Main sights Bielefeld



sparrenburg castle



old market place (alter markt)



the kesselbrink outside old town


the city theatre (stadttheater) part of same architectural ensemble old city hall, built in 1904. has notable jugendstil façade, bielefeld s largest theatre , home of bielefeld opera. theatre (theater alten markt) resides in former town hall building on old market square (alter markt), contains row of restored 16th , 17th-century townhouses noteworthy late gothic , weser renaissance style façades (bürgerhäuser alten markt).


the oldest city church altstädter nicolaikirche. gothic hall church height of 81.5 m (267 ft). founded in 1236 bishop of paderborn, , enlarged @ beginning of 14th century. church damaged in world war ii , later rebuilt. 3 times day, carillon can heard. valuable treasure of church carved altar antwerp, decorated 250 figures. small museum housed within illustrates history of church world war ii.


the largest church neustädter marienkirche, gothic hall church dating 1293, completed 1512. stands 78 m (256 ft) tall , has length of 52 m (171 ft). historically speaking, building considered precious possession of town. starting point of protestant reformation in bielefeld in 1553. valuable wing-altar 13 pictures, known marienaltar kept inside. baroque spires destroyed in world war ii , later replaced 2 unusually-shaped gothic clocktowers. altarpiece of bielefeld church neustädter marienkirche around 1400 among prominent masterpieces of artwork of german middle ages. 2 of altarpieces, flagellation , crucifixion in collection of metropolitan museum of art in new york.


bielefeld seat of 2 largest protestant social welfare establishments (diakonie) in europe, bethel institution , evangelisches johanneswerk.


other important cultural sights of region art museum (kunsthalle), rudolf oetker concert hall (rudolf-oetker-halle), , city s municipal botanical garden (the botanischer garten bielefeld). bielefeld home known bielefeld children s choir (bielefelder kinderchor), founded in 1932 , in postwar era famed recordings of traditional german christmas carols. particularly notable choir s annual christmas concert in rudolf oetker concert hall. foreign tours have taken choir many european countries, , u.s.a. , japan.


on hünenburg there observation tower, next 164 meters (538 feet) high radio tower.








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