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Oldenburg is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160, 000 which makes it the fourth biggest in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig and Osnabrück. In German, the city is known officially as Oldenburg (Oldenburg) or Oldenburg (Oldb) to distinguish it from Oldenburg in Holstein.
The town was first mentioned in 1108, at that time known under the name of Aldenburg. It became important due to its location at a ford of the navigable Hunte River. Oldenburg became the capital of the County of Oldenburg (later a Duchy, Grand Duchy and Republic), a small state in the shadow of the much more powerful Hanseatic city of Bremen.
In the 17th century, Oldenburg was a wealthy town in a time of war and turmoil and its population and power grew considerably. In 1667 the town was struck by a disastrous plague epidemic and, shortly after, a fire destroyed Oldenburg. The Danish kings, who were also counts of Oldenburg at the time, were not much interested in the condition of the town and it lost most of its former importance. In 1773, Danish rule ended. It was only then that the destroyed buildings in the city were rebuilt in a Classicist style.
In 1893 a canal connecting the Hunte and the Ems rivers was finished connecting the port of Oldenburg with the North Sea which greatly increased the city's economic importance.
In 1945 after World War II, Oldenburg grew to more than 100,000 inhabitants when refugees migrated into the city that was only sparingly bombed during World War II. In 1946, Oldenburg became part of the new German Land of Lower Saxony. This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
* Botanischer Garten Oldenburg, a botanical garden
* University of Oldenburg
Because of its close proximity to the city of Bremen, the city is only about half an hour drive from the Bremen Airport.
* Nordwest-Zeitung, daily newspaper for the region
* Oldenburger Sonntagszeitung, Sunday newspaper
* Huntereport, came out on Wednesday and Sunday
* Mox, fortnightly information magazine
* Oldenburger Stachel, alternative monthly newspaper
* sisol, school information
* Oldenburg Eins, local semi-open TV and Radio station
* Carl von Ossietzky University, founded 1973 and named after Carl von Ossietzky
* Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) Oldenburg, founded 1971, since 2000: joined with several others Universites of Applied Sciences to the "Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven"
* RAB-Bildungszentrum für moderne Medien (University of modern Media)
* Gymnasium Graf-Anton-Guenther School
The city is in a largely agricultural area. There are farms near and even in the city. Common agricultural activities are the cultivation of livestock (especially dairy cows and other grazing animals) and crops such as asparagus, corn, and kale.

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