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Wolfsburg from A - Z Alvar-Aalto-interpretive center  Build on the basis of plans of Finnish architect Prof. Dr. Alvar Aalto and established in 1962. Lines that run perpendicularly and horizontally, characterize the appearance of the building. It is a felicitous architectural complement to the city hall. It houses the city library and some small shops.A visit of the city library's reading hall is worthwhile (A special is the lighting: crosslight from above). People were discussing the merging of different cultural facilities already in the 50's. In 1958 the concepts were that concrete, that they could begin with the realization. There were different concepts available for choice. The council voted for the concept of architect Alvar Aalto. Start of construction was in 1958, inauguration on August 31st 1962. Alvar Aalto subordinated his construction the city hall as a matter of course. The city hall has accentuated flat faces while the interpretive center is dominated by vividly structure. The construction shows all typical characteristics of the individual work of the architect. He designed the lamps, handles, built in closets and much more. The building shows Aaltos affection to rooflight in many variations. The outside and interior lighting are dominated by a thorough composition of remarkable sumptuous materials. The kinds of natural stone give the facade its colorful look. White Carrara-marble, gray Greek marble, and black Swedish marble. In favorable lighting the facade shows a metallic glimmer . The core of the interpretive center is the library, which is almost partitioned like a baroque library. The broad window front and the atrium with seats catch your eye when you ascend the stairs to the top floor. The five large auditoriums are opposite to that. A special feature is the fireplace in the group room, a closed room with a sliding roof. The accurateness of the detailing and the fiddling with natural material characterizes the building (marble, ceramics, bricks, wood). This points out the possible unity of architecture and design. The Alvar-Aalto-interpretive center is considered as the most important construction Alvar Aaltos on German grounds AutoMuseum Volkswagen  You may discover legends from the history of the automobile, the first Beetle, VW-Bus, Golf GTI - pure technical history in the AutoMuseum Volkswagen. In an area of about 5000 square meters 130 cars are displayed - Cars like rally-winners, serial models, custom made products and prototypes show how Volkswagen has written automobile history. It is a journey through time and the universe of a global player. Five theme islands present the Volkswagen contribution to the industrial culture, after the restructuring in 2001: 'Buddy Beetle', 'Generation Golf', 'Volkswagen family', 'Transporter', the 'useful' the 'comfortable' and 'Futurum Volkswagen'. The AutoMuseum was first opened in April 1985.AUTOSTADT  As a worldwide unique project, the AUTOSTADT was simultaneous with the world exhibition EXPO 2000 in Hannover opened by VW Manager Ferdinand Piéch, chancellor Gerhard Schröder, premier of Lower Saxony Sigmar Gabriel, VW-sales manager Robert Büchelhofer and Autostadt manager Otto Ferdinand Wachs.Being forward-looking, unconventional and innovative, the Autostadt understands itself as a forum, that makes the subjects car and mobility an surprising experience. The Autostadt is presented as a new experience and competence center. The visitors can go on a fascinating expedition through the world of the automobile, catch up with the plans and visions and experience the latest evolutions of Volkswagen and its brands very closely. The Volkswagen group invested about 850 million German Marks, to build this world forum of automobiles on a 25 hectare area in just 2 years directly at the headquarters in Wolfsburg. The Autostadt generated an own district with tall buildings and pavilions, canals and bridges, lakes, hooks, hills and green. Urban elements like market places, streets, narrowings and broadenings create a vivid townscape. The Autostadt is perfectly located, close to the city of Wolfsburg, the railway station, the canal to the south, the Volkswagen factory to the west and Wolfsburg castle to the north. Landscape planners (landscape architects: Wehberg, Eppinger,Schmidtke & Partner) and architects (architect und master planner: Gunter Henn) created 22,000 m² surface of water, moved 120,000 m³ soil, planted 650 trees, 2,500 bushes and roses, more than 8000 shrubs, and aquatic plants as well as 110,000 bulbs and multiplicity of impressive buildings on a former industrial area, to create the animated landscape in the urban Autostadt. Impressions AUTOSTADT How you get to know a completely new city? Kurt Tucholsky went into drugstores. Some people are looking for the public park or the bohemian side of the town first. Maybe the first thing to mention should be the fact that not a single car drives through the Autostadt. The idea of the Autostadt is introducing people to the individual car - the new found family member, in the ideal case, that you have recently ordered at your local Volkswagen partner and that you pick up with a nice ceremony now. The heart of the pavilion installation, which is riddled with sumptuous designed greens and surfaces of water, are the two glass delivery towers - each 48 meters high and 28 meters in diameter - with a capacity of 400 cars each, that you may see as a place of pleasant anticipation. The new cars are transferred into the customers hands in an consistent cycle. Well, we have to admit that Wolfsburg wasn't much of a hotspot concerning touristic desirability and as hot as the love to your new Volkswagen might have been - the Volkswagen partner in your neighborhood was closer than the city at the Mittelland-Canal when it came to pick up your new car. Besides that, only VW-employees and VIP-customers had the possibility to receive their new car in the Volkswagen factory. But all customers are invited to pick up their new Volkswagen in the Autostadt Wolfsburg now. The way of thinking has changed very much during the successful group evolution. The empire of many brands demands a sophisticated kind of presentation. Penetration of the market must not be the only goal of a responsible Company, the car has a cultural assignment as a social factor after all, that we must not forget. The Autostadt fulfill this in a complex way. In the first place in form of a lovely park with isles, bridges and trees where the single brand pavilions are build: Volkswagen, Aufi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Lamborghini and Volkswagen commercial autos. Scania (as a swimming island) and Bugatti will follow. The widest building (you reach the building directly using the pedestrian bridge from the ICE-station) is the Group forum, with its huge perpendicular revolvable doors. It is the entrance to a 20 meter high, light flooded atrium, where you walk over glow in the dark globe sculptures, that artist Ingo Richter embedded in the floor. Gigantic cubes (red, yellow, blue made by Gerhard Merz) await the visitor, when he ascends in the building with the escalator. Cinematic and virtual attractions show the emotional group philosophy, that is build upon the idea of quality, safety, social competence and environment. You are invited to interactivity and a journey through a computer animated cosmos that takes place in three simulators with 30 seats each. Of course they thought about creating four exiting areas on 600 m² for ca. 80 children. For example a glass motor, 12 meters high, where children can play in four levels. A special attraction: the test track, where you may test soap boxes. It may have happened that some father forgot about his own new car in assisting his junior. Meanwhile the new car is ready for pick up at the new, clearly arranged terminals in the customer center. Thanks to extensive and modern logistics, that started with placing the order using the electronic NEWADA network, cars from Wolfsburg, Mosel, Emden, Hannover or Puebla, meet their owner just in time. A personal attendant takes care of for each customer individually, even though there are more than 1,000 deliveries a day. Your luggage that was taken care of, right after your arrival at the railway station or the Autostadt, is already well stowed in the trunk. Did you have a nice day? We wish you a pleasant trip home. Altes Brauhaus zu Fallersleben  The Brauhaus in the town center of Fallersleben reminds of the old tradition of the brewers. The experience brewery is in the 'Alte Brauhaus' since 1987, which is located in the castle grounds. The 'Alte Brauhaus' was build in 1765. An eye-catcher is the huge mansard roof with its many air grilles under which four drying lofts, one above the other, can be found. These are called 'Darreboden', where the hop was dried in the past. The inside of the house is unchanged since the renovation. The old brewing tradition goes bad to the 16th century. Duchess Clara von Braunschweig and Lüneburg, who resided in the vicinal castle, enacted a brewing decree.Art Museum  Planned by the Hannover architect Prof. Peter Schweger as a city loggia, the building is part of an urbanistic concept and completes the area with theater, CongressPark, planetarium and interpretive center and makes it a place where culture meets. Circles, cylinders, angles and crossing lines are part of the geometrical design elements of the museum which exhibits modern, contemporary art from all over the world in Wolfsburg. The geometry, the size and the proportional design gives the 17 meter high building on a 8,510 m² base an effect of elegant easiness. This is accentuated with the used materials, steel and glass. The building of the museum took 70 million German Marks. Part of the building is a parking lot with space for 800 cars on two levels. BadeLand  The new BadeLand is the biggest baths in the whole region. The swimming pool is 25 by 50 meters. The three and five meter diving platforms has its own pool. Surveillance window, control room and camera are available for instruction purposes for the trainers in the diving and swimming pool. The platform has seats for 150 spectators and an opportunity to warm up: the stones are used as heatable seats. Large slides, 150 meters long, eleven saunas, wave pools, outdoor pool, wild water canal, massage pool and many mor are part of the fun and fitness area. One of the most elaborated and comprehensive leisure facilities for aquatics, sports, recreation and amusement was build on 16,400 square meters, in consequence of the complete rebuilding instead of the extension of the old building. The baths is three times bigger than the old Wolfsburg BadeLand.The grandparents may recreate in the sauna area while the father is taking swimming his 1,000 meters seriously, the mother is relaxing in the warm area and the youngest children is skidding the large slide. Another relative could be in the restaurant, with indoor and outdoor tables, to enjoy food and drinks in the meantime. CinemaxX The CinemaxX, that is designed by the Bielefeld architects Poggenhaus and Mühl, is a two story glass and steel building with a vitreous facade and entrance at the forecourt of the railway. It has a businesslike, postmodern elegant look and generous rooms. Its modern architecture gives the CinemaxX's inside an appealing and generous ambiance. 1,600 seats in seven cinemas. The biggest cinema has 500 seats, the smallest cinema has 150 seats. Experience superb cinema as a result of the large silver screens of 9 by 20 meters (180 m²) and 7 by 16 meters (112 m²). Large curtains slide aside without a sound, like in a theater, and let you have a look at the concave silver screens that give you the feeling to be inside the scenery. The CinemaxX provides the latest techniques, high quality sound and appropriate equipment of the cinemas and the large foyer with the Sky Bar, a terrific look on the city and the Volkswagen factory. Comfortable seats with enough distance between the rows let you think of a first class jet. There is a parking lot in the house with room for 135 cars. The TRYP Hotel is also a part of the house. On the first floor are stores and international restaurants. Multiplex cinema and hotel were build on a 5,700 m² base. City-Center Porschestrasse (pedestrian area)  The four-lane 'main shopping road' Porschestrasse, that was build in the 50's was used by 24,000 vehicles in 1975. The Porschestrasse was whether an adequate shopping street, nor a capable arterial road. It was the cities challenge to find the right solution. The aim of the rearrangement of the city was to create an attractive city center, a downtown. It was voted for a conception of a pedestrian area, that should be realized in the Porschestrasse.The underground engineering in the Porschestrasse started in March 1977. At the end of 1977 the first buildings were constructed. The first project was completed in 1978, the foundation stone was laid in1980. The city of Wolfsburg spend about 15 million German Marks to form an new shopping and strolling street. 20 million German Marks more were spend by private investors. Terrace restaurants, cafes, beer gardens, groups of benches, wells and a water scenery have emerged, with playgrounds for children, chessboards, roofings and in between many flowers and greenery. Wolfsburg got a center that combines attractive shopping facilities with interesting leisure facilities and place for communication. A stroll over the 'Po' is obligatory for every visitor! City-Gallery Wolfsburg  The City-Gallery is a roofed market place for commerce, services and gastronomy. It is located in the heart of the city center, directly in the strongest frequented area of the pedestrian area Porschestrasse. The City-Gallery was first opened in autumn 2001.The Investors, the German Euroshop AG from Frankfurt (90 percent) and the ECE-project management invested about 230 million German Marks at this location. About 100 shops, on three levels (Basement, ground level, upper level) with a sales area of about 20,000 square meters, are presenting a mix of branches, that is characterized by quality and variety. A parking lot with space for 800 vehicles on two levels is provided. The central areaway is 50 by 20 meters. The City-Gallery is employer for about 600 employees. City hall, Civil hall  The city hall designed by the Wolfsburg architect Titus Taeschner. It was inaugurated in1958, but the foundation stone was laid in 1955. Particularly worth seeing is the bronze door of the city hall with a short chronicle of the city and with a wolf as the doorhandle, the chimes with 24 bronze bells (programmable and manually operated), the Civil hall (The floor shows Wolfsburg's city map of 1958) and the city hall boardroom.Extension of the city hall (new city hall): Designed by Professor Schweger, Foundation stone on December 9th 1991, inauguration on March 15th 1994 by mayor Schlimme and city executive Professor Lamberg. It is a stretched five story concrete skeleton building located between the old city hall and the Art Museum, connected on the first an second floor by a bridge with the old city hall. 9,500 square meters office area for 300 employees of the city, citizen convenient administration with large LC-displays, intercommunication system, generous waiting area, costed about 43 million German Marks. Fallersleben castle  The Fallersleben castle was built at about the same time as the Gifhorn Castle (16th century). The constructor of both castles was duke Franz von Braunschweig and Lüneburg, who died young (41 years old) and brought the reformation to this region. His wife, the duchess Clara, received the Fallersleben castle as widows domicile and had it finished (1551). She lived in Fallersleben for 30 years and had much influence on this place (market regulations 1573, brewing decree, coinage prerogative, etc.). The castle is a medieval half timbered building, that was surrounded by a moat (water castle?). The castle was renovated over the past years. It houses a museum of the history of German democracy of the 19th century on the first floor (Hoffmann von Fallersleben museum) since 1991. It is not only telling about the exiting biography of the poet of the 'Deutschlandlied' and of hundreds more nursery rhymes, but also in an appealing and sometimes playful way of the history of German poetry an democracy of the 19th century. The second floor houses a picture gallery with pictures of Franz Hoffmann von Fallersleben. An eye catching detail are the carvings, paintings and stucco roofs in the top floor.Heilig-Geist-Church An evangelic Lutheran community center, designed by architect Prof. Doctor Alvar Aalto, opened in autumn 1962. Characteristics: bell tower in the style of a campanile, also called 'stairway to heaven tower'. The open bell tower is a symbol for a new, open minded church. That's the reason why the slender, white campanile may rise up to the sky in the future and the peal of bells may not fall silent. Aalto was dividing the 'Heilig-Geist-Church in a preliminary draft into five segments. The center is a small square, surrounded by the church and the community center and shielded by the campanile - the bell tower - from the street. The court yard is a center for communication. The typical fan characteristics of the buildings can be recognized at the Alvar-Aalto interpretive center. The church, community center and the vicarage was finished in autumn 1962. The next building was the kindergarten from 1963 to 1965. Sunlight from the east and good acoustics give the altar room its special atmosphere. The fanlike formed roof is starting at the altar. The baptismal font, that is located in a niche and lighted with a roof light is designed interestingly. It is also a boundary to the elevated choir, that is limited by the pulpit on the other side. Aalto designed many furnishings in this building himself, e.g. the candelabras and the collection box. Alvar Aalto's extensive knowledge in church building is visible in the conception and architecture of the 'Heilig-Geist-Church. Hoffmann von Fallersleben  'I just thought of my home, so I named myself "of Fallersleben"' That's the way August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben pointed out his bond to his home and city of birth, where he was born April 2nd 1798.His family was a resident of this city for several generations. His father was a merchant and innkeeper, mayor as an avocation. The young Hoffman, lived in his father's house during adolescence. His favorite place was his father's garden with the arbor (the saloon of the Hoffmann house and parking lot nowadays). All impressions that Hoffmann sings about in his world famous nursery rhymes have their origin in this environment. Hoffmann went to the Pädagogikum in Helmstedt after finishing elementary school. He passed the school leaving examination at the Katharineum in Braunschweig and studied theology in Göttingen in the beginning. Later on he studied classical philology, but was inspired by Jakob Grimm to study German language and literature. He proceeded with his studies in Bonn and Leyden. He was granted a doctorate by the university Leyden. He became a librarian at the university in Breslau in 1823, associate professor in 1830 and full professor in 1835 of German language at the university Breslau. Hoffmann incurred the displeasure of the authoritarian state with his unpolitical songs and was dismissed. He was fighting for a united German homeland. Restless years as a political renegade were following now. The Prussians as well as the Hannover home government expelled him from their countries. Hoffmann wrote the 'Deutschlandlied' (the German national anthem) on the isle of Helgoland on August 26th 1841. He found a satisfying profession and a new home by dint of the duke of Ratibor, who employed him as a librarian of the convent Corvey, after sojourning in Mecklenburg, Bingen and Weimar. He lived the last 14 years of his live there. He lived to see the fulfilling of his dreams, the German unity, that he was fighting for most of his life. He died on January 15th 1874. He was a folksinger, poet, thinker and important scientist and savant of the German language. You can see a bust of Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben in front of the saloon of the Hoffmann house: The most famous citizen: Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1789 to 1874), writer of the 'Deutschlandlied'. The bust is made of sandstone, made by Naturstein Billen, Wolfsburg. Neuhaus Castle This medieval water castle in the Neuhaus district was build as 'Neues Haus Vorsfelde' in the 14th century during the Lüneburger succession war by the duke of the Welfen, Magnus der Jüngere of Braunschweig and the city of Braunschweig. The Welfenduke Magnus der Jüngere, suddenly lost his castle in 1371. The Knights of Bartensleben that were living the Wolfsburg had annexed the duke's Vorsfelde castle. Since the 'Alte Haus Vorsfelde' was taken, Magnus built the 'Neue Haus Vorsfelde' with money from the rich people of Braunschweig. He build a rock and water castle at a strategic convenient location, on a flat mountain at the Hehlinger Bach above the Aller valley, which is one of the best preserved medieval water castles in the northern part of Germany. The difference of the pomp loving renaissance (Wolfsburg castle) and rough world of the medieval age, the time of the knights, becomes apparent when sightseeing the Neuhaus castle. Neuhaus represents a rare type of water castle surrounded by hills and moats, which was easy to defend against the own vassals, the lords of Bardensleben. These hat changed the sides during the Lüneburger succession war and supported the duke of Sachsen, who had a conflict with Magnus about the dukedom of Lüneburg. It got down to a battle near Heßlingen in 1372. The 'Alte Haus Vorsfelde' was destroyed in 1464. Neuhaus castle has withstand time to this very day. After the attacks of Earl Vollrath von Mansfeld in the year 1552, it became more peaceful for the renovated Neuhaus castle. It was used by the dukes of Braunschweig as an administrative department. The assignment as administrative department ended during the Napoleon era. The seigniory Neuhaus was leased for agricultural use after that. The castle came into property of the city of Wolfsburg in 1981. The City Museum set a documentation about the history of the castle and the Neuhaus administration in the two oldest rooms up. It is possible to sightsee these rooms since 1986. A model of the castle installations and a model of the Neuhaus administration water mill are shown there. The water mill was an important source of income for the respective noble chiefs. Unfortunately it had to give way to a beltway, that was build in 1952. Weapons of the late medieval age and documents about people's life till 1800 are exhibited. Only the house and mill pond attests of the water castle, the wide moats around the castle installation are long filled up. The park of the castle and the museum are inviting to stay in Neuhaus. Phaeno  In immediate vicinity to the east of the Wolfsburg railway station will be build the Phaeno. The building, designed by the plans of the Iraqi architect Zaha M. Hadid (London), will be build as a magic box or an enigmatic experience object and shall be opened in 2004. The city council and the administration have undoubtedly shown courage when accepting an vanguard concept that will attract interest. This courage allows Zaha Hadid to realize ideas in Wolfsburg that she had in his head for a long time, but couldn't or wouldn't realize for different reasons. The London architect is well know for her vanguard concepts. She present surprising solutions, time and time again. This applies for the Wolfsburg building as well, which architecture is difficult to describe.The architecture of Zaha Hadid is described as 'rigor and heaviness' by Professor Walter Nägeli. The battle between rigor and heaviness describes a basic issue of architecture. Buildings are made of heavy materials that follow the tendency to settle on the lowest possible energy level. The heaviness counters the rigidity of the material. It prevents - at least for a while - that the elements of the building close in on the sought low energy level. The way how that happens is the basic issue of all buildings. The design of every form has to deal with this question, even when the repertoire of the architects is immense enhanced by the technical possibilities. The 'Phaeno' how the Phaeno is called is on the one hand a massive looking building (as a model). On the other hand a good deal of glass will counteract this massive look. The 'cones', a kind of conical column, that reach from the floor plate and from building's ceiling to the next subjacent level, are an eye catching element. It is well known that the realization of the ambitious Hadid architecture, with the use of alike superior materials will be quite expensive. The structure of the building is getting more and more precise. The working title for the leg 'Cones' of the building that is directed to the Porschestrasse is 'café/bar/vinothek' with 60 indoor and 40 outdoor seats. The exhibition level floats in 6,50 meters height, that nobody will think of an underground parking lot. The bar and the restaurant on the upper levels are supplied via the mezzanine. A snack bar with foods and drinks will be located in another leg. The 'Supermarket of playing, learning and discovering for all generations', that will be one of the ascends to the Phaeno at the same time, will be a store of a special kind: books, magazines, globes, binoculars and more scientific and technical objects will be offered for sale. There will be an auditorium for events with 260 seats and an repair-shops in the legs, that are supposed to be inviting with large vitreous surfaces and special lighting. The visitors will roam on an area of about 5,000 m², on different plateaus and the exhibition level. Only about 300 m² are available for events. Different levels and designed sceneries will welcome the visitors that approach from the railway station or from the city and guide them with shining ribbons in the floor on their various possibilities to go to the Phaeno and the AUTOSTADT. The vitreous walkway that leads through the building to the city bridge and gives a view on the join in experiments will be most attractive. The city calculates with 260,000 visitors a year. The Phaeno understands itself as a place for experiments and experience. The world's first 'Exploratorium' of this kind was build in San Francisco in 1969. The guiding idea for the Wolfsburg center, that still needs a detailed program, is a Chinese saying: 'you hear and forget, you see and remember; you do - and you understand.' St. Annen-Church (evangelistic Lutheran) The St. Annen-Church was the church of the village of Hesslingen, that was first documentary mentioned in 1302 and suburbanized to the city of Wolfsburg in 1938. The church was originally closely surrounded by residential buildings and stables. It is located at the 'Berliner Ring' today, surrounded by the old cemetery and is the parish church of the district Hellwinkel. It is a late Romanic village church, in all probability from the 13th century (first documentary mentioned in 1302) with a typical segmentation in three parts and a clear differentiation of the roofs. The added apsis is a special characteristic of the Romanic style, and is seldom seen in village churches of that time. The church is made of Velpken Sand and quarrystone. It served as a fortified church, the walls are 100 to 150 centimeters thick. The well-fortified west tower with the brought up gable and the saddleback roof has three sonic portholes and several narrow wells. A 2 meter show-case with the treasure of the St. Annen-Church is in one of the door niches. Volkswagen Arena  One building in the world of experience of sports and recreation at the Allersee is the new soccer arena of the VFL Wolfsburg. Up to 30,000 visitors and fans find an arena with premier league qualities (22,000 seats and 8,000 standing visitors). There were plans for a rebuilding of the stadium by the city since the middle of the 90's. The call for a stadium with premier league quality was getting louder and louder when the VFL-Wolfsburg ascendet in the German premier soccer league on June 11th 1997.The ground breaking ceremony for the new arena at the Allersee was on Mai 18th 2001. The inauguration of Volkswagen Arena with a bash was on December 13th 2002. Wolfsburg AG - Experience world  Numerous new attractions, shopping facilities as well as leisure, sports and entertainment facilities and cultural possibilities come into existence starting from the Autostadt in the next years. All together will form the Experience world Wolfsburg. The guiding idea is 'motion' and it is thematically and spatially segmented in several focal points and project.Focal point 'sports and recreation' in the Allerpark The experience world project 'sports and recreation' shall be realized on the area of the 'Italian village' from the 60's (it was the largest Italian settlement to the north of the alps) near the Allerpark, that was used later on as a Volkswagen office center. The motto of the activity and sports orientated area in the Allerpark: 'get to know people in motion and try out or just watch'. Everybody's physical and mental limits may be discovered there. The already planned stadium, the new baths in the Allerpark and the ice ring will be the first visible elements. A trend and extreme sports center and further facilities around the subjects sports and recreation shall be created as well as a wellness and recreation center for people who just want to get away from it all and have themselves really pampered. Active experiencing of mobility, join in or just watch and be enthralled by action - there will be possibilities provided for everyone. Stage of planning:
There are thoughts about building a competence center for mountainbiking or an indoor surf center or maybe a kart course instead of the skiing arena. Wolfsburg castle  The castle was build as a noble residence for the mighty Bartensleben family at the beginning of the 14th century. The actual architectural form derives from the second half of the 16th century. It is an impressive example of the so called 'Weser renaissance'. The Bartensleben family didn't have no son and heir and died off in the middle of the 18th century. The castle came into property of the Earl von der Schulenburg as a result of succession. The Schulenburg family held the castle till 1942. The owners of the castle changed often thereafter until the city of Wolfsburg was the new and proud owner in 1962. The castle is renovated since that time and is used for representative and cultural purposes.Reception rooms (Court Arbor, Garden Saloon, Chimney Room) These rooms are a City Gallery with artworks since 1974. - Frequently changing exhibitions (Art Society Wolfsburg) - The City Museum in the Schlossremisen delivers insight to the history of the castle and the region und houses regularly special exhibitions. - Concerts in the Antoniensaal or in the courtyard - graphical workshop, print workshop, artist studios. Further information about the castle: Can be found on posts, Bergfried, Hausmann tower (49 m high, castle's highest tower), wings of the gate (gateway with crests and knights), knight's house, east wing with staircase from the 19th century, Court Arbor (bureau for marriage ceremonies), City Gallery (museum for art of the 20th century and at the same time museum for art of the presence, one of the greater nationwide collections in Germany. Paintings and sculptures of the German speaking area, international prints and photo art (in the 'Fotomuseum') are collected. Works with a total value of 12 million German Marks have been collected. Additionally you find in the castle:
Events at the castle:
Wolfsburg Planetarium  Lower Saxony's only large scale planetarium is located in Wolfsburg.It was opened on December 1st 1983. The planetarium has 150 seats. With the aid of cutting edge technology the Wolfsburg planetarium portrays lifelike views of the starry night sky, sun and moon. Myriads of fiber optics supply more than 9000 twinkling brilliant stars. Uncounted microprocessors control special projectors and allow planets to jump through years and millennia in the blink of an eye. 50 slide- and 2 video-projectors provide breath-taking insights into cosmic processes. A visit of the Wolfsburg planetarium in the fully air-conditioned astrodome with comfortable seats will become an unforgettable experience. The program is changing often. The planetarium was a present of the Volkswagen factory for the city of Wolfsburg to its 40th city anniversary in 1978. The optical instruments from Jena (Jenoptik) were part of a quid pro quo from cross trades of the former GDR with the Volkswagen factory (VW Golf cars for the GDR). The planetarium is also usable as an congress and convention center. Wolfsburg's theater  The City Theater was constructed according to the blueprints of the Berlin architect Hans Scharoun. The theatre is for quest performances only, with no own ensemble. 140 shows with more than 100 different titles from opera, operetta, theatre, ballet, musical and concert can be stage that way with additional own productions in the children's theatre (Christmas story). The theatre has about 800 seats and was opened in October 1973.The design of the theatre is a harmonic combination of nature, building and traffic. The main part of the building (auditorium, stage and adjoining rooms) was related to the size of the CongressPark, with regard to the scenery as well as to the existing CongressPark. The Foyer and its adjoining rooms are architecturally biased. The entity at the Klievesberg slope ends with the parking lot above the Braunschweiger Strasse. The theatre may be used for conventions, congresses and art exhibitions besides its primary prupose. |
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