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| Oberhausen | ||
| federal state | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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| Residents | 210.829 (2019,2019) | |
| height | 25 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 (0)208 82 45 70 www.oberhausen-tourismus.de/ | |
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Oberhausen is a big city in Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia.
background
Today's Oberhausen was created in 1929 through the merger of the municipalities (Alt-) Oberhausen in the south, Sterkrade in the north and Osterfeld in the east. To this day, three centers have been preserved in the urban structures.
getting there
By plane
The Dusseldorf Airport
(IATA: DUS) can be reached with the regional express (RE 3, RE 5) of Deutsche Bahn within 15 to 20 minutes.
By train
From 1 Oberhausen Hbf stop the RB 36, RB 44 and S 3 as well as the lines RE 3, RE 5, RB 33, RB 35 and S 2, with which you can reach Oberhausen from Duisburg in about six minutes. The RE 1, 2, 6, 11, RB 31 and the S 1 also stop in Duisburg. If you cannot reach Oberhausen directly, a quick connection via Duisburg is possible.
By bus
The 2 Long-distance bus stop in Oberhausen is located at the main train station with connections to two dozen cities. There is a wider selection from Duisburg or Essen.
In the street
 | In Oberhausen were Environmental zones set up in accordance with the fine dust ordinance. Without a corresponding sticker, you risk a fine of € 80 when entering an environmental zone. This also applies to foreign road users. Entry ban for vehicles in pollutant groups 1 2 3 (Info Federal Environment Agency) |  |
There are four motorways that intersect in Oberhausen: 
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By boat
At the moment there are no passenger ships on the Rhine-Herne Canal, but there are seasonal connections to the Cranger Kirmes in Herne.
- 3 Marina, Heinz-Schleußer-Strasse 1, 46047 Oberhausen, Germany.
mobility
Local public transport
Oberhausen has a well-developed public transport network, which is operated by the STOAG (Stadtwerke Oberhausen) is operated. The main line runs over a high-speed route for buses and trams built in 1996, which extends from the main station via the Neue Mitte (CentrO) to the Sterkrader train station. Connections are best determined on the Internet, and tickets should ideally be purchased before you start your journey. Tickets are available from ticket machines located at the main station and at the tram stops. In addition, many kiosks and some shops sell tickets, recognizable by the VRR logo on the shop. You can also buy tickets from the bus driver, but not in the trams. Individual tickets that are bought from the bus driver usually no longer have to be validated.
Which price level is required can be seen at each stop or on the Internet. You can enter your destination at the machine and the appropriate price level is displayed. The bus drivers can also issue a suitable ticket.
At the main train station, at the Sterkrad train station and at the bus stop new middle at the CentrO there is a STOAG information center, where tickets are also available.
If you have tickets that have to be validated, this is possible in the vehicles. The ticket validators are usually located directly at the entrances. At the bus stop new middle There are also validators, but not at other stops.
As everywhere in the VRR area, entry into the buses is at the front of the driver, where you also have to show a ticket that has already been purchased. Chip tickets have to be checked for validity at a control device.
You should find out about the conditions of carriage on the STOAG website so that there are no problems.
You can also order a taxi from the bus driver. But the taxi costs extra.
Tips for teachers with school classes: At the CentrO, the buses are often checked, as many people get on there and some try to drive without a valid ticket. It is therefore very important that a valid ticket is available for everyone. It is best to validate the tickets at the validators at the bus stop. There are several there. Almost every minute there is a means of transport from the CentrO to the main station, so you don't have to take the next means of transport and you can take the time to validate all tickets if necessary. If there is not enough space left in one mode of transport, it might be better to wait for the next mode of transport. There should be a means of transport to the main station about every minute. If students get on a means of transport when they are not supposed to, go to the driver immediately and inform him so that the students are asked to get off.
By bicycle
In Oberhausen you can go well by bike. In some cases, cyclists are guided along the streets. You have to be careful here, as the motorists usually drive right past the cyclists without maintaining the prescribed safety distance of 1.5 m. Some one-way streets are open to bicycles in both directions. This can be seen on the corresponding signs.
In the whole Ruhr area you can find out about Metropolrad Ruhr Rent bicycles. To do this, you have to register online and deposit a credit: https://metropolradruhr.de./de/
You can take bicycles with you on buses for a surcharge (Mon-Fri from 9:00 a.m., Sat & Sun all day). However, this is not always recommended during the day, as there is usually too little space on the heavily frequented routes. Cyclists compete with prams, wheelchairs, walkers, etc. This is no problem by train from Oberhausen Hbf to Sterkrade station or Holten station.
1 Bike station, Oberhausen main station, Willy-Brandt-Platz 1, 46045 Oberhausen. Tel.: 49(0)208 8 55 174. At the bike station, bicycles can be rented, repaired, guarded or locked in from € 7 per day.Open: Mon. to Fri. 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- 1 Vondern Castle, Arminstrasse 65, 46117 Oberhausen, Germany.
Small castle from before 1266. Ten minutes' walk from the Ripshorst wooded garden, if you are already there, you can also walk over to Vondern Castle. So that you don't expect too much, take a look at the photos of Vondern Castle beforehand. Guided tours are offered.
- 2 Oberhausen Castle, Konrad-Adenauer-Allee 46, 46049 Oberhausen, Germany. The Oberhausen Castle gave the city its name. It is located on Konrad-Adenauer-Allee (
), approx. 850 m walk to the gasometer.
Buildings
- 3 Oberhausen gasometer (At the Grafenbusch), Arenastraße 11, 46047 Oberhausen (From Oberhausen Hbf Terminal 1 by bus or tram to "Neue Mitte", then a short walk.). Tel.: 49(0)208 8503730, Fax: 49(0)208 8503733, Email: [email protected]. The 117 meter high disc gas tank of the Gutenhoffnungshütte (GHH), visible from afar, has been an imposing exhibition monument for 20 years, as well as a climbable landmark and landmark of Oberhausen.Open: Tue to Sun 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Price: Adults € 10, concessions € 7, school classes € 4 / person, families € 23, season ticket € 25.
Important: Neither the outside ascent via the 592 steps nor visiting the café or museum shop, both of which are inside, is possible without admission. The exhibitions are always worthwhile, the access to the roof is possible inside with a panoramic elevator (the last two floors are then stairs) and note the following: The interior is pleasantly cool in summer and not heated in winter.
- For those who are on the nearby A 42 “Just” drives past, a few facts about this landmark: It is a dry gas container with a pane, built between 1927 and 1929 for 1.74 million Reichsmarks (around € 7 million), which initially stores the top-of-the-range gases from the GuteHoffnungsHütte (this is where the CentrO), and later the coke oven gases from the Osterfeld coking plant. Bombed in World War II and later burned out during repair work, it was rebuilt in 1949 and was in operation until 1988. After renovation, exhibitions have been shown there since 1994, which look particularly good in front of the industrial backdrop. The huge interior was already an installation location for a wall made of oil barrels, the moon or a jungle tree. From the viewing platform you have a good overview of Oberhausen and the entire western Ruhr area. The gasometer is a monument to the Industrial Heritage Route and the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
- Dimensions: height 117.5 m, diameter 67.6 m, 24-sided with 8.80 m edge length, floor area 3,000 m², maximum usable volume 347,000 m³. The disc still in place weighs 600 t.
Monuments
Museums
- 4 Builder Mill, Homberger Strasse 11, 46149 Oberhausen, Germany. Mill museum with restaurant and event room.Open: Only on special days such as the German Milling Day.Price: two euros per person.
- 5 Art museum (in Oberhausen Castle).
- 6 Bunker Museum. Permanent exhibition on the subject of aerial warfare over the Ruhr area in an empty bunker.
Multiple locations of the LVR industrial museums are located in Oberhausen:
- 7 LVR industrial museum, Oberhausen scene (Altenberg zinc factory), 46049 Oberhausen, Hansastraße 18-20 (Oberhausen Hbf. The museum is located opposite the west exit of the main station.). Tel.: 49(0)2234 992 1555, Fax: 49(0)2234 992 1300, Email: [email protected]. The headquarters of the LVR industrial museum is located in the completely preserved, former zinc factory; Permanent exhibitions: on zinc production (foyer, free part) and on maloche in heavy industry (rolling hall), as well as on the development of the infrastructure ("Stadtwerk" in the electrical center).Open: Mon closed, Tue - Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat Sun 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.Price: adults € 4.50, reduced € 3.50, from 10 people. 4 €, children / adolescents free.
- 8 St. Antony Hut, Antoniestraße 32-34, 46119 Oberhausen. Exhibition about the beginnings of the Ruhr industry, with the excavation site of the first hut in the Ruhr area (industrial archaeological park).
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- 9 Eisenheim settlement, Oberhausen-Osterfeld, Eisenheimerstrasse (The settlement also includes Wesselkamp-, Fulda-, Werra- and Berliner Straße). Oldest workers' settlement in the Ruhr area (started in 1846) for the later Gutehoffnungshütte, famous for the struggle of the residents to maintain their settlement in the 1970s, renovated today, 31 of 52 houses preserved, Branch office of the LVR museum, wash house as museum furnished (open from Easter to the end of October, Sat / Sun from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment, admission: adults € 1.50, children € 0.50, group tours € 40 all year round by calling 01805/743465) , own exploration of the settlement thanks to the "Talking streets - talking monuments" very exciting! More information at Planet knowledge.
- 10 Museum platform, Oberhausen, main station. Publicly accessible platform with historic train in Oberhausen main station.Price: free access.
The museum depot is also located in the Peter-Behrens-Bau in Oberhausen, but this can only be visited on rare occasions.
Streets and squares
Parks
- 1 House Ripshorst (Emscher Landscape Park information center), 46117 Oberhausen, Ripshorster Strasse 306. Tel.: 49(0)208 8833483, Fax: 49(0)208 8833486, Email: [email protected]. Old manor near the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher, information, excursions and events to the landscape park, small café, RevierRad bike station with rental bicycles, two-kilometer-long wooded garden with rare species (e.g. amber and tulip trees).Price: Park freely accessible.
- 11 Kaisergarten, Am Kaisergarten, 46049 Oberhausen. Approximately 540 × 680 m park with a lake, animal enclosures, mini golf and sports facilities and a playground. The Oberhausen Castle with restaurant is located on the edge of the park. Some parking spaces are available. About one kilometer from the Gasometer and CentrO.Price: Free admission.
- 12 Vonderort district park, Bottroper Strasse 322, 46117 Oberhausen, Germany. Park with boat rental, playgrounds, model boat lake, brine and outdoor pools. Lies with that Quellenbusch Health Park.Price: Free admission.
- 13 Olga Park, between Bottroper and Vestischer Strasse, 46117 Oberhausen. The park is modeled on the former coking plant and is used for sports. 15 minutes' walk to the CentrO or one stop by bus / tram from the stop Olga Park at the Bottroper Strasse southwest of the park. There is a small café at the main entrance on Vestischen Straße. Small lookout tower on the site of a former chimney.Open: open during the day.Price: free entry.
- 14 Volkspark Sterkrade, Wilhelmstrasse, Oberhausen. Open: open to the public.Price: free entry.
- 15 Volksgarten Osterfeld, Kapellenstrasse / Mergelstrasse, Oberhausen.
- 16 Ruhrpark, Kewerstraße / Solbadstraße, 46049 Oberhausen. Park with lots of lawns and trees for walking, with a playground.Open: open to the public.Price: free entry.
various
- The Industrial Heritage Route lists in their theme route no. 4 Oberhausen: Industry makes the city 42 stations to the city. This includes museums, workers' estates, director's villas, many areas of the former Gutenhoffungshütte (GHH) as well as collieries and infrastructures.
activities
- 2 TigerJump, To the Aquarium 2, 46047 Oberhausen. Trampoline park, opening in spring 2016.
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen The annual short film days are among the most important short film festivals in the world. Among other things, it was there in 1962 with the Oberhausen Manifesto from later film greats like Peter Schamoni, Edgar Reitz and Alexander Kluge called for the renewal of German film and the farewell to "Papas Kino" with his homeland films.
- 3 Legoland Discovery Center, Promenade 10, 46047 Oberhausen. Build and watch Lego.Price: € 10.50 online, € 17.95 on site.
- 4 Lichtburg Oberhausen, Elsasser Strasse 26, 46045 Oberhausen. Movie theater.
- 5 High ropes course, Parking lot Gasometer, Am Grafenbusch, 46047, Germany. Climbing course through trees.Price: 10 to 25 €.
- 6 Theater Oberhausen, Will-Quadflieg-Platz 1, 46045 Oberhausen.
- Sterkrad Corpus Christi fair The Oberhausen district of Sterkrade is the scene of the once a year largest street fair in Europe. From Wednesday before Corpus Christi from 3 p.m. (Fair Christmas Eve) until the final fireworks display at 11 p.m. on the following Monday evening, there are lottery booths, carousels, beer gardens, rides, etc., which are spread over the entire city center of Sterkrad. It should be noted that this leads to restrictions due to road closures during this time as well as the week before (construction) and after (dismantling). Local public transport is also affected by this: some buses have to take detours and some stops cannot be approached at all. Here you should inform yourself in good time on the website of the Corpus Christi fair, the city and the STOAG.
shop
- 17 Bahnhofstrasse, Bahnhofstrasse, 46145 Oberhausen. Due to the earlier structure of the city with the merger of Sterkrade, Osterfeld and Alt-Oberhausen, Sterkrade has its own extensive pedestrian zone. At one end you will find the Sterkrader Tor retail park.
- 1 Bero shopping center, Concordiastraße 32, 46049 Oberhausen. Ten minutes' walk from Oberhausen main station; 1,500 free parking spaces.Open: Mon to Fri until 8:00 p.m., Sat until 6:00 p.m.
- 18 Market street. The main pedestrian zone in Oberhausen (including side streets) is now clearly decimated in terms of its attractiveness. The proximity of the mall CentrO has left traces. But there is enough choice for everyday needs.
- 2 CentrO, Centroallee 1000, 46047 Oberhausen, Germany. Perhaps the best-known and largest shopping center in Germany is about three kilometers north of the main train station. Due to the urban development, the actual city center of Oberhausen is now here, the new middle. In the beginning, the operator wanted to establish the Italian-influenced pronunciation “Tschentro”, but now people generally only say “Zentro”. It consists of a slightly curved, long corridor on two floors and a promenade on one side with better restaurants. At one end is the Coca-Cola oasis with numerous snacks and system catering. In the middle of CentrO After an extension there is a relatively short side corridor with more shops. You can't actually get lost in the CentrO. The anchor tenants are Kaufhof, C&A, Sinn & Leffers and Peek & Cloppenburg. The focus of the CentrO is on lifestyle and fashion, especially young fashion, the price level is relatively high. However, there are a number of other industries that do not exist for this at all. Supermarkets B. is only available in the area. The marketing is also clearly aimed at day tourists from the wider area, for example from neighboring ones Netherlands. Tip: There are few stairs or elevators inside CentrOSo if you want to change to another level and see an escalator, you should also use it, otherwise you might walk a bit until the next one comes. (Rolling) stairs and elevators are also shown on the site plans, which are located in many places.
- 3 Sterkrad Gate, Bahnhofstrasse 80-84, 46145 Oberhausen.
kitchen
Cheap
medium
- 1 Il Carpaccio in the master builder's mill, Homberger Strasse 11, 46149 Oberhausen, Germany.
Upscale
nightlife
- 1 Altenberg center, Hansastrasse 20.
- 2 Turbine hall, Im Lipperfeld 23.
- 3 Cult temple, Mülheimer Strasse 24.
accommodation
Cheap
- 1 To the farmhouse parlor, Lothringer Strasse 162 (Bus SB92, 122, NE6 stop Josefstraße). Tel.: 49(0)208 24574, Fax: 49(0)208 846471, Email: [email protected].
- 2 In Hostel Veritas, Essener Strasse 259, 46047 Oberhausen. Tel.: 49(0)208 8 69 0 88 4, Fax: 49(0)208 8 69 0 88 5, Email: [email protected].
medium
- 3 NH Oberhausen, Düppelstrasse 2 (STR 112 / NE12, bus 136/185: Luise-Albertz-Halle). Tel.: 49(0)208 82440, Fax: 49(0)208 8244200, Email: [email protected].
- 4 residence, Hermann-Albertz-Strasse 69 (SB90 / 92/96, bus 122/136/143/935/953/955/957/976/995 / NE1 / 3/4/7/9: Alleestr., A.-Frank-Realschule, Blücherplatz, Blumenthalstr., Friedrich-Karl-Str., H.-Albertz-Str., Marktstr., Paul-Reusch-Str., Schlosserstr., Untere Marktstr. or Vincenzhaus). Tel.: 49(0)208 82080, Fax: 49(0)208 8208150.
- 5 Tryp, Centroallee 280, 46047 Oberhausen, Germany (Stop "Neue Mitte"). Tel.: 49(0)208 82020.
- 6 To the iron hammer, To Eisenhammer 8, 46049 Oberhausen (Stop "Zum Eisenhammer", line 976). Tel.: 49(0)208 - 850970. Price: from 48 €.
Upscale
Learn
- 2 Volkshochschule Oberhausen (The city library is also located there), Langemarkstrasse 19-21, 46045 Oberhausen. Tel.: 49(0)208 825 2385, Fax: 49(0)208 825 5410.
Work
- 3 Employment agency Oberhausen, Mülheimer Strasse 36, 46045 Oberhausen.
security
- 4 Police Oberhausen, Friedensplatz 2-5, 46045 Oberhausen. Tel.: 49(0)208 826-0.
As in many large cities, valuables should be carried as close to your body as possible and not in shoulder bags to protect them from pickpockets, otherwise Oberhausen is relatively safe.
health
- 5 Evangelical Hospital Oberhausen, Virchowstr. 20, 46047 Oberhausen, Germany.
Practical advice
Tourist information
- 6 RUHR.INFOLOUNGE Oberhausen, Willy-Brandt-Platz 2, 46045 Oberhausen. Tel.: 49(0)208 82457 13. Open: Mon to Fri 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sat 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
radio
- Radio Oberhausen (Frequencies: FM 106.2 MHz, cable 99.9 MHz)
miscellaneous
The network coverage by the three mobile phone providers is given in the entire city of Oberhausen. LTE from Telekom, Vodafone and O₂ is mainly available in inhabited and tourist areas. Vodafone, O₂ and Telekom offer at least one HSDPA / HSPA data connection throughout the city. Some Internet cafés still exist, but are disappearing from year to year. There is also an inexpensive internet café at the main train station. There are free WiFi hotspots for one hour in the McDonald’s branches and in the main train station. So if you urgently need internet access, you should be able to get it in Oberhausen.
trips
Neighboring cities
Excursions to the neighboring cities are possible:
literature
Web links
https://www.oberhausen.de/ - Official website of Oberhausen
