21 Sights in Hamm, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Hamm, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 21 sights are available in Hamm, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Hamm1. St.-Pankratius-Kirche
The St. Pankratius Church is the oldest and most traditional sacral building of the Catholic Church in the Hövel district, part of the Bockum-Hövel district of the city of Hamm. After an unsecured tradition, a church consecrated to the Pankratius is said to have been in this position after 804 or from around 1025/1030. In the first half of the 12th century, the original wooden church was replaced by a sandstone church. Today's church building was built from 1892 to 1894. After extensive destruction in World War II, the church had to be rebuilt between 1954 and 1956. Her pastorate, which was built in 1564, is a listed building, as well as two of the bells from 1511 and 1678 within the church building.
2. Haus Reck
Haus Reck is an old aristocratic residence in the former parish of Kamen, Lerche, today the district of Lerche in the district of Pelkum in the German city of Hamm. It is located immediately east of the A1 motorway on the outskirts of Bergkamen. The estate did not take its name until the middle of the 16th century. Because of its location in the "Pelkum Heath", it was previously called Haus zur Heyde or Haus zur Heide. It is the ancestral seat of a branch of the von der Recke family. In 1465, the "Haus Reck" was mentioned when it was expanded into a fortified castle.
3. St. Stephanus
The St. Stephen's Church, which has been a listed building since 6 December 1985, is the oldest and most traditional sacred building of the Catholic church in the district of Bockum, part of the Bockum-Hövel district of the city of Hamm. The current church building was built between 1905 and 1907 after citizens of Bockum had secretly brought down the former church, which had become too small, in order to escape the monument protection regulations that provided for the preservation of the old church building.
4. Herz Jesu Kirche
The Herz-Jesu Church in Bockum was a Roman Catholic branch church. The once independent heart-Jesu community is now part of the Heilig-Geist community. Sacral building has been on the monument list of the city of Hamm since 2006. On January 15, 2019, the church and sacristy were completely smoky or sooted by a smoldering fire. The church has been closed since then. The diocese of Münster taught the parish on November 21, 2019 that it would be desecrated, which happened on October 28, 2022.
5. Schulweg-Steg
The school path is a pedestrian suspension bridge over the Datteln-Hamm Canal in the east of the city of Hamm. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Werries lock on the km 40.627. Following the model of the suspension bridges Kaiserbrücke (Breslau) and Kettenbrücke (Cologne), the structure of reasonable band belts was planned and built between 1915 and 1917. Since the two ends of the belts are attached to stiffening carriers, it is a self -contained suspension bridge.
6. Kreuzkirche
The Kreuzkirche is a Protestant parish church in the Bockum-Hövel district of Hammer. It was created as a reaction to the strong increase in the number of Protestant Christians in the villages of Bockum, Hövel and the colliery colony of the Radbod colliery. The church building from 1912 has been on the list of architectural monuments of the city of Hamm since 1985. The monument status extends to the architecture and the current building stock of the church.
Wikipedia: Evangelische Kreuzkirche (Bockum-Hövel) (DE), Website
7. Amtsgericht Hamm
The District Court of Hamm is a court of ordinary jurisdiction with its seat in Hamm. It is one of the local courts under the sponsorship of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is also the registry court for the districts of the district courts of Kamen and Unna. Since 1929, the district court of Hamm has also been the seat of a public prosecutor's office, which is now a branch of the public prosecutor's office at the Dortmund Regional Court.
8. Haus Ermelinghof
Haus Ermelinghof is a manor in the Bockum-Hövel district of Hammer, formerly part of the Bishopric of Münster. It is located immediately east of Bockum-Hövel station. It was first mentioned in a document in 1350. At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, it is attested several times as Memerinchove, Memerinckhove or Mermelinchave. The property is also referred to as a castle, manor, noble house or simply Ermelinghof.
9. Bahnhof Hamm (Westfalen)
Hamm (Westf) Hbf is the main railway station in the city of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its imposing station building is a figurehead and striking entrance area of the city. At the same time, the facility serves as an important railway junction in North Rhine-Westphalia, especially for the eastern Ruhr area. It is part of the Deutsche Bahn network.
10. WT2000
The water towers on Hellweg are located in Hamm-mountains and serve the uniform drinking water supply from Hamm. The two high, round concrete towers with partial brick cladding have width, round, white attachments and arched dome roofs. As a landmark and due to their technical and city historical importance, their outer shells have been listed since 1991.
11. Christuskirche
The Christuskirche in Hamm (Westphalia) is a Protestant church and belongs to the Hamm church district of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia. It is located in the western part of the city centre on Lange Strasse and, together with the neighbouring community centre, forms a special architectural centre of this district.
12. Tierpark Hamm
Located in the south of the Westphalian city of Hamm, Hamm Zoo covers an area of approx. 9 hectares after an expansion in 2019. In 2021, 200,000 people visited the zoo for the first time, and in 2022 there were already over 300,000 visitors. It is a popular destination for families in Hamm and the surrounding area.
13. Haus Hohenover
Haus Hohenover was once a moated castle and knight's residence and is now a manor house on the Ahse in the Hammer district of Norddinker, Hamm-Uentrop. The name Hohenover probably means high bank. Hohenover is one of nine manors of the parish of Dinker, which were mentioned as early as the 13th century.
14. Sri-Kamadchi-Ampal-Tempel
The Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple in the city of Hamm (Westphalia) was the largest Dravida temple in Europe when it was completed and dedicated on July 7, 2002, and the second largest Hindu temple in Europe after the Neasden Temple in London, which was built in the North Indian Nagara style.
15. Waldbühne Heessen
The Waldbühne Heessen in Hamm, Westphalia, is one of the most visited amateur open-air theatres in Germany, whose stage construction is located in the Hamm-Heessen district. The Waldbühne Heessen is one of the founding members of the Association of German Open-Air Theatres.
16. Schloß Hamm
Hamm Castle is a castle in the municipality of Hamm in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It emerged from one of the largest medieval fortifications in the Eifel. As a monument zone, the complex is listed under the name Burg Hamm.
17. Klostermühle
The Klosterhof is located in the farming community of Hölter. It belongs to the district of Hövel, today's Hamm-Bockum-Hövel district of the city of Hamm. The monastery mill, which once belonged to the estate, has been a listed building since 21 April 1994.
18. Evangelische Kirche Berge
The listed Evangelical Church of Berge is located in Berge, a district of the independent city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia. It belongs to the Emmaus-Kirchengemeinde in the Hamm church district of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia.
19. St. Antonius
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Anthony of Padua is located in Uentrop, a district of the district-free city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia. The church belongs to the deanery of Hellweg of the Archdiocese of Paderborn.
20. Haus Uentrop
Haus Uentrop is a moated castle in the Uentrop district of Hamm. Built in 1720, the castle is now privately owned and in need of restoration. It has been a listed building since 6 February 1986. It is surrounded by a park.
21. Schloss Oberwerries
Oberwerries Castle is a two-winged moated castle in the Lippe floodplains of the Hamm-Heessen district of Hammer. It comprises several buildings that have grown together over the centuries to form today's castle complex.
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