The best city hikes and walks in Herberger Fuhrenkamp

The town hall is located on a large square in the heart of Quakenbrück. There are several restaurants and snack bars nearby.

This neoclassical building, dating from 1818, dominates the market square. The open staircase leading directly to the upper floor and the war memorial in front of the town hall are particularly worth seeing. https://artland-regional.de/altstadt-von-quakenbrueck/

The fountain with the figures of the two Quakenbrück originals "Kessen Ülk and Minchen" created by the Aachen artist Bonifatius Stirnberg welcomes you in Lange Straße. The two lived in the Quakenbrück poorhouse and earned their meager living by weaving baskets or as day laborers. Because of their "drinking passion," they were exposed to general ridicule, especially that of children, but they were simply part of the cityscape. https://www.artland.de/portal/seiten/poggenpad-900000243-31440.html

The view across the middle of the market square shows the Catholic St. Mary's Church with its asymmetrical layout. The 50 m high neo-Gothic brick tower was built in 1873. The church was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1945, the towers were preserved and had to be incorporated into the enlarged church building during reconstruction. Because of the medieval tower, the extension could only be done to the left, which is what caused the "tilt". Inside you can still find some parts of the earlier baroque furnishings, as well as modern works of art. https://www.artland.de/portal/seiten/poggenpad-900000243-31440.html

At the Europa fountain, the pavement goes up to the water basin and looks as if it had been pushed up by the water, the bull and Europa. The sculptures are carved and hammered from hard, non-weathering granite. The bull's horns are made of polished granite of a different color. The bull's head weighs around 10 tons. The sculptures were created in 1990 by the artist Franz Gutmann from Münstertal and have adorned the Quakenbrück market square ever since. https://www.erlebnisregion-artland.de/erleben/europabrunnen/

The market square, with the Europa fountain (the "Europe with the bull") created in 1990 as its center, is now the forum for numerous events, such as the weekly market every Friday. The paving symbolically contains the seven arms of the river Hase, which were crucial for the settlement of Quakenbrück. The rays run towards the fountain in the middle. From the market square we can see the three founding cells of the city. On the east side is the Catholic St. Mary's Church, on the left side of which the castle hill rises. The castle guards defended the city from this center. This was practiced with knightly games on today's market square. The castle tower from the 13th century (on the right behind the church), which was no longer used for defense, was the first church tower around 1700. On the other side is the mighty baroque spire of the Protestant St. Sylvester Church. The town hall represents the civic founding cell of the town. Only gradually were the citizens able to assert themselves against the noble castle guards and establish their own administration. The war memorial in front of the town hall commemorates a later time, namely the founding of the German Empire in 1871. https://www.artland.de/portal/seiten/poggenpad-900000243-31440.html

The Deichhase in Quakenbrück is a popular destination for hikes and walks. It offers quiet and scenic paths along the river Hase. The area is ideal for nature lovers and offers numerous opportunities to enjoy the beauty of the landscape. The Deichhase is also a popular place for anglers. Here you can catch various species of fish such as perch and roach. Good luck!

The old building of the Rats-Apotheke is worth seeing and is located at Langen Str. 29 in Quakenbrück. You can find more information here: https://www.rats-apotheke-quakenbrueck.de/unsere-apotheke/bildergalerie