{"id":10574,"date":"2018-01-02T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T11:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=10574"},"modified":"2022-06-28T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:31:56","slug":"32000-steps-through-osnabruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/lower-saxony\/osnabrueck\/32000-steps-through-osnabruck\/","title":{"rendered":"On the way through the old town of Osnabr\u00fcck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the 5th time I have been to a congress in Osnabr\u00fcck. So far, I have walked back and forth between the castle, various university buildings and some gymnasiums without paying much attention to the old town of Osnabr\u00fcck. But this time it was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This time I didn’t keep getting on buses to get from A to B, I walked. Always criss-crossing the old town of Osnabr\u00fcck. When I looked at my pedometer one evening, dead tired, I actually counted 32,000 steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One evening – I reached the hotel completely knackered – a look at my fitness tracker told me that I had done 32000 steps in one day. And what I discovered in Osnabr\u00fcck between three presentations and two workshops\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Town Hall of Osnabr\u00fcck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The late Gothic town hall was built in 1512. Back in the day, it was a modern building, meant to represent the political power and significance of Osnabr\u00fcck. The hip roof is 18 meters high and surrounded by 6 little towers. The front is decorated with little figurines. Two staircases lead up to the main portal from either side. It was here that the Peace of Westphalia was declared and the Thirty Year\u2019s War found its end. This peace treaty is regarded as the first step towards a united Europe. The Hall of Peace can be visited, it currently is home to the Golden Book of the City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of one of our workshops, we performed a dance in front of the town hall. Too bad, no one from inside the building applauded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I only noticed that in a few cities so far, but it is fascinating how many churches can be found in the city centre of Osnabr\u00fcck. I only took pictures of them in passing, the time I had was by no means enough to visit them all properly. The St. Petrus Cathedral was erected in the times of Charles the Great and remains the centre of the bishopric to this day. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Just next to the town hall is the gothic St. Mary church and only a few meters further down, a short walk on foot, you find the gothic St. Katharien church. Its tower is 103 high and rises above pretty much everything else in the Old Town. That came in handy for me and my bad sense of directions; the tower was a good way marker that guided me through the town. On my seven-leagues-boots day, I also passed the St. Johann church and another really gorgeous church next to the cathedral school. I am sure there are many more churches dotted around the city and I sincerely hope I get the opportunity to visit them on another occasion that isn\u2019t a congress visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n