after successful payment and complete product configuration.
Materials & care
Depending on the variant, lacquered or oiled MDF or oiled real-wood veneer on MDF; optional stainless-steel mounting screws. Acrylic lacquer spray, hard-wax oil and white glue are used in production.
Wood is a natural material. Grain and color may vary slightly from the product images.
Clean with a dry, soft cloth and protect from prolonged moisture and direct heat.
Included & installation
The selected product in the ordered configuration, securely packed and prepared for installation.
- Maximum dimensions 50 × 70 cm and maximum product weight 2 kg.
- Wall-fixing screws and wall plugs are not included. Use fixings suitable for the wall type, substrate and product weight.
- Installation must be carried out by an adult. Keep optional mounting screws and other small parts away from children until installation.
Shipping & returns
Securely packed shipping. Return and cancellation information is available in the legal section.
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Manufacturer & product identifier
- Manufacturer
- Benjamin Nöst - Lightworks
Rorichmoorer Str. 76
26802 Moormerland, Deutschland
kontakt@lightworks.de - Product identifier
- LW-CAT-95EA4D029EC5-S, LW-CAT-95EA4D029EC5-M, LW-CAT-95EA4D029EC5-L
Together with the order or production batch, the relevant SKU enables traceability. Safety questions and incidents can be reported to the email address shown above.
Product safety
- Decorative product for dry indoor use only; not a toy and not intended for children.
- Protect from moisture, high heat and open flames.
- Do not continue to hang the product after a fall, breakage or visible damage. Keep damaged parts away from children.
Osnabrück’s peace heritage and its wider urban landscape
Osnabrück’s connection with the Peace of Westphalia is rooted in its historic town hall. Beyond the old centre, Piesberg brings geology and industrial culture into the city’s story. The eastern station and green areas farther south add contrasting urban settings. Residential districts and transport routes connect these different reference points across the city.
The town hall and a civic memory
Osnabrück’s historic town hall gives the city’s peace heritage a specific setting. Built between 1487 and 1512, it combines a late Gothic character with Renaissance features. A substantial hipped roof helps define the building’s appearance. The Peace Hall preserves the association with the settlement of 1648. This is an important strand of the city’s identity, grounded in the old centre rather than an abstract historical label. Yet Osnabrück’s subsequent growth produced other landscapes, institutions and neighbourhoods whose histories extend beyond that central civic place.
Piesberg changes the scale
Piesberg lies northwest of the centre. Its cultural and landscape park brings geological history, earlier economic activity and recreation into the same area. The connection with the UNESCO TERRA.vita nature and geopark highlights the importance of the underlying landscape. Piesberg also preserves a setting associated with industrial work. Its distance from the town hall makes the distribution of Osnabrück’s historical places apparent. Here, terrain and extensive working grounds contribute to the city’s character alongside buildings, changing the scale at which its development can be understood.
Industry within its original setting
The Industrial Culture Museum belongs to this northwestern landscape. It addresses industrial development together with the conditions of work and life associated with it. Its position in a former mining area gives the subject a geographical context. Technical history is linked to the ground where that work took place, rather than presented as an entirely separate story. Compared with the old centre, the museum area introduces larger sites and terrain. The contrast helps connect the city’s public architectural heritage with a different record of economic and social change.
Railways and the eastern city
The main station stands east of the historic core, adding a further direction to the urban portrait. Railway corridors and adjacent streets create connections that reach beyond the old town. The station’s location supplies a separate infrastructural reference from Piesberg. Between these areas lie residential and other built districts with everyday functions. Such intervening spaces are essential to the city’s continuity. Osnabrück’s landmarks remain historically distinct, but their surroundings and connecting routes bring them into one larger pattern of urban movement and settlement.
Green surroundings in the south
The area around the zoo opens another perspective south of the centre. Its position beyond the tightly grouped historic streets shows a different relationship between built neighbourhoods and greenery. Together with Piesberg, this southern reference demonstrates that Osnabrück’s open spaces are distributed in several directions. The wider city view consequently combines peace history, industrial memory, transport and landscape. Its character does not depend on a single central axis. It emerges from the relationships among places whose individual settings reveal different aspects of the same connected urban area.
Sources
- Rathaus des Westfälischen Friedens - Osnabrück erleben — https://erleben.osnabrueck.de/de/stadt-erleben/sehenswertes/rathaus-des-westfaelischen-friedens/
- Kultur- und Landschaftspark Piesberg - Osnabrück erleben — https://erleben.osnabrueck.de/de/natur-entdecken/piesberg/
- Museum Industriekultur - Osnabrück erleben — https://erleben.osnabrueck.de/de/stadt-erleben/sehenswertes/museum-industriekultur/
- Zoo Osnabrück - jeder Besuch ein Erlebnis! — https://www.zoo-osnabrueck.de/
- Stadtführergilde: Rathaus- und Altstadtführung – Stadt Osnabrück — https://erleben.osnabrueck.de/de/veranstaltungen-finden/stadtfuehrergilde-rathaus-und-altstadtfuehrung/
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