Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Osnabrück, Germany
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4.2 km
44 m
Explore Osnabrück in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in OsnabrückSight 1: 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.
Sight 2: Dr. Ernst Jacobson
Stolpersteine in Osnabrück are special paving stones in the pavements that are intended to commemorate the victims of the National Socialist dictatorship in Osnabrück.
Sight 3: Herz-Jesu Kirche
The Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: 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.
Sight 6: Haus Berghoff
The Große Strasse 43 building in Osnabrück is a listed house. After its builder it is also called Haus Berghoff.
Sight 7: 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.
Sight 8: 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.
Sight 9: 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.
Sight 10: 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.
Sight 11: 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.
Sight 12: Grüner Jäger
The Grüner Jäger is one of the oldest pubs in Osnabrück. In addition, the oldest regulars' table in Germany has been meeting there since 1894.
Sight 13: Adolf-Reichwein-Platz
Adolf-Reichwein-Platz is located in the city centre of Osnabrück. The square was named after the pedagogue, SPD politician and resistance fighter Adolf Reichwein.
Sight 14: 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.
Sight 15: 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.
Sight 16: Lyra-Denkmal
Works of Art and Monuments in Osnabrück lists panorama-free sculptures, objects and monuments in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony. These include monuments that commemorate a specific person or event, as well as fountains, sculptures, memorial stones and plaques in public spaces.
Sight 17: Die Probebühne
The Commandery Church in Osnabrück, also known as the Kommendekirche St. Georg, is a former church in Osnabrück's Neustadt district. Today, the listed building is used by an amateur theatre.
Sight 18: Ehemalige Abluftsäule der Toilettenanlage
The exhaust air column is a listed building in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany. It ventilates an underground toilet facility.
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