Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bielefeld, Germany

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. The originally oldest town hall of the city on the Old Market was rebuilt after war damage in the 1950s and is now home to the theater on the Old Market.

Wikipedia: Altes Rathaus (Bielefeld) (DE)

The Leineweber Monument is one of the most important landmarks of the city of Bielefeld together with the Sparrenburg. It stands east of the Old Town Nicolai Church 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 16 July 1909 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the County of Ravensberg.

Wikipedia: Leineweberdenkmal (DE)

The Old Town Nicolai Church is the oldest church in the original city of Bielefeld. It is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran Old Town St. Nicholas Parish. The church is named after Nicholas of Myra. It is located in the Mitte district.

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The Süsterkirche of the former Augustinian convent of Mariental is today the parish church of the Protestant Reformed congregation in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld. It is located in the northern old town on Süsterplatz of the same name and thus in the Mitte district.

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Arne-Bernd Rhau is a German painter and sculptor.

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St. Jodokus is a Roman Catholic parish church and former Franciscan church in the centre of Bielefeld in the Mitte district. The late Gothic hall church with turret and the former convent buildings enclosing the cloister form an ensemble in Bielefeld's old town. The church and monastery building are plaster buildings with stone structure.

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

Wikipedia: Merkurbrunnen (Bielefeld) (DE)

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.

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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.

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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.

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

Wikipedia: Johannisberg (Teutoburger Wald) (DE)

The Botanischer Garten Bielefeld is a municipal botanical garden located beside the southeast edge of the Teutoburger Wald at Am Kahlenberg 16, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily without charge.

Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten Bielefeld (EN), Website