Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Oberhausen, Germany

The Oberhausen water tower is a water tower on Mülheimer Straße 1 in Oberhausen. It was built in 1897 by the Guthoffnungshütte (GHH) with bricks because the GHH needed a replacement for its torn water towers on the upper market road. The water was pumped over three pressure strands in the approx. 50 m high tower and there was saved in a high tank of the Intze design with 1000 m³ capacity. In 1947 the damage to the Second World War was remedied. In 1965, the water tower operated by the Hüttenwerke Oberhausen Aktiengesellschaft (HOAG) or Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft (RWW) and has been a listed building since March 13, 1985. Today it is used by a surveying office as a living or work space.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm Oberhausen (DE)

Oberhausen Castle is a neoclassical palace complex in the Alt-Oberhausen-Mitte district of Oberhausen, Germany. The property gave its name to the railway station built nearby in 1846 and opened in 1847 and thus to the later city of Oberhausen.

Wikipedia: Schloss Oberhausen (DE)

Slinky springs to fame is the name of a pedestrian bridge over the Rhine-Herne Canal at canal kilometre 8.596, which connects the Kaisergarten in Oberhausen with the opposite sports park on Lindnerstraße and the adjacent landscape area of the Emscher.

Wikipedia: Slinky springs to fame (DE)

The Gasometer Oberhausen is a former gas holder in Oberhausen, Germany, which has been converted into an exhibition space. It has hosted several large scale exhibitions, including two by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gasometer is an industrial landmark, and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and the Industrial Heritage Trail. It was built in the 1920s, and reconstructed after World War II.

Wikipedia: Gasometer Oberhausen (EN), Website

The former main warehouse of the Gutehoffnungshütte in Oberhausen was built between 1921 and 1925 on Essener Strasse according to a design by the architect Peter Behrens. Today, it serves as the central depot of the LVR Industrial Museum. Under the new name Peter-Behrens-Bau, exhibitions and depot tours take place there.

Wikipedia: Hauptlagerhaus der Gutehoffnungshütte (DE)

Metronom Theater is a theatre in Oberhausen, Germany.

Wikipedia: Metronom Theater (EN)

The Vondern wasteland is today's brownfield site on the site of the former Vondern colliery. It is used as a local recreation area, art installation and connection space. It is part of the Emscher Landscape Park and is a stop on the Route of Industrial Heritage.

Wikipedia: Brache Vondern (DE)

Vondern Castle is located in the district of Vonderort in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Oberhausen. It was a fief of the Counts and Dukes of Cleves and was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century. Now owned by the city of Oberhausen, since 1982 the Förderkreis Burg Vondern e.V. has been taking care of the preservation of the historic buildings, which were placed under monument protection in 1987.

Wikipedia: Burg Vondern (DE), Website