Top 20 Natural Monuments in Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Spas like God in France During the Empire, two neo-Gothic churches (1874), the Bathhouse II (1885) in Renaissance style, the neo-Baroque spa house (1908), the spa theater (1913) in the neo-Rococo style and the spa administration (1903) were completed. All buildings of this period were modeled on French castles and palaces. To underline the castle-like character of the spa house, a baroque garden parterre was created in the middle of the spa park in 1908. A picturesque rose garden with a Swiss dairy was also created in the west of the park. A temple as the finishing touch The first democracy in Germany gave the park a marble-white promenade (1926) with a drinking fountain, which presents itself as a Greek temple building with Doric colonnades. A simple spa building was added to the rear facade of Bathhouse II in 1929. From a historical perspective, this marks the end of construction work in the park. The unique ensemble, which gave Bad Oeynhausen the reputation of being the "architecture museum of the 19th century", represents all the major architectural styles of European history and is a picturesque expression of European identity in Westphalia. Insensitive changes to the park landscape and the buildings in the post-war period have been carefully reversed and restored in recent years. With its dense tree population of native and exotic species, the planting of the flowerbeds that changes four times a year and the unique flair of the spa architecture, the spa park in Bad Oeynhausen is now one of the most beautiful spa facilities in Germany. (Source: https://www.staatsbad-oeynhausen.de/kultur-geschichte/kurpark)

The spa park – 19th century architecture museum If you’re looking for the centre, you’ll find the spa park. Where elsewhere the market square is the centre, Bad Oeynhausen is a green oasis. It is a testament to a sophisticated spa and bathing world and takes visitors on a journey through the history of architecture. King Friedrich Wilhelm IV took the plunge when he founded a spa in 1845 south of today’s Bathhouse II, where the first thermal brine spring had just been discovered. He played a key role in the development of the “Royal Spa Oeynhausen” – among other things by commissioning the design of a park in the vicinity of the spring. The town of Bad Oeynhausen was also to develop around this park. -Arcadia on the Werre – The spa park by Peter Joseph Lenné The 26 hectare spa park in Bad Oeynhausen is a total work of art with a history spanning over eighty years. In 1847, the royal... Garden director Peter Joseph Lenné drew up a first plan for the horseshoe-shaped complex, which was implemented in 1853. The park was designed as a romantic, English landscape garden and its architecture evoked ancient Arcadia. The Prussian monarchy generously financed the first spa and bathing buildings. Bathhouse I was completed in 1857 in the classicist style and is still considered a masterpiece and prototype of German bathing architecture. (Source: https://www.staatsbad-oeynhausen.de/kultur-geschichte/kurpark)

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Just beautiful .

The view from here is always a dream

Very beautiful and, above all, well-kept park not far from the center of Bad Oeynhausen. In addition to the beautiful green area with its numerous fountains, there are also some historic spa buildings to see.

Built between 1854 and 1857 by Carl Ferdinand Busse, the late-classical bathhouse I is the oldest surviving building in the spa gardens. Busse also designed the drinking pavilion, built in 1860. Since 1880 there has been a wooden foyer to the east of the bathhouse. To the south of the bathhouse is a memorial stone for Karl von Oeynhausen. In the west of the spa gardens, the Protestant Church of the Resurrection was completed in 1874 on the west corso, and in the east on the east corso the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul was completed according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler. The Church of the Resurrection was rebuilt in 1956 after a fire. Both neo-Gothic churches are listed today. In the summer of 1885, the Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque bathhouse II was inaugurated. The H-shaped red brick building with an octagonal dome originally housed 39 bathing cells to expand the spa's capacity. The Neo-Renaissance building of the royal spa administration, erected in 1903, later served as a guest house. It is heritage listed. In 1908, the Imperial Palace, modeled after a baroque palace on the outside and the Paris Opera on the inside, was opened as a representative spa building at the highest point of the spa gardens. Today the building is used by the GOP Varieté – Theater Kaiserpalais. Reinhold Hoemann laid out a large parterre in front of the Imperial Palace. A wide axis with a fountain in the middle connected the imperial palace and the foyer. The Kurtheater was built in 1915 in the Neo-Late Baroque style. The exterior is inspired by the architecture of the Württemberg castles of Monrepos and Solitude. The now listed building on a small hill in the park received an enlarged foyer during a renovation in 1980 so that it can be used all year round. In 1926 a new drinking and foyer hall was inaugurated in the form of a six-column Ionic temple with an 84 m long promenade. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurpark_Bad_Oeynhausen#:~:text=As%20repr%C3%A4sentatives%20Kurhaus%20became%201908%20Hoemann%20a%20gro%C3%9Fes%20Parterre%20an.

After miner Karl von Oeynhausen had discovered rich thermal brine springs in Rehme and the place was thus given the addition Bad Rehme, he was very committed to further development into a health resort. In Rehme, today's city center at the Kurpark was finally created. In 1848, the Prussian king arranged for the new center of Bad Rehme to be renamed "Königliches Bad Oeynhausen" - in honor of Karl von Oeynhausen. The director of the royal gardens of Prussia was finally commissioned to design a spa park, which was created from 1851. The first bathhouse to use the brine springs drilled in the spa park was there from 1854. After the spa park was temporarily inhabited and occupied by the British during World War II, it was then massively redesigned.