Sutthausen

Sutthausen is a district of Osnabrück, Germany, with a population of about 4,500 residents. It is located in the south of the city, close to the Teutoburg Forest; it originally arose from two separate estates, Gut Sutthausen and Gut Wulften. The district has both Protestant and Catholic churches - respectively the Apostelkirche and the Marienkirche. Until it was incorporated into the city of Osnabrück on 7 March 1970, Sutthausen was part of the municipality of Holzhausen. The area of Alt-Holzhausen is today part of Georgsmarienhütte. Gut Sutthausen was first mentioned in records in 1282. At that time it was owned by local squire Johann von Sutthausen; the name referred to its origins in the south of Osnabrück. The waters of the Düte – a small nearby river – were used to supply the castle moat. Over the centuries the castle had a multitude of different owners and in 1935 came into the possession of the Thuiner sisters of the Franciscan order. They set up the Berufsfachschule am Marienheim (Marienheim Training College), whose main subject areas were housekeeping, childcare, social care and social assistance.