13 Sights in Oldenburg, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Oldenburg, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Oldenburg. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Oldenburg1. Landesbibliothek
The Oldenburg State Library is a regional library for the northwestern part of Lower Saxony and one of the three state libraries in the state, along with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library in Hanover and the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel.
2. Kramermarkt
The Kramermarkt is an annual folk festival in Oldenburg. The market starts on Friday between September 26 and October 2 and ends ten days later. The time when the Kramermarkt takes place is also called The Fifth Season in Oldenburg and the surrounding area.
3. Hauptbahnhof Süd
Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is a through station, with seven platform tracks. Its large reception hall was built in the Art Nouveau style.
4. Augusteum
The Augusteum is a German art museum in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. Completed in 1867 in Oldenburg, the Augusteum is among the first museum buildings in northern Germany. Located at Elisabethstraße 1, it hosts the ‘Old Masters Gallery’ or old master painting collection of the Oldenburg State Museum of Art and Cultural History, featuring Dutch, Italian, German, and French paintings from the 15th to 18th centuries.
5. Horst-Janssen-Museum
Horst-Janssen-Museum is an art museum located in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is dedicated to the work of Horst Janssen, the draftsman, etcher, lithographer, wood engraver, poster artist and illustrator.
6. Ehrenhalle der oldenburgischen Artillerie
The Hall of Honour of the Oldenburg Artillery is a monument to the fallen of the First World War of the East Frisian Field Artillery Regiment No. 62, the Reserve Regiment 20, the replacement department of the FAR 62, the associated ammunition columns and other former members of the main regiment. The monument was inaugurated in 1921 and is located in Oldenburg at Ofener Straße 19 behind today's Jade University.
7. ehem. Landtag
The state parliament building and the state ministry immediately adjacent to it are historic government buildings on Theodor-Tantzen-Platz in Oldenburg. Both buildings were erected between 1914 and 1916/17 on behalf of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg by the Stuttgart architect Paul Bonatz.
Wikipedia: Landtagsgebäude und Staatsministerium Oldenburg (DE), Heritage Website
8. Prinzenpalais
The Prinzenpalais is a palace, now used as an art museum, in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The museum houses the modern art collection of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History.
9. Schlossgarten
The Schlossgarten Oldenburg is a 16-hectare public park in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, northern Germany, located between the Eversten district and the city centre to the north. At the northwest end is a lake and Elisabeth-Anna-Palais and close to the northwest end is the Schloss Oldenburg.
10. Schlosswache
The Oldenburg Castle Guard is located on the Schlossplatz and thus in the immediate city centre of Oldenburg. It was built in 1839 as a guard building for the Oldenburg military to guard the castle opposite. After various functions as a police station and office building of the Oldenburg city administration, the building has been used as a bank building by the Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg (LzO) since 1951 at the latest. The current address (2017) is Schlossplatz 7–8.
11. Kriegerdenkmal 1870/71
The Osternburg War Memorial, known at the time as the Osternburg War Memorial, was inaugurated on Sunday, 28 November 1875, in memory of the Osternburg fallen in the Franco-German War. In 1962, it was moved from its original location from the centre of Osternburg to the Wunderburgpark in Wunderburgstraße.
12. Schloss Oldenburg
Oldenburg Castle is the former residence of the Counts, Dukes and Grand Dukes of Oldenburg on Schlossplatz in Oldenburg. The two-winged complex was built in 1607 by Count Anton Günther by Andrea Spezza in the Renaissance style. The Idyll Room, the Marble Hall and the Castle Hall are particularly noteworthy. Since 1921, it has served as the headquarters of the State Museum of Art & Culture Oldenburg.
13. Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
The Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) is a nationally important collection museum with the departments of archaeology, natural history and ethnology. One focus is the bog archaeology of northwestern Germany. The interdisciplinary permanent exhibition covers the topics of moor, geest and coast & marsh. Special exhibitions complement the museum's program.
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