Discover 5 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Vechta (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Zitadelle, Jewish graveyard, and Amtsgericht Vechta. Also, be sure to include VSL Vechta e.V. in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Vechta (Lower Saxony).
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Zitadelle
Zitadelle Vechta was a citadel built in the city of Vechta from 1666 and looped in 1769. In the 1990s, the former fortifications were partially reconstructed and now form the site of the Citadel Park with various cultural facilities, such as the Museum im Zeughaus and the Castrum Vechtense.
Jewish graveyard
The Jewish Cemetery Vechta is a historic Jewish cemetery in the Lower Saxon district town of Vechta. It is the only Jewish cemetery in the county of Vechta.
The cemetery, where 26 gravestones are located, is situated at the Visbeker Damm. The cemetery was probably established in the 18th century, it was first mentioned in 1809/10 on a map entry as "Juden-Kirchhof". The first recorded burial took place in 1835, the last in 1936. The oldest preserved gravestone dates from 1837.
On the occasion of the November pogroms in 1938 it was vandalized; gravestones were overturned and the hedge was destroyed.
In 1948, the cemetery was restored by order of the military government. Women from the prison in Vechta were also used for this.
In 1952 the cemetery was handed over to the Jewish Trust Corporation. In 1960, it passed to the Landesverband der Jüdischen Gemeinden von Niedersachsen, which still looks after it today.
Amtsgericht Vechta
The Vechta Local Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of eleven local courts in the district of the Oldenburg Regional Court.
The seat of the court is Vechta in Lower Saxony, the judicial district covers the entire county of Vechta. Superior to the District Court of Vechta is the Regional Court of Oldenburg, the competent Higher Regional Court is the Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg.
The main building was erected in 1954 and enlarged by an extension in 1977. The narrowly spaced row of windows on the longitudinal front follows models from the garden city movement of the 1920s. Under the ridge of the roof on the front side facing north is a 2-meter-high sandstone relief Jüngling mit Lanze und Taube (Young Man with Lance and Dove), created in 1955 by the Oldenburg artist Marie-Luise Ahlhorn-Packenius. In front of the main entrance, a bronze sculpture Der Ritt gegen das Vorurteil (The Ride Against Prejudice) by Peter Lehmann from Bissel was erected in 1993.
The court is located on a plot of land where the garden island of Vechta Castle was located in the Middle Ages and early modern times. After the castle was abandoned at the end of the 17th century, the land was used as the garden of the Franciscan monastery, and then as part of the walled area of the correctional facility.
Address: 8 Bürgermeister-Möller -Platz, Vechta
VSL Vechta e.V.
Address: Falkenrotter Straße 31A, Vechta
Universität Vechta
University in Vechta, Germany. University of Vechta is a small research university in northwestern Germany, in the town of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Its study programmes concentrate on teacher training, social sciences, social work, philosophy, and gerontology.[1]
Address: Driverstraße 22, Vechta