Evacuation in Osnabrück: 15,400 residents in the bomb alarm!

Evacuation in Osnabrück: 15,400 residents in the bomb alarm!

on Sunday, April 3, 2025, there was a large -scale evacuation in Osnabrück due to the suspected dud. Around 15,400 residents were asked to leave their apartments until 7 a.m. The affected restricted area stretched over around three square kilometers, and fines of at least 300 euros for those who remained in the restricted area after 7 a.m.

The Schinkel comprehensive school was set up as an emergency accommodation, to which buses drove from the affected districts from 6 a.m. In order to ensure security, the clinics closed Christian children's hospital and Marienhospital from 7 a.m., whereby no relocations of patients were planned. Emergency taking remained closed during the evacuation. The Osnabrück Clinic and the Franziskus Hospital-Harderberg were available for emergencies. Children's emergencies were led to the Münster University Hospital.

public transport and construction work

The Osnabrück main station was closed from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., which led to train failures and delays both in long-distance and local transport. Replacement buses were used in local transport. There were also changes in regional transport: The RE 9 ended prematurely in Bohmte with replacement traffic between Bohmte and Hasbergen, while the RE 62 connection was all day. Long -distance trains between Berlin, Hanover and Hamburg were affected by failures or delays of up to 45 minutes and did not stop in Osnabrück, Bremen or Münster.

The reason for the evacuation was four suspected bombing, which were discovered during construction work on the site of the former freight station. The city expects further suspected cases in the course of the construction work. For citizens seeking help, a citizen phone was set up on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 6 a.m.

In an earlier incident, a total of seven duds, the highest number of one day, were made harmless in Osnabrück on November 17. At that time, disorders from people in the evacuation area led to a delay in the measures that lasted over two hours. The evacuation area extended over a kilometer around the site in the Lokviertel. The emergency services received support from the regulatory work and the police.

The past bombing clarifies illustrate the recurring problem of blind passengers that date from the time of the Second World War. Such incidents are not uncommon; There is a large number of finds annually in large cities like Cologne.