Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bielefeld, Germany

The Historical Museum of the City of Bielefeld shows the history of the city of Bielefeld and the East Westphalia-Lippe region with a focus on industrial history. It was opened in May 1994. The exhibition is housed in some halls of the former Ravensberg spinning mill, which immerses the visitor in the atmosphere of industrialization.

Wikipedia: Historisches Museum der Stadt Bielefeld (DE), Website

The Old Town Hall is the administrative headquarters built in 1904 in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld in the Mitte district. The city's oldest town hall on the Alter Markt was originally rebuilt after war damage in the 1950s, rebuilt in a heavily modified way and now houses the Theater am Alten Markt.

Wikipedia: Altes Rathaus (Bielefeld) (DE)

With the Sparragenburg, the Leineweber monument is one of the most important landmarks of the city of Bielefeld. It is located east of the old town Nicolaikirche in the Altstädter Kirchpark. It was created in 1909 by the sculptor Hans Perathoner, who had headed the sculpture class at the Bielefeld craftsman and arts and crafts school since 1907. Like the county monument in Jöllenbeck, it was inaugurated on July 16, 1909 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the county of Ravensberg.

Wikipedia: Leineweberdenkmal (DE)

The Old Town Nicolai Church is the oldest church in the original city of Bielefeld. It is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran Old Town St. Nicholas Parish. The church is named after Nicholas of Myra. It is located in the Mitte district.

Wikipedia: Altstädter Nicolaikirche (DE), Website

The Süsterkirche of the former Augustinian convent of Mariental is today the parish church of the Protestant Reformed congregation in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld. It is located in the northern old town on Süsterplatz of the same name and thus in the Mitte district.

Wikipedia: Süsterkirche (DE), Website

St. Jodokus is a Roman Catholic parish church and former Franciscan church in the centre of Bielefeld in the Mitte district. The late Gothic hall church with turret and the former convent buildings enclosing the cloister form an ensemble in Bielefeld's old town. The church and monastery building are plaster buildings with stone structure.

Wikipedia: St. Jodokus (Bielefeld) (DE)