Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Osnabrück, Germany

Works of art and monuments in Osnabrück perform panorama -free sculptures, objects and monuments in the Lower Saxony city of Osnabrück. The monuments that are reminiscent of a specific person or a certain event are mentioned as well as fountain systems, sculptures, memorial stones and plates in public space.

Wikipedia: Kunst im öffentlichen Raum in Osnabrück (DE)

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. It has been the seat of the administration of the University of Osnabrück since 1974. The building including the garden, the sculptures in the castle garden including the Lyra monument are listed as historical monuments.

Wikipedia: Schloss Osnabrück (DE), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Ledenhof (EN)

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.

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

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.

Wikipedia: Grüner Jäger (Osnabrück) (DE), Website

Adolf-Reichwein-Platz is located in Osnabrück's city centre. The square was named after the educator, SPD politician and resistance fighter Adolf Reichwein.

Wikipedia: Adolf-Reichwein-Platz (Osnabrück) (DE)

The building at Große Straße 43 in Osnabrück is a listed residential building. It is also called Haus Berghoff after its builder.

Wikipedia: Große Straße 43 (Osnabrück) (DE)

The Fountain of Wishes is a bronze sculpture of a urinating policeman in Osnabrück. He is often also called the Peeing Policeman or Osnabrück's Manneken Pis. The bronze figure stands in the city center in the river Hase at the Çanakkale Bridge, named after Osnabrück's twin city. Opposite on Schillerstraße is the Haarmannsbrunnen.

Wikipedia: Fountain of Wishes (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Haarmannsbrunnen (DE)

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a Roman Catholic church in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony).

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Osnabrück) (DE)

Stolpersteine in Osnabrück are special paving stones in the sidewalks that are intended to commemorate the victims of the National Socialist dictatorship in Osnabrück.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Osnabrück (DE)

The Hannoversche Bahnhof is the former main station of the city of Osnabrück. The station on today's Wittekindstraße went into operation with the Hanoverian Western Railway in the direction of Löhne on 22 November 1855. Until the closure of passenger services 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 line a few hundred metres east of Hanover station, the new Osnabrück main station was built there. Freight traffic was operated 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.

Wikipedia: Hannoverscher Bahnhof (Osnabrück) (DE)

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

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

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.

Wikipedia: Theater Osnabrück (EN), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Waterloo-Tor (EN)

The accoler is a building in the Lower Saxony city of Osnabrück in the immediate vicinity of the Heger goal and the museum complex from Felix-Nussbaum-Haus and cultural-historical museum.

Wikipedia: Akzisehaus (Osnabrück) (DE)

The Stüvehaus was built from 1862 to 1864 as a municipal hospital in Osnabrück, when the previous building on the Große Gildewart became too small. After today's Stadthaus 1 was built, the hospital moved into this building. The Stüvehaus was subsequently used in various ways and today houses the Osnabrück adult education centre and a Brazilian restaurant.

Wikipedia: Stüvehaus (DE)