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Oldenburg
Coat of arms of Oldenburg
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Urban district
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)
 • Total 169,077
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
26001–26135
Dialling codes 0441
Vehicle registration OL
Website www.oldenburg.de

Oldenburg is a city in the north of Germany, in the state of Lower Saxony. It was formerly the capital of the old Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

It has about 160,000 inhabitants and a university.

Cities in Germany by population
1,000,000+
Flag of Germany
500,000+
200,000+
100,000+

Bergisch Gladbach · Bottrop · Bremerhaven · Cottbus · Darmstadt · Erlangen · Fürth · Gera · Göttingen · Hagen · Hamm · Heidelberg · Heilbronn · Herne · Hildesheim · Ingolstadt · Jena · Kassel · Koblenz · Leverkusen · Ludwigshafen · Mainz · Moers · Mülheim an der Ruhr · Neuss · Offenbach am Main · Oldenburg · Osnabrück · Paderborn · Pforzheim · Potsdam · Recklinghausen · Regensburg · Remscheid · Reutlingen · Saarbrücken · Salzgitter · Siegen · Solingen · Trier · Ulm · Wolfsburg · Würzburg

Images for kids

  • Schloss Oldenburg

    Schloss Oldenburg

  • Young Nathan Marcus Adler

    Nathan Marcus Adler, chief Rabbi of the Oldenburg Jewish community in the 19th century

  • Helene Lange vor 1899

    Helene Lange before 1899

  • Karl Jaspers Büste

    Karl Jaspers bust

  • Peter Cecilia of Sweden

    Princess Cecilia of Sweden in 1835


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