Discover 15 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Oldenburg (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Schlossgarten Oldenburg, State Museum for Art and Cultural History, and Elisabeth-Anna-Palais. Also, be sure to include Schloss Oldenburg in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Oldenburg (Lower Saxony).
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Schlossgarten Oldenburg
Also known as: Schlossgarten
Park in Oldenburg, Germany. The Schlossgarten Oldenburg is a 16-hectare public park in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, northern Germany, located between the Eversten district and the city centre to the north. At the northwest end is a lake and Elisabeth-Anna-Palais and close to the northwest end is the Schloss Oldenburg.[1]
Address: Gartenstr. 37, Oldenburg
State Museum for Art and Cultural History
The State Museum for Art and Cultural History is an art museum consisting of three separate buildings located close to each other in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The three museum locations are:
- Schloss Oldenburg (decorative arts, regional history, some old master paintings)
- Augusteum (old master painting collection)
- Prinzenpalais (modern art collection)
The museum was established in 1919 after the abdication the previous year of Frederick Augustus II, the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg. The initial collection consisted of the former Grand Duke's picture gallery, a collection of antiquities, and the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts and the former National Picture Gallery.
The three buildings are all located close to the northeast corner of the Schlossgarten Oldenburg, now Oldenburg's main public park.[2]
Address: Damm 1, Oldenburg
Elisabeth-Anna-Palais
Building. The Elisabeth-Anna-Palais is a secular red-brick building in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, located at the northeast of the Schlossgarten Oldenburg, close to the Schloss Oldenburg.[3]
Address: 16 Schloßwall, Oldenburg
Schloss Oldenburg
Museum. Schloss Oldenburg is a schloss, or palace, in the city of Oldenburg in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the former residence of the counts, dukes and grand dukes of Oldenburg.
The building now houses part of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History, especially its decorative arts and local history exhibitions, as well as some old master paintings. Immediately outside the palace to the west and north is the Schlossplatz. Opposite it, to the north, is the Schlosshöfe shopping mall, opened in 2011. To the south are the Prinzenpalais and Augusteum, also part of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History. To the southwest is the Elisabeth-Anna-Palais, adjacent to the Schlossgarten Oldenburg, the main public park in Oldenburg.[4]
Address: Oldenburg Castle, 55430 Oldenburg
State Museum for Nature and Man
Also known as: Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch
Museum in Oldenburg, Germany. The State Museum for Nature and Man is a natural history, ethnology, and archaeology museum in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The museum was opened in 1836 as Oldenburg's first natural history museum by Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August. It moved to its current location in 1880. The museum presents collections of archaeology, ethnology, and natural museum, in permanent interdisciplinary exhibits, together with an aquarium. The building is southwest of the Schlossgarten Oldenburg. Further museums to the northwest include the Augusteum, the Prinzenpalais, and Schloss Oldenburg.[5]
Address: Damm 38-44, 26135 Oldenburg
St Lamberti Church
Also known as: Lambertikirche
Evangelical church in Oldenburg, Germany. St. Lambert's Church is the main Evangelical Lutheran church in the centre of the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.[6]
Address: Markt 17, 26122 Oldenburg
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
Theater in Oldenburg, Germany. The Oldenburgisches Staatstheater is a German theater in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony.[7]
Address: Oldenburg, venue: Theaterwall 19, office: Theaterwall 26, 26122 Oldenburg
Horst-Janssen-Museum
Museum in Oldenburg, Germany. Horst-Janssen-Museum is an art museum located in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is dedicated to the work of Horst Janssen, the draftsman, etcher, lithographer, wood engraver, poster artist and illustrator.
The Horst-Janssen-Museum was opened in 2000, showing 1,800 pieces from the collection of the couple Carin and Carl Vogel. In 1995, the Oldenburg entrepreneur Hüppe acquired the Janssen collection for 1.5 million DM. The various facets of Janssen's art are shown in a permanent exhibition. Changing exhibitions show works of artists that influenced Janssen, such as Goya, Rembrandt, and Egon Schiele. Additional drawings and prints from the collection can be viewed on request. A library contains 25,000 volumes, including publications of Janssen.
The Claus Hüppe Foundation awards at regular intervals the Horst Janssen Print Prize. It has been awarded to Katja Eckert (2003), Daniel Roth (2005) and Anna Lea Hucht (2008).
The museum shares its entrance with the co-located Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, which covers the history of Oldenburg.[8]
Address: Am Stadtmuseum 4-8, 26121 Oldenburg
Stadtmuseum Oldenburg
Museum in Oldenburg, Germany. The Stadtmuseum Oldenburg is a museum covering the history of the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.[9]
Address: Am Stadtmuseum 4-8, 26121 Oldenburg
Powder Tower
Also known as: Pulverturm
A powder tower, occasionally also powder house, was a building used by the military or by mining companies, frequently a tower, to store gunpowder or, later, explosives. They were common until the 20th century, but were increasingly succeeded by gunpowder magazines and ammunition depots. The explosion of a powder tower could be catastrophic as, for example, in the Delft Explosion of 1654.
Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following:
- Langer Turm, Aachen
- Pulvertürmchen in Aachen
- Pulverturm, Andernach
- Pulverturm, Anklam
- Pulverturm, Bad Bentheim
- Pulverturm, Bad Reichenhall
- Bremer Pulvertürme
- Pulverturm, Burghausen
- Malteserturm in Chur
- Knochenturm in Einbeck
- Pulverturm, Greiz
- Färberturm, Gunzenhausen
- Pulverturm, Hameln
- Pulverturm, Johanngeorgenstadt
- Pulverturm, Jena
- Pulverturm, Krems
- Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Pulverturm, Lindau
- Pulverturm Lingen, Ems
- Pulverturm, Linz am Rhein
- Pulverturm, Mainz
- Pulverturm, Memmingen
- Pulverturm, Merano
- Pulverturm, Meschede
- Pulverturm, Munich
- Buddenturm in Münster
- Pulverturm, Ochsenfurt
- Pulverturm, Oldenburg
- Powder Tower, Otjimbingwe, Namibia
- Powder Tower, Prague (Prašná brána)
- Pulverturm, Quedlinburg
- Pulverturm, Rheinberg
- Powder Tower, Riga (Pulvertornis)
- Pulverturm, Schlanders
- Pulverturm, Straubing
- Pulverturm, Templin
- Pulverturm, Vellberg
- Pulverturm, Wiedenbrück
- Pulverturm, Zofingen
- Pulverturm in Zwickau
The Pulverturm, Demmin, bears the name, but was probably not used for this purpose.[10]
Address: 3 Schloßwall, Oldenburg
Oldenburger Computer-Museum
Museum. The Oldenburg Computer Museum is a museum founded in 2008 in Oldenburg, Lower-Saxony, Germany that is dedicated to the preservation and operational presentation of the history of home computing.[11]
Address: Bahnhofsplatz 10, Oldenburg
Marschweg-Stadion
Stadium in Oldenburg, Germany. Marschweg-Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Oldenburg, Germany. It is used as the stadium of VfB Oldenburg matches. The capacity of the stadium is 15,000 spectators.[12]
Address: 25 Marschweg, 26122, Oldenburg, Oldenburg
City Hall
City government office in Oldenburg, Germany. The old Rathaus is the former town hall in the centre of the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
In 1635, a Renaissance-style town hall was built on this site by Count Anthony Günther. It was removed in 1886 and the present building was completed in 1888 with elements of the neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic styles. There is a German restaurant in the basement, the Ratskeller Oldenburg.
To the south is St Lamberti-Kirche and to the west is Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.[13]
Address: Markt 1, 26122 Oldenburg
Prinzenpalais
Museum in Oldenburg, Germany. The Prinzenpalais is a palace, now used as an art museum, in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The museum houses the modern art collection of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History.
The building dates from 1826 and is in the classical style. It was the residence of the Russian princes Alexander and Peter. Subsequently Grand Duke Niklaus Friedrich Peter occupied the building. In 2003, it became part of the State Museum of Art and Cultural History (with the Augusteum and Schloss Oldenburg) and is an art gallery. The museum concentrates on German artists, ranging from neoclassicism and Romanticism in the mid-19th century to the post-1945 era. The Prinzenpalais building is near the northeast corner of the Schlossgarten Oldenburg. The Augusteum, Elisabeth-Anna-Palais, and Schloss Oldenburg are all close to the museum.[14]
Address: 1 Damm, Oldenburg
Lappan
Tower in Oldenburg, Germany. Lappan is a historic bell tower in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The tower is the oldest scheduled landmark in Oldenburg. It is 35m high with a Renaissance dome and survived the fire of 1676 in Oldenburg. The tower once belonged to the Holy Spirit Hospital. In 1709, the previous shingle roof was replaced by a copper dome.[15]
Address: 3 Lange Straße, Oldenburg