Qué ver en Bochum

Moated castle on the banks of the Ruhr. Today's building was established in Renaissance style in the 17th century on the walls of a former medival castle. Haus Kemnade is a popular destination. It houeses the collection Grumbt (a collection of musical instruments), the Ostasiatika collection and the "Trasure Room Kemnade", a collection around money arranged by the penny bank Bochum.…

Inside Westpark. Build 1902 built for the trade-fair in Düsseldorfer and later used as a machinery hall of the steel-plant Bochumer Vereins. Notable is the filigree construction of the bearing. The hall was reconstructed to an unusual stage for theatre and show events.…

Buildings in Park of "Haus Weitmar" in Bochum with a permanent exebition important Arts of presence. Arts of Gianni Colombo, Dan Flavin, Gotthard Graupner, Norbert Kricke, Lee Ufan, François Morellet, Maria Nordman, David Rabinowitch, Arnulf Rainer, Dirk Reinartz, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Jan J.…

Situated on municipal area of Hattingen is owned by Bochum. Here in 1324 Earl Engelbert II granted town privileges to Bochum. Only the main tower is left and some walls. Within the walls there is an pub. From top of the tower you have an excellt view onto the valley of Ruhr and onto the historic chapel of Stiepel.

A first hall-type church is dated to 1008. Between 1130 and 1170 it was replaced by a romansch basilica and extended in the 15th century. Worth seeing are the wall paintings inside and the historic graveyard. Address: Brockhauser Straße 72a, 44797 Bochum, tel: 0234 791337

At Querenburger Straße next hand to school-center. It is a former quarry which had been extended with pathes and information boards. Excellent suitable for a little walk and if you want with some information about the geological structure of Bochum.

Modern art meets classic art. Focus of the collection is the portrait-ensemble of Greek and Roman emperors made by marble and bronze and the collection of antique Greek vases of the 9th to 4th century B.C.Address: Universitätsstraße 150

In the former apartment and studio of the painter Hans-Jürgen Schlieker parts of his lifework are presented in form of changing exebitions. Schlieker (1924-2004) is amoungh the few important German informal painters.

The Monastery in Bochum-Stiepel was built in 1988 and is under supervision of the Abot of Heiligenkreuz in Austria. An Event is the claustal Christmas market where they sell artworks from Senegal.

At Witten. It offers many relicts from the beginning of the mining period: mouth of galleries, machines, models of old mines. It is very impressive seeing it.

Situated inside the municipal park, is quit small. Worth seeing is the aquarium and fossil house. The entrance is situated at Bergstraße.

Focus of the collection is Middle-European and East-European Avant-Garde, German Expressionism, Surrealism, Informal and Cobra.

Shown are esthetic made japonese belt-buckles, exposes of the seven Japonese fortune-lords and a lot of other objects.

Karl-Lange-Str. 17, Declaration: Hans Dahr Fon.: 0234 284199 or Dieter Nowoczyn Fon.: 0234 260680, admission free

One of the leading of its kind worldwide. Whatever you want to know about mining, here you can experience it.

Considerable collection of music instruments and the collection of clarintes of Johan van Kalker.

The only one in south Chinese stile in Germany. Entry admission free.

In the Malokos-Tower of former Mine Julius-Philipp from 1875.

Recommended sites of the industrial heritage

For lovers of old steam engines