Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Osnabrück, Germany

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)

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.

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The Cathedral Treasury and Diocesan Museum is the museum of the Diocese of Osnabrück. The museum is located right next to St. Peter's Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Domschatz- und Diözesanmuseum (Osnabrück) (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. It leads from the Große Domsfreiheit 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 Conrad-Bäumer-Weg road. Due to the high walls that surround the alley, the corridor seems very dark and oppressive.

Wikipedia: Hexengang (Osnabrück) (DE)

The Episcopal Chancellery is a listed building in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony). The building, which was built between 1782 and 1785, ushered in the architectural style of classicism in Osnabrück. It was the seat of the chancellery – the government – in the Bishopric of Osnabrück. After the end of the Bishopric in 1802, it served as a state and judicial chancellery until the Diocese of Osnabrück bought back the building in 1896. The headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück has its headquarters there.

Wikipedia: Bischöfliche Kanzlei (DE)

The Lion Poodle is a statue in front of St. Peter's Cathedral in the Lower Saxony city of Osnabrück. It shows a lion sitting on a pedestal the size of a man, which looks like 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. 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)

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)

Haus Tenge is a listed classicist residential and commercial building with stonework in Osnabrück (Lower Saxony). Steel entrepreneur Jürgen Großmann ran the gourmet restaurant "la vie" there until 2018, which was most recently awarded three Guide Michelin stars. Since 2021, it has been used by the Leysieffer confectionery.

Wikipedia: Haus Tenge (DE)

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.

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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 Osnabrück Bergkirche is located in the Westerberg district. It was consecrated in 1893 as the first Protestant Reformed church in Osnabrück.

Wikipedia: Bergkirche (Osnabrück) (DE), Website

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)

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

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The Bürgergehorsam is a historic fortified tower in Osnabrück.

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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)

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 Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross is located in Schinkel, a district of the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Osnabrück.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Osnabrück-Schinkel) (DE)