Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bochum, Germany

Westpark Bochum is the starting point for the urban development of the "Innenstadt West" in Bochum's city centre. The total area available for urban development is about 75 ha. The implementation of the measure began with the approximately 38-hectare park, the first construction phase of which was completed and opened in 1999. The centre of Westpark is now the Jahrhunderthalle, which has been converted into an event centre. The areas directly around the Jahrhunderthalle and some surrounding areas were successively brought into their final form during the event-free times of the RuhrTriennale until 2007. In 2009, the redesign was awarded the National Prize for Integrated Urban Development and Building Culture by the Federal Ministry of Transport.

Wikipedia: Westpark (Bochum) (DE)

The Jahrhunderthalle is an event hall in the Bochum district of Stahlhausen. The hall was built in 1902 by the Bochum Association for the Düsseldorf Industrial and Commercial Exhibition and was subsequently reused as a blower machine hall for the blast furnaces of the Bochum Association. It was expanded several times, and the name Jahrhunderthalle is now used for the entire building, which covers an area of 8,900 m².

Wikipedia: Jahrhunderthalle (Bochum) (DE), Website

The Christuskirche Bochum is a Protestant church in Bochum, which is also considered a memorial against the war. It is located in the immediate vicinity of Bochum's town hall. There are other churches with this name in Bochum, such as in the districts of Langendreer, Linden, Gerthe and Günnigfeld.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Bochum) (DE), Website

St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church in the city center of Bochum, Germany. It was built from 1891 to 1892 and belongs to the Diocese of Essen. The architect Hermann Wielers chose the neo-Romanesque style. Wielers also designed the nearby St. Vincent orphanage. It is now used by the Polish community. To the east of it is the Appolonia-Pfaus-Park.

Wikipedia: St. Joseph (Bochum) (DE), Heritage Website

The Jobsiade fountain is located on Husemannplatz in Bochum. The fountain was donated by Deutsche Bank and opened to the public in 1987. The artist Karl Ulrich Nuss refers to the exam scene of Carl Arnold Kortum's Jobsiade. The group of figures consists of five people: the self-confident but highly clueless theology student Jobs, three examiners and a night watchman. In 2013, the fountain was sprayed with white paint by vandals. In 2018, one of the bronze figures was sprayed with gold lacquer.

Wikipedia: Jobsiade-Brunnen (DE)

Terminal, or more precisely Terminal, is the title of a sculpture in public space by the artist Richard Serra, which was designed for documenta 6 in 1977. Its subsequent acquisition and installation in the city of Bochum was controversially discussed.

Wikipedia: Terminal (Skulptur) (DE)

The sculpture Mourning Mother is a sculpture in memory of the victims of the Second World War, created by the sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks.

Wikipedia: Trauernde Alte (DE)

The Protestant St. Paul's Church is a listed church building in Bochum-Mitte in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Pauluskirche Bochum (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Altes Brauhaus Rietkötter is the oldest surviving residential building in Bochum's city centre.

Wikipedia: Altes Brauhaus Rietkötter (DE), Heritage Website

The Catholic Provost's Church of St. Peter and Paul is the oldest and, until 1655, the only church in Bochum. It is one of the twelve oldest churches in Westphalia.

Wikipedia: Propsteikirche St. Peter und Paul (Bochum) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The new synagogue is the meeting and place of worship of the Jewish community of Bochum-Herne-Hattingen on Erich-Mendel-Platz in Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Wikipedia: Neue Synagoge Bochum (DE), Website

The Bochum Planetarium is one of the most visited star theatres in Europe. It is located near the Ruhr Stadium on the northeastern edge of the city center of Bochum in the Ruhr area. The planetarium was built in 1964 as the first German large planetarium of the post-war period. It is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: Zeiss Planetarium Bochum (DE), Website

The Lutheran Church is a listed church building in Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Bochum) (DE), Website

The Bochum City Park is the oldest municipal landscape garden in the Ruhr area after the Essen City Garden.

Wikipedia: Stadtpark Bochum (DE)