24 Sights in Osnabrück, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Osnabrück, 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 24 sights are available in Osnabrück, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Osnabrück1. ehemaliger Hannoverscher Bahnhof
Hannoversche Bahnhof is the former main railway station of the city of Osnabrück, Germany. The station on today's Wittekindstraße went into operation on 22 November 1855 with the Hanoverian Western Railway in the direction of Löhne. Until the closure of passenger traffic in 1895, the Hanover station was the most important station in the city of Osnabrück. Due to the intersection with the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway a few hundred metres east of Hanover station, the new Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof was built there. Freight traffic continued until the completion of the central freight transshipment station in the Fledder district in 1913. The station building served as an administration building for Deutsche Bahn until 2004, but has since been sold.
2. St. Marien
St. Marien is a Lutheran parish and market church in Osnabrück, Germany. It is one of the most artistically and historically significant buildings in the North German city. A previous Romanesque church was mentioned in records as early as 1177. However, the history of the church's construction began some time before it was first mentioned in writing. Archaeological traces suggest the existence of a predecessor building in the 10th century. Construction of the Gothic hall church which exists today started in the 13th century and was completed between 1430 and 1440.
3. Östringer Steine 1
The Östringer Stones I–III are mostly badly damaged Neolithic megalithic tombs of the passage grave type with the Sprockhoff no. 911–913. They were built between 3500 and 2800 BC as megalithic sites of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their emergence and function are considered to be hallmarks of social development. In 1987, the facilities were incorporated into the nature reserve "Hochufer und Altarm der Nette am Oestringer Esch".
4. Time is turning
Time is turning is a 65 tons heavy and five metre high artwork by Hans-Jürgen Breuste. He created it in 1991 from large-engine crankshafts and solid steel beams before it was installed in the Gerberhof in Osnabrück in 1992. The title of the work of art is intended to indicate the transformation of the city after the decommissioning of the steel works in 1989, where many jobs in the city were lost. Although the city has changed to a modern service centre, it is still strongly industrial.
5. Ebert-Erzberger-Rathenau-Denkmal
The Ebert-Erzberger-Rathenau Memorial is a memorial designed by Justus Haarmann in the city of Osnabrück, Germany. It was erected in honour of the leading politicians of the Weimar Republic, Friedrich Ebert, Matthias Erzberger and Walther Rathenau of the Osnabrück chapter of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. The memorial, located between today's Erich-Maria-Remarque-Ring and Herrenteichswall, is a newly built copy of the original memorial, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1933.
6. Botanischer Garten
The Botanic Garden of Osnabrück is an institution of Osnabrück University. It is located in the Westerberg area of the city in a former Muschelkalk quarry, Muschelkalk (“mussel-chalk”) being a shell-bearing limestone of Triassic age typical of Central and Western Europe. The Botanic Garden is part of the University’s Faculty of Biology and Chemistry and was established in 1984. Main tasks of the Garden are education and research, as well as public relations.
Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten der Universität Osnabrück (EN)
7. Löwenpudel (Nachbildung)
The Lion Poodle is a statue in front of St. Peter's Cathedral in the city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It depicts a lion sitting on a man-sized pedestal that resembles a poodle. Severely damaged by the weather, a replica created by the sculptor Lukas Memken (1860–1934) has stood on the pedestal since 1925. The former stone is in the city's cultural history museum, although this was probably not the original either.
8. Ledenhof
The Ledenhof is a historic building in the city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. During the medieval period it was the city residence of the noble von Leden family. Having initially been an extensive courtly building complex, today only the seven-storey Steinwerk building and the great hall with stair tower remain. Since 2002 the Ledenhof has been the main office of the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung.
9. Hexengang
The Hexengang or Klapperhagen is a narrow alley at the cathedral in Osnabrück, Germany. It leads from the Great Cathedral Freedom between the Small Church and the Cathedral. On the last stretch towards the Hase, there is a building above the alley, so that it ends from a small portal on the street Conrad-Bäumer-Weg. Due to the high walls that surround the alley, the corridor looks very dark and oppressive.
10. Stüvehaus
The Stüvehaus was built from 1862 to 1864 as the municipal hospital of Osnabrück, when the predecessor building on the Große Gildewart became too small. After the current townhouse 1 was built, the hospital moved into this building. The Stüvehaus was used in various ways in the following years and today houses the Osnabrück Adult Education Centre as well as a Brazilian restaurant.
11. Großsteingrab Teufelssteine
The megalithic tomb Teufelssteine is a Neolithic passage tomb of the Emsland chamber type with the Sprockhoff no. 914. It was built between 3500 and 2800 BC as a megalithic site of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their emergence and function are considered to be hallmarks of social development.
12. Haarmannsbrunnen
The Haarmannsbrunnen is a monument to miners in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony). The fountain from 1909 is one of the oldest workers' monuments in Germany. It bears the name of its founder, the steelworks director and senator August Haarmann. During the operation of the monument, the water flowing out pours over the bronze figure and flows into the fountain built below in front of it.
13. Gestapo Keller
Osnabrück Castle was the bishop's residence of the Protestant Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, Ernst August I of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and his wife Sophie of the Palatinate. Since 1974 it has been the seat of the administration of the University of Osnabrück. The building and its gardens, the sculptures in the palace garden, including the Lyra monument, are listed buildings.
14. Fountain Of Wishes
The Fountain of Wishes is a bronze sculpture of a urinating policeman in Osnabrück, Germany. He is often called the Peeing Policeman or Osnabrück's Manneken Pis. The bronze figure stands in the city centre in the river Hase at the Çanakkale Bridge, named after Osnabrück's twin city. Opposite on Schillerstraße is the Haarmannsbrunnen.
15. Haus Tenge
Haus Tenge is a listed neoclassical residential and commercial building with stonework in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony, Germany). Until 2018, steel entrepreneur Jürgen Großmann ran the gourmet restaurant "la vie" there, which was most recently awarded three Michelin stars. Since 2021, it has been used by the Leysieffer confectionery.
16. Nettebad
The Nettebad is a public swimming pool in the Sonnenhügel district of Osnabrück, Germany. It is a combination of sports and leisure pool as well as indoor and outdoor pool and has a sauna and spa area. The pool has over 700,000 visitors a year and is operated by Stadtwerke Osnabrück.
17. St. Katharinen
St. Catherine's Church, also known as the St. Katharinenkirche in German, is a late Gothic hall Evangelical church in the old town of Osnabrück, Germany. Its tower, which can be seen from afar and has shaped the cityscape for centuries, is 103 metres (338 ft) high.
18. Waterloo-Tor
Waterloo-Tor is a war memorial in Osnabrück, Germany, commemorating the Battle of Waterloo. Along with its surrounding area the Waterloo-Tor is usually referred to as “Heger Tor” by residents of Osnabrück; the name “Waterloo-Tor” is barely used by locals.
19. Wittekindsburg
The Wittekindsburg in the Nettetal near Rulle in the Osnabrück Uplands had an area of about 16 hectares and is considered the largest early medieval fortification (hilltop castle) in Lower Saxony. Today it consists only of a series of foundation walls.
20. Sundermannsteine
The Sundermann stones with the Sprockhoff no. 921 are a megalithic burial site of the Neolithic western group of the funnel beaker culture near Gretesch, a district of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony. It was built between 3500 and 2800 BC.
21. Gräberfeld auf dem Bornhügel
With over 300 cremations, the burial ground on the Bornhügel on the outskirts of Osnabrück-Gretesch in Lower Saxony is one of the largest in the Osnabrück region and has been known since the end of the 19th century.
22. Theater am Domhof
Theater Osnabrück is a German theatre in Osnabrück, Germany. It operates under the auspices of the Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück gGmbH. The primary performance venues are the Theater am Domhof and the emma-theater.
23. Akzisehaus
The Excise House is a building in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony in the immediate vicinity of the Heger Gate and the museum complex consisting of the Felix Nussbaum House and the Museum of Cultural History.
24. Museum Industriekultur Osnabrück
The Museum Industriekultur Osnabrück (MIK) is an industrial museum in Osnabrück with a focus on mining. It is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage in the Northwest and is under non-profit sponsorship.
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