CAMPUS RALLYE
Station 6
Location: Terrace between AA, AB, AC & AD Buildings
Question/Task:
What was located on the site here at Westerberg before the university?
a) Nothing: fields & meadows
b) Hospital
c) Barracks
Info/Answer:
The Westerberg Campus is located on a former barracks site. Today's Peace City Osnabrück was a garrison city for centuries. From 1900, an artillery barracks was located here. From 1945 to 2009, parts of the area were used by the British Forces in Germany. Osnabrück was the largest British garrison outside the United Kingdom. After the British withdrew, the university and uni took over the site.