Wolfenbüttel – Residential City

Lessinghaus und Schloss, Fotograf Christian Bierwagen, Rechte Stadt Wolfenbüttel
Lessinghaus und Schloss, Fotograf Christian Bierwagen, Rechte Stadt Wolfenbüttel

1,000 half-timbered houses and “Jägermeister”

Wolfenbüttel is known as the home of JÄGERMEISTER herbal liqueur, but did you know it’s also home to the second-largest palace in Lower Saxony? Or that the writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing spent the last years of his life in Wolfenbüttel? No? Wolfenbüttel was the residence of the Guelph dukes for over three centuries. Largely undamaged by wars waged through its long history, the historical centre with the world-renowned Duke August’s Library, Lessing’s house and the first Protestant-built church is much as it was in Guelph days. Discover Lessing’s city, where there is always something more to see and do.

www.lessingstadt-wolfenbüttel.de

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Sights:

  • Ducal palace
  • Lessinghaus
  • Herzog August Bibliothek (library) and Zeughaus (armoury)
  • Citizen museum
  • “Little Venice” (cultural route of Wolfenbüttel waterways)
  • Town Hall and Town Market
  • Main church Beatae Mariae Virginis
  • St. Trinitatis church
  • Krumme Straße

Tourist-Info Stadt Wolfenbüttel
Löwenstraße 1
38300 Wolfenbüttel
Tel.: +49 (0)5331 86280
touristinfo@wolfenbuettel.de
www.lessingstadt-wolfenbuettel.de