Iburg Castle

Iburg Castle is a former abbey where prince-bishops of Osnabrück lived for 600 years. There is small garden near the castle designed by Martin Charbonnier, better known for the Royal Gardens in Hanover. Gardens in Hanover, by the way, was ordered by Princess Sophia, who was born and grew up in this castle and later became the first Prussian Queen. And her brother George I, who also spent all his childhood in this castle, in 1714 became king of the Great Britain and Nothern Island.

The area around the castle is freely accessible, although it is not particularly interesting. The interior of the castle can be visited with an tour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 15:00.

Near the castle is a large public area with a lake. Buy ice cream in the Venezia cafe (Arkadenstraße 7) and take a stroll here on a warm, sunny day, together with the locals.










Getting there: parking coordinates N 52 09.452 E 8 02.380. From Osnabrück Hbf by bus 465 (Glandorf) or 466 (Bad Rothenfelde) to the Rathaus, Bad Iburg. Buses run every 30 minutes.