Mausoleum, Bückeburg

Name: Mausoleum
Address: Richard-Sahla-Straße 15, Bückeburg, 31675, Germany
Telephone: +49 5722 05039

#3 among attractions in Bückeburg

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The Mausoleum in Bückeburg Castle Park is the burial place of the Princely House of Schaumburg-Lippe. It is located in the castle park of Bückeburg, about 50 kilometers west of Hanover.

The mausoleum was built in the years from 1911 to 1915 during the reign of Prince Adolf II according to the plans of the Berlin architect Paul Baumgarten in the neo-Romanesque style. At 43 meters high and 27 meters wide, it is the largest mausoleum of its kind in Europe. The construction costs amounted to over one million marks.

Coordinates: 52°15'29"N, 9°2'6"E

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Richard-Sahla-Straße 15Bückeburg 31675 Germany

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+49 5722 05039

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Nearby attractions include: Weserangerbad, Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg, Erlebniswelt steinzeichen steinbergen, Minden Cathedral.

5 miSE
52°11'34"N • 9°5'10"E
Weserangerbad, Rinteln
128 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Amusement park
0.5 miNE
Museum dedicated to helicopters
Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg, Bückeburg
14 min walk • The Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg is located in the German town of Bückeburg, 30 miles to the west of Hannover. The museum is the sole museum in Germany specialising in rotary-wing flight and one of few worldwide. The museum is dedicated to the history and technology of the helicopter.
4.8 miSE
Amusement, Amusement park
Erlebniswelt steinzeichen steinbergen
123 min walk • Erlebniswelt steinzeichen was a nature-oriented adventure and leisure park in the Steinbergen district of Rinteln in the Weserbergland region of Lower Saxony. It was located on the Messingberg, in an already renaturalized area of a quarry.
5.4 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Minden Cathedral, Minden
137 min walk • Minden Cathedral, dedicated to Saints Gorgonius and Peter, is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Porta Westfalica
127 min walk • The Porta Westfalica, also known as the Westphalian Gap, is a gorge and water gap where the Weser river breaks through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehen Hills in the west and the Weser Hills in the east. It is located in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
5 miN
Manor house
Jagdschloss Baum
129 min walk • The former Jagdschloss Baum is a small Schloss near Bückeburg along the road to Lahde in the Schaumburg Forest. Jagdschloss Baum was built between 1760 and 1761 by Count Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe and is considered a prime example of late Baroque Classicism.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jakobsberg
111 min walk • The Jakobsberg is a hill, 235.2 m above sea level, that forms the westernmost peak of the Wesergebirge chain and is the eastern guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica or "Westphalian Gate", in North Rhine-Westphalia.
5.3 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Stadttheater Minden, Minden
136 min walk • Stadttheater Minden is a municipal theatre in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The theatre has no ensemble, but stages some productions of its own. It became known for a Wagner project culminating in Der Ring in Minden.
~1970 ftE
Palace, Forts and castles
Schloss Bückeburg, Bückeburg
10 min walk • Bückeburg Castle is a castle in Bückeburg and ancestral seat of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe, the ruling princely house of the state of Schaumburg-Lippe until 1918.
4.3 miW
Tower
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower
111 min walk • Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower is a 142-metre-tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on the 238-metre-high elevated Jakobsberg near Porta Westfalica.
3.2 miSE
Cemetery
Eilsen
82 min walk • Eilsen is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Bad Eilsen.