Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Osnabrück, Germany

The Botanic Garden of Osnabrück is an institution of Osnabrück University. It is located in the Westerberg area of the city in a former Muschelkalk quarry, Muschelkalk (“mussel-chalk”) being a shell-bearing limestone of Triassic age typical of Central and Western Europe. The Botanic Garden is part of the University’s Faculty of Biology and Chemistry and was established in 1984. Main tasks of the Garden are education and research, as well as public relations.

Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten der Universität Osnabrück (EN)

The Bürgergehorsam is a historic fortified tower in Osnabrück, Germany.

Wikipedia: Bürgergehorsam (Osnabrück) (DE)

The Bucksturm is a listed historical structure in Osnabrück, Germany.

Wikipedia: Bucksturm (EN)

St. Marien is a Lutheran parish and market church in Osnabrück, Germany. It is one of the most artistically and historically significant buildings in the North German city. A previous Romanesque church was mentioned in records as early as 1177. However, the history of the church's construction began some time before it was first mentioned in writing. Archaeological traces suggest the existence of a predecessor building in the 10th century. Construction of the Gothic hall church which exists today started in the 13th century and was completed between 1430 and 1440.

Wikipedia: St. Mary's Church, Osnabrück (EN)

The Lion Poodle is a statue in front of St. Peter's Cathedral in the city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. It depicts a lion sitting on a man-sized pedestal that resembles a poodle. Severely damaged by the weather, a replica created by the sculptor Lukas Memken (1860–1934) has stood on the pedestal since 1925. The former stone is in the city's cultural history museum, although this was probably not the original either.

Wikipedia: Löwenpudel (DE)

St. Peter's Cathedral in Osnabrück, Germany is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück. The cathedral is a late Romanesque building and dominates the city's skyline.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Cathedral, Osnabrück (EN), Heritage Website

The Hexengang or Klapperhagen is a narrow alley at the cathedral in Osnabrück, Germany. It leads from the Great Cathedral Freedom between the Small Church and the Cathedral. On the last stretch towards the Hase, there is a building above the alley, so that it ends from a small portal on the street Conrad-Bäumer-Weg. Due to the high walls that surround the alley, the corridor looks very dark and oppressive.

Wikipedia: Hexengang (Osnabrück) (DE)

The Ebert-Erzberger-Rathenau Memorial is a memorial designed by Justus Haarmann in the city of Osnabrück, Germany. It was erected in honour of the leading politicians of the Weimar Republic, Friedrich Ebert, Matthias Erzberger and Walther Rathenau of the Osnabrück chapter of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. The memorial, located between today's Erich-Maria-Remarque-Ring and Herrenteichswall, is a newly built copy of the original memorial, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1933.

Wikipedia: Ebert-Erzberger-Rathenau-Mahnmal (DE)

Time is turning is a 65 tons heavy and five metre high artwork by Hans-Jürgen Breuste. He created it in 1991 from large-engine crankshafts and solid steel beams before it was installed in the Gerberhof in Osnabrück in 1992. The title of the work of art is intended to indicate the transformation of the city after the decommissioning of the steel works in 1989, where many jobs in the city were lost. Although the city has changed to a modern service centre, it is still strongly industrial.

Wikipedia: Time is turning (DE)

The Gertrudenberger Loch, also known as the Gertrudenberg Caves, is a former underground limestone quarry located in the Sonnenhügel district of Osnabrück under the Gertrudenberg, which is registered as a cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Gertrudenberger Höhlen (DE), Website