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Gastronomy Accomodation Town of Information Technology Living Steinhuder Meer Trips Events Pizzeria Buena Vista Stadt Obernkirchen Bornemann was founded in 1853 and has been Obernkirchen is an ideal place for young and Nearby various attractions are calling, only a You can find a list of restaurants and possibilities of accommodation on the Markt 4 working on the construction and building of old! It is particularly suitable as a place of small number of which can be introduced here: pump systems for 75 years. The development residence for families because there are not The Erlebniswelt Steinzeichen (Images of Stone homepage www.obernkirchern-info.de 31683 Obernkirchen of the twin screw pumps, the technique of only five kindergartens, four schools, a crawling Adventure Park), an extensive Expo project, or you can just ask us! +49 5724 – 3 95 24 multi phase pumps basing on them and the group (U3), an agency for children‘s care which is completely dedicated to stone. Here (Adresses see under „Information”.) In the middle of the region of possibilities of using them in various industries Kindergarten Kammweg (KIBA),but several playgrounds, too. At close the visitor does not only enjoy the unique view At the foot of the Bückeberg-mountain Obernkrchen guarantees the group a global leading position. range there are secondary schools in Bückeburg of the - and Wiehen Mountains, but will Zur Linde - Vehlen Friedrich-Ebert Strasse 14 Container glass has been produced in Obern- (7 km) and (8 km), the vocational also be informed in various ways and invited to kirchen since 1799. On the basis of having and special high schools in Stadthagen and go exploring on his own. In Bückeburg the fa- 31683 Obernkirchen produced glass for more than 200 years the (11 km), the college in (20 km) Images of Stone Adventure mous castle, the baroque town church and the +49 5724 – 9 71 60 00 Heye group has become a synonym for contai- and the university in Hannover (50 km, DB). Park Steinbergen helicopter museum which is unique in Europe Specialities from Obernkirchen [email protected] ner glass technology of highest standard, for Three hospitals in Schaumburg and the Medizi- are particulary worth seeing. up-to-date production plants for glass, machi- nische Hochschule (University for International www.obernkirchen-info.de Bornemann playground The pittoresque centre of Rinteln with its nes, forms, equipment and for an attractive Medicine) Hannover (60 km, DB) are providing numerous half-timbered houses is interesting Meierhöfer Bier (beer) www.obernkirchen.de supply programme which is in line with market medical treatment. to go for a stroll. In the Eulenburg Museum Restaurant Am Sonnenbrink smallest brewery in Points of information at the post-office requirements. Even in the sixties of the last Good traffic links are made sure by the speed- interested visitors get special information about Art Culture History and the access roads century Heye developed light glass technology bus to Stadthagen (DB) and Rinteln (Eurobahn), the region by changing exhibitions. and succeeded in reducing the weight of glass the S-Bahn from Kirchhorsten (5km) to Hanno- At the Steinhuder Meer water sports, fun of Steinhuder Meer packaging considerably, still sustaining absolute ver and Minden as well as by Airport Hannover Castle Bückeburg swimming and experience of nature can be suitability in everyday life. Since then Heye has (55km,DB) and the federal highway link BAB combined in an ideal way. Hannover been able to reduce partly more than 40% of A2 (4km, AS ). In Obernkirchen you In a word: You will not be bored in Schaum- Chinese Restaurant Tai-Ping Bread baked in the convent weight in almost all product groups in their remain staying in the centre of life, in town, in burg! of Obernkirchen according own works. Today far more than 80% of their Primary School Kammweg the society even as a senior person. Here senior to a recipe dating from 1759 own production consists of light glass. Nowa- citizens are in good keeping by living alone with Stadthagen (Symposium of Sculptures 2006, 2009,...), Sports Technology Events Minden B 65 days Heye light glass technologies are spread the possibility of being looked after or staying (24-hour swimming), Beachvolleyball- und worldwide by licence awards. in old people‘s homes (Sonnenhof, Bergfrieden, Pétanquetournaments, Ice betting, October It is possible to make an appointment for gui- Sonnengarten, Stift), by a Reformhaus (speciali- festival, shooting competition and harvest festi- Obernkirchen Heye Top Production Machine ded tours watching container glass production zed on healthy food)‚ chemist‘s shops, doctors vals , Meierhöfer Hoffete (farm party), museum We have to offer even more: Bückeburg Bückeberg A 2 (tel. 05724-260). and services for nursing. A weekly market, libra- festival, Barbarossa Fair and Advent Market - guided tours referring to each Mining- and Town Museum ry, museum, churches, cultural life and walks in Rinteln at the Church Square a charming nature are completing the activities Glasworks Gernheim You can find the dates of the events on the Obernkirchen aspect not only for seniors. homepage www.obernkirchen-info.de or you - exhibitions Cafe am Sonnengarten Nature Sandstone Sights Weser can just ask us! - seminars and meeting places for conferences (Adresses see under “Information”.) Places of interest Hameln

Editorial team Imprint Sonnengarten Liselotte Dehler-Schmahl Total production: (living alone with the possibi- lity of being looked after) Angela Stiepermann lithosphäre, Oliver Krömer Trade Exhibitions Maren Gärtner Farm Cafe Eggelmann Liethhall Gastronomy Accomodation History Art Culture Nature Sports Sandstone from Obernkirchen well – known – famous - in- Personalities Friederike von Hannover

Obernkirchen belongs to one of the Furthermore the Count leased the profitable Obernkirchen is situated high above the region About 140 million years ago there was a richly Inventors and war heroes, star architects, Friedrich Hofmeister, son of a miner, was born oldest settlements of our region-,existing quarries on top of the Bückeberg to Obern- of Schaumburg at the foot of the Bückeberg. structured landscape where our town is sprea- communist ministers, court sculptors, future at the church square in 1869 and advanced to as a small village in shadow of the old kirchen stone masons. So they made a profit It got its name from the beech (Buche) and ding today. The waves of the ocean brought queens, legendary murderers, an emperor‘s a Düsseldorf star architect. He planned concert Saxon tribal fortress “Castrum Buccaburg” of the constructing boom in renaissance time. this splendid tree is typical for our forest even immense masses of sand to the shoreland, daughter, founders of companies, record mil- palaces, department stores, public administ- long before towns like Stadthagen or Sculpture Symposium Meanwhile even coalmining was making a today. and so in the layers left there was created a lionaires and authors. People having been at ration buildings but also functional workers‘ Rinteln were founded. It had already been good profit. The crowning of this story of On your way through the woods you are invi- material that is filling builders, masons and home in Obernkirchen are as facetted as the homes in cooperative buildings. mentioned in the imperial annals of success was the bestowal of town character ted to explore secluded springs, brooks and sculptors with enthusiasm: sandstone from town is. August Oetker, son of a baker, was born at the Charles The Great. When Bishop by count Ernst in 1608. ponds, enchanted ravines or wide views. Obernkirchen! Again and again prints of living The countrywomen`s school which was acco- Obernkirchen market place in 1864. He did not Trails Werner of Minden founded a monastery This short heyday was abruptly ended by the You will find relaxation and quietness in this organisms like mussels, tortoises, crocodiles, Obernkirchener Märchensänger modated in the convent had a number of illus- only invent the beneficial baking powder. As at that place in 1167 the castle had already Thirty Years´ War. The town lost half its unspoilt nature where also rare species like the Gate of Batavia fish and enormous dinosaurs with three toes Fairytale Singers trious pupils: two daughters of Kaiser Wilhelm, a pioneer of brand advertisements he knew Castrum Buccaburg been destroyed. The site of the monastery population by the black plague epidemic in muffle, the black woodpecker or the fire sala- have been found in the large blocks of stone the granddaughter of Richard Wagner or Frie- how important it was to recognize his products and the church at the foot of the Bücke- 1626 and by emigration. The following divisi- mander are feeling at home. which were already quarried in the Middle derike von Hannover, later Queen of Greece. and so he laid the foundations for today‘s food berg mountain and the spiritual function on of the county made Obernkirchen a Hessi- Do you like it sporty ? Ages. The sandstone from Obernkirchen is light Reinhard Scheer was born in the school buil- Friedrich Hofmeister company. Each child knows the trademark “Ein as a superior church can be recognized in the an town for a period of 300 years. Ramblers, bikers, joggers, walkers and horse- and especially fine-grained, so it can easily be ding at the church square in 1863 as a son of heller Kopf” (“A bright head”) and the legen- name “Overenkerken” (upper church). The second heyday of Obernkirchen started Beachvolleyball riders are sharing the main trails in the Bücke- carved. This Wealden sandstone is resistant to the headmaster. In history books he made a dary slogan “Man nehme Dr.Oetker” (“Take In 1181 the German emperor Frederick I “Bar- only at the beginning of industrialisation. The berg in a very harmonic way, even rolling skiers damaging pollution. name for himself as an admiral and hero of the Dr.Oetker‘s). In the fifties the children‘ choir barossa” bestowed market Brockmann garden glassworks, founded shortly before, were and skaters are enjoying themselves. Sports ? The stone was shipped on the Weser River to sea battle at the Skaggerak in 1916. “Obernkirchener Märchensänger” (“0. Fairytale rights – the annual Barbarossa-fair re- successful, so was the mining industry. Obern- Yes please! Victory column in Berlin Bremen and from there transported all over the Legends are twining around Johann Heinrich Singers”) had a great record success:“Mein Va- minds of that fact. For centuries the kirchen became the industrial heart of the re- There is hardly any kind of sports that is not world (“Bremer Sandstein“). The number of Seidenfaden‘s lifestory. The man from Obern- ter war ein Wandersmann”. With this “Happy citizens had been well off because of their gion of Schaumburg. The royal court, the ad- done in Obernkirchen: golf, tennis, soccer, famous buildings made of Obernkirchen sands- kirchen, having been sentenced to death be- Wanderer” they went on wildly acclaimed tours dependency on the convent. Pilgrimages ministration of the general mining authority, handball, volleyball, cycling, shooting, the tone is large - in Europe as well as overseas. cause of murder, managed to escape shortly to England and America being ambassadors of to the miracle-working statue of Mary brought the preschool for mining, a countrywomen’s tranquil Petanque, fiery squaredance – there is Town Hall of Bremen – Cathedral of Ulm before his execution. Years later, he was now music. Detail of tribbe-epitaph in the Convent-Church pilgrims and income to the town. The school were located in Obernkirchen. At the something for each taste. – Cathedral of Cologne (the towers) – Stock a Dutch soldier, the cover was blown from The poet of heathland Hermann Löns liked to counts of Schaumburg had not much Lieth an industrial area was growing with Golf People are fond of visiting our swimming bath Exchange in Hamburg – Peace Palace in The him in the South American colony of Surinam. be in Obernkirchen, too. The Obernkirchen interest in the country town which was briquette- and brickworks and the Lieth adit. conducted by comitted citizens. It is low in Hague – The Old Stock Exchange in Copenha- He was taken home and beheaded in front of Ratskeller, the pub “Zur Falle” and especially ruled by the convent. But they had their Museum of mining Today the town is changing again. The local chlorine and has a pleasant water temperature gen – Theatre in Oslo – Town Hall of Antwerp huge crowds on the bank of the Weser River in the mountain pub Walter on the Bückeberg Sandstone from Obernkirchen eyes casted on the rich properties of the pro- and town history government reform has reunited the former (about 27 °C from April to October). – Cathedral of Baltimore – Palace Zarskoye Selo Admiral Reinhard Scheer Rinteln in 1836. were some of the pubs where he used to get vosty. district and gave Obernkirchen the chance of in St. Petersburg – Cathedral of Bern – Victory In the time of the late renaissance two famous drunk during his time as a journalist. The “Löns By installing the reformation Count Otto IV devlopment by incorporating the dictricts of Column of Berlin – Castle Rosenborg in Copen- sculptors were living in Obernkirchen who were Pfad” (“Löns Path”) reminds of these walks. acted quickly. He transformed the monastery Vehlen and Gelldorf. The buildings of the con- hagen – Stock Exchange Kaliningrad – Castle also mayors of their town. Hans Wulff worked into a noble ladies’ convent, confiscating vent and the double-peaked churchtower are Handball of Bückeburg – Castle Kronborg near Helsingör for the enthusiastic builder Count Ernst at the the provosty with all its income. In 1565 Art exhibition in the Convent having a forming influence on the silhouette Pétanque – Pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York facade of the town church and at the castle he gave the town the status of a market of the town until today. Town Hall Bremen – Gate of Batavia gate in Bückeburg. In Celle, Georg Tribbe crea- Path of sculptures town at the very right moment. A great fire More information about the town history can ted a number of epitaphs for the Guelf Dukes. in 1554 had destroyed most of the residential be found in the local museum. buildings, so the support of the sovereign was just what they needed to rebuild the town. Execution Sword Seidenfaden Gate to the Monastery