Bad Oeynhausen has a wide variety of cultural attractions and leisure facilities. Discover Romanticism and Renaissance on the banks of the river Weser, along with the region's most beautiful palaces and most prominent buildings. The waterways intersection near Minden is the largest inland navigation construction in Europe. Kalkriese Museum and Park unlocks a number of historical and cultural secrets that have remained buried for almost 2,000 years.Brake Castle - Weser Renaissance Museum
The impressive Renaissance-style Brake Castle was built after 1589 on the foundations of one of the largest castles in northern Germany. With its striking tower, this famous landmark is clearly visible from afar. Today, part of the castle houses the Weser Renaissance Museum. The museum shows the cultural diversity of the Weser region in the 16th and early 17th centuries arising as the result of international relations. A number of castles, palaces, town houses and stately homes still bear witness to the prosperity enjoyed around the Weser at that time.Waterways intersection near Minden
This intersection marks the meeting point of two large waterways of both historical and contemporary importance. The Mittelland Canal, running from west to east, crosses the 3-km wide Weser valley on a causeway incorporating two canal bridges across the Weser and its floodplain. The first bridge, built between 1911 and 1914, was the largest inland navigation construction in Europe. However, a second larger bridge was built between 1993 and 1998 to allow enough room for modern cargo vessels to pass through.Kalkriese Museum and Park
If you've ever wanted to know what it was like inside a Teuton's hut or how the Roman legionaries lived in their tents, you'll be in your element at Kalkriese archaeological park near Bramsche in the Osnabrück region. In the museum you can learn all about the period when the Romans and Teutons were battling it out in the Teutoburg Forest. It has 3,000 original finds from the area that scientists believe to be the site of the Varus battle.