The best city hikes and walks around Lemgo

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The Bega terraces at Langenbrücker Tor were built as part of the flood protection measures as part of the Auenpark. They offer a place to relax in the middle of the city.

The Auenpark was created as a floodplain for the Bega. In addition to the important flood protection, the local recreation area between Regenstorplatz and Langenbrücker Tor enriches the city with play and sports opportunities. Source: https://www.lemgo.de/politik-verwaltung/eigenbetriebe-beteiligungen/staedtische-betriebe-lemgo/staedtische-gruenflaechen

With a length of around 4 kilometres, the ramparts enclose the town centre of the old Hanseatic city of Lemgo. With the exception of the western section of the rampart, which had to make way for a wide road, all other areas of the formerly mighty earthen rampart have been landscaped. The remains of the moat are now the elongated swan pond on the Slavertorwall and the Knochenhauerteich on the Kramerrondell. In the southern section with the Lindenwall and Hoher Wall areas, the mighty earthwork has been preserved at an impressive height and gives a rough idea of the dimensions of the former fortification rampart in the early 17th century. The area of the chestnut rampart was levelled as early as 1786 and planted with a multi-row chestnut avenue. A promenade path with a linden avenue was laid out on the Lindenwall and Hoher Wall sections of the rampart in the 19th century. Today, the high earthen ramparts also serve as flood protection against the flooding of the Bega. The northern section of the wall with the areas of Johannistorwall, Slavertorwall and Ostertorwall was almost completely leveled in the early 20th century and transformed into a landscaped green area according to plans by Cologne's gardening director Finke. Source: https://www.lwl.org/geodatenkultur/objekt/252842

There are places that make you shudder. The Witch Mayor's House in Lemgo is such a spooky place because it tells of the witch hunts in the Middle Ages. Lemgo is considered a pretty half-timbered town in the Teutoburg Forest. And that's exactly what it is with its partially crooked houses, the closely built facades and the sunny market square. At first glance, you wouldn't notice that the town was once a center of witch hunts. There are such wonderful houses as the Planet House in Lemgo, in whose half-timbering human versions of the planets such as Saturn and Jupiter can be seen as carvings. Source: https://indigo-blau.de/hexenbuergermeisterhaus-lemgo

With this fountain, the German sculptor Bonifatius Stirnberg depicts the "dispute over the barrel" that was triggered at the beginning of the 17th century by the introduction of a "liquor tax". The fountain was built in 1977. The movable joints of the bronze figures invite you to linger playfully at the fountain. Source: https://lipperland.de/?page_id=776

Remains of the old city wall of the city of Lemgo can be found in the street "Rembken". The foundation of the old town of Lemgo dates back to 1190, and construction of the fortifications began soon after. These were further expanded in the following years. At the end of the Thirty Years' War, the fortifications lost their importance and largely fell into disrepair. After extensive archaeological investigations, a section of the fortress was restored in 1995 after several years of construction work. At the Regenstor, the Kramerrondell served to protect the Pfingstgraben. This was an important point on the fortress, as the Pfingstgraben supplied the fortress with water. The Pfingstgraben branches off from the Bega river and flows past Brake Castle. Source: https://lipperland.de/?page_id=66