Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bielefeld, Germany

St. Paul's Church in the Mitte district of Bielefeld is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church. It is located in the northeastern part of the city centre on Paulusstraße and August-Bebel-Straße in the Mitte district.

Wikipedia: Pauluskirche (Bielefeld) (DE), Website

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 of the 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 in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld in the middle district of Mitte is commonly referred to in the administrative seat built in 1904. After war damage in the 1950s, the originally oldest town hall of the city on the Old Market was rebuilt after war damage and now houses the theater on the market.

Wikipedia: Altes Rathaus (Bielefeld) (DE)

Together with the Sparrenburg, the Leineweber monument is one of the most important landmarks of the city of Bielefeld. It is located east of the Old Town Church of St. Nicholas in the Old Town Church Park. It was created in 1909 by the sculptor Hans Perathoner, who had been leading the sculpture class at the Bielefeld School of Crafts and Arts and Crafts since 1907. Like the county monument in Jöllenbeck, it was inaugurated on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the county of Ravensberg on 16 July 1909.

Wikipedia: Leineweberdenkmal (DE)

The Old Town St. Nicholas Church is the oldest church in the original city of Bielefeld. It is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran Old Town Nicolai 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 Mariental is today the parish church of the Evangelical Reformed congregation in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld. It is located in the northern part of the old town on Süsterplatz of the same name and thus in the Mitte district.

Wikipedia: Süsterkirche (DE), Website

Arne-Bernd Rhaue is a German painter and sculptor.

Wikipedia: Arne-Bernd Rhaue (DE)

St. Jodokus is a Roman Catholic parish church and former Franciscan church in the center of Bielefeld in the Mitte district. The late Gothic hall church with a roof rider and the former convent buildings surrounding the cloister form an ensemble in the old town of Bielefeld. The church and monastery buildings are cleaning buildings with workstone structure.

Wikipedia: St. Jodokus (Bielefeld) (DE)

The Merkur Fountain in Bielefeld is the work of Herbert Volwahsen. The 5.50 m long stone bowl was erected in 1963 in front of the Bankhaus Lampe on the Alter Markt in Bielefeld as the final point of the reconstruction after the Second World War. Designed in the style of the 1960s, the fountain soon became a landmark of the city. On a bronze semicircle, resembling a globe, the 2.70 m tall Mercury floats in a moving pose, holding his staff in his right hand. On the helmet and on the sandals, only briefly hinted at, the small wings are recognizable. The clouds above which the Greek god floats are symbolized by small fountains of water.

Wikipedia: Merkurbrunnen (Bielefeld) (DE)

The German Fan Museum is a museum of decorative arts in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The corresponding foundation was established in 1994 by Marie-Luise and Günter Barisch. The museum was opened in 1995. It is unique in its kind in Germany and one of only three museums of its kind in the world. It is located in the old town of Bielefeld in the street Am Bach.

Wikipedia: Deutsches Fächer Museum – Barisch Stiftung (DE), Website

An ego monument is a sculpture that was first erected in the city of Frankfurt am Main. Since March 24, 2005, the work of the artist Hans Traxler in collaboration with the stonemason Reiner Uhl has been on display in the Oberrad district, on the banks of the Main between Rudererdorf and Gerbermühle in Frankfurt's green belt.

Wikipedia: Ich-Denkmal (DE)

The Evangelical Lutheran Neustädter Marienkirche is the largest church in Bielefeld. The church built in the Gothic style from 1293 is a formative element of the Bielefeld cityscape and is located in the Mitte district.

Wikipedia: Neustädter Marienkirche (DE), Website

The Natural History Museum in Bielefeld is a natural history museum in the city of Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2003, it was given the additional name namu, which stands for the German words Natur (nature), Mensch (man), and Umwelt (environment). The exhibitions take place in the Spiegelshof, a historical building from the 14th century.

Wikipedia: Natural History Museum, Bielefeld (EN), Website

The Spiegelshof is a monument in the city of Bielefeld in the East Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. The name Spiegel'scher Hof is also common.

Wikipedia: Spiegelshof (DE)

Sparrenberg Castle, also known as the Sparrenburg, is a restored fortress in the Bielefeld-Mitte district of Bielefeld, Germany. It is situated on the Sparrenberg hill in the Teutoburg Forest and towers 60 metres (200 ft) above the city centre. Its current appearance mainly originated in the 16th and 19th century. The Sparrenburg is considered to be Bielefeld's landmark.

Wikipedia: Sparrenberg Castle (EN), Website

The Kunsthalle Bielefeld is a modern and contemporary art museum in Bielefeld, Germany. It was designed by Philip Johnson in 1968, and paid for by the businessman and art patron Rudolf August Oetker.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Bielefeld (EN), Website

The Johannisberg is a 200 m high part of the northern ridge of the Teutoburg Forest in Bielefeld. Together with the Sparrenberg on the opposite side, which carries the Sparrenburg, it borders the northeast end of the Bielefeld Pass. The section of the ridge between the Bielefeld Pass and the incision of the Johannesbach, which is barely over 4 km long, is not very indented. The Johannisberg is joined by the 226 m high Ochsenberg with the Ochsenheide, followed by the 209 m high Stecklenbrink.

Wikipedia: Johannisberg (Teutoburger Wald) (DE)