オルデンブルクの洞窟・トップ5

With one ticket, you can visit the castle, the Augusteum and the Prince's Palace.

The building, originally constructed as a residence for the grandchildren of the Oldenburg Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, houses the Oldenburg State Museum of Art & Culture's Gallery of New Masters, featuring paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Amtshof Harpstedt is a historic building, today it houses the town hall of the Harpstedt municipality.

Events often take place on the castle square.

Here you can learn something about local history.

As inconspicuous as the castle may be from the outside, it is all the more impressive from the inside. A visit is absolutely worthwhile and even teaches the locals something about "our" history. There are many interesting exhibits to discover. Tip: Drinks are not allowed in the museum. However, we were offered to keep our drinks behind the cashier. Very friendly staff!

The museum also shows changing exhibitions and has two other locations: the Augusteum houses the Old Masters Gallery, and the Prinzenpalais houses the New Masters Gallery with paintings from the 19th century onwards.

History The castle was founded on a medieval lowland castle, built around 1100 by the Counts of Oldenburg to control a long-distance trade route from Westphalia to East Frisia. It was first explicitly mentioned in 1275, and a keep appears in a document in 1313. At that time, the individual buildings had to be founded on oak piles. Around 1400, the circular complex was given a moat and outer rampart under Count Dietrich the Fortunate, thus becoming a moated castle. Numerous residential and farm buildings were gathered in a small space, which, around 1600, housed a court of approximately 350 people. In 1573, the castle was considered dilapidated and was therefore renovated piece by piece. The keep in the center of the courtyard had already tilted due to the marshy subsoil by 1599 and was therefore demolished in 1608.