Places of Interest
Bad Oeynhausen – worth seeing and refreshing.
Experience a modern spa town with plenty of tradition. In and around the spa gardens, right next to our hotel, the historic buildings of the royal spa culture and the stylish houses of the bourgeoisie of the royal and imperial eras still remain.
“Royal Bad Oeynhausen”, so named by Friedrich Wilhelm IV in 1848, is still shaping the public realm of the city to these days. Up to 2004 Bad Oeynhausen was the only state spa of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Today the city is considered an “architectural museum” of the 19th century.
There is much to be discovered:
Spa gardens:
Aerial photograph of the spa gardens
One of the last remaining nearly original parks of famous garden artist and landscape planner Peter Josef Lenné with its historic buildings
www.badoeynhausen.de – Kurpark
Bali Therme:
Sauna garden
Bali Therme
Spacious water world with hot-spring water, sauna landscape, and various health and recreation offerings
Jordan Spring:
The largest carbonated hot spring worldwide
Thorn House:
The 70m long complex includes the thorn house path, and the Bülow Source technical museum.
Aqua Magica:
Park of the Magic Waters featuring a giant water crater. Venue of the Poetic Sources (literature festival) and home to North Rhine-Westphalia’s largest high climbing garden
Kaiserpalais:
Kaiserpalais
GOP vaudeville show
The former spa hotel, now housing the GOP vaudeville show as well as different restaurants and a discoteque
Playhouse:
Theater im Park
The historic playhouse in the spa gardens
www.badoeynhausen.de – Theater im Park
Museums:
Museum of Fairy Tales
Museum of German fairy tales and legends of the river Weser, Open Air Museum with Museum of Local History
www.badoeynhausen.de – Märchenmuseum
Shopping:
The inner city has various smaller shops and boutiques. For serious shoppers the “Werrepark” shopping centre with its more than 80 shops and boutiques is only minutes away.
Casino:
Whether Roulette, Black Jack or slot machines, here gamblers find what their hearts desire
Surrounding area
Bad Oeynhausen is situated in the middle of the Weser Hills between the Teutoburg Forest and the Wiehen Range. There are excellently maintained cycle paths and hiking trails and the German Mills Trail as well as numerous worthwhile venues:
- Prussian Museum at Minden
- Mining Museum at Kleinenbremen
- Emperor William Monument at Barkhausen
- Hermann Monument at Detmold
- Externsteine at Horn-Bad Meinberg
- Varus Battle site at Bad Essen
- Tobacco Museum at Bünde
- MARTa Museum by Frank O’Gehry at Herford
- and many more
We would be glad to help with planning your day trips.