Westerberg

Westerberg may refer to:

Places

one of the four villages in the municipality of Winzenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany

Westerberg (Baumberge), the highest hill in the Baumberge in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Westerberg (Lamstedt) a low ridge in the German state of Lower Saxony

Persons

Alf Westerberg, Swedish football manager

Art Westerberg, academic at Carnegie Mellon University

Bengt Westerberg, Swedish politician, party leader, member of the Riksdag and deputy prime minister

Caj Westerberg, Finnish writer

Jesper Westerberg, Swedish football player

Karl Westenberg, better known as Manila Luzon, an American drag queen and reality television personality

Lars Westerberg, CEO and President of the Swedish automotive safety company Autoliv

Leif Westerberg, Swedish professional golfer

Oscar Westerberg, American Major League Baseball player

Paul Westerberg, American musician

Per Westerberg, Swedish politician and Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag

Stig Westerberg, Swedish conductor and pianist

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Westerberg (Osnabrück district)

Westerberg is a district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany, with roughly 8,700 residents. It is situated in the west of the city between Lotter Straße and Pagenstecherstraße. The districts bordering it are Eversburg, Hafen, Sonnenhügel, Innenstadt, Weststadt, Hellern and Atter. The border with Atter passes through the Rubbenbruchsee, part of a large local recreation area.

As well as parts of the University of Osnabrück and the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, the Klinikum Osnabrück (Osnabrück Clinical Centre) and the Paracelsus clinic are also located in Westerberg. There were also a number of British bases situated here, giving the district a considerable proportion of British families – these bases were closed in 2010 and today remain ready for conversion. The Osnabrücker Aktien Brauerei (with a workforce of around 220) used to brew its nationally acclaimed beer in Westerberg.

One of the main places of interest here is the University’s botanical garden, formerly a quarry. The Art Nouveau-style Protestant Bergkirche is located in this district, along with the Markuskirche (also Protestant), the Catholic St. Barbara Kirche and an independent Protestant church.

Westerberg (Baumberge)

The Westerberg, also called the Westerather Berg, is, at 187.6 m above sea level (NN), the highest elevation in the Baumberge hills and the German region of Münsterland. It is located in this small range of hills between the three villages of Billerbeck, Havixbeck, and Nottuln.

Longinus Tower

On the summit of the Westerberg, which is in places only sparsely wooded, stands the Longinus Tower (Longinusturm), an observation tower about 30 m high that was built by the Baumberge Society between 1897 and 1901. It is made of Baumberge Lime Sandstone.

Views

The Longinus Tower, which can usually be climbed all year round, dominates the Baumberge and is its chief attraction. From its observation deck, which requires a head for heights, there is often a good, panoramic view over the Baumberge and the countryside surrounding this hill country in western Münsterland. From here visitors can see the Teutoburg Forest (to the northeast), the aforementioned villages, the Emsland (to the north), the Westphalian Basin (to the east), the Sauerland (to the southeast), the Ruhrgebiet (to the south), the Bergen hills and even the Netherlands (to the west).