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Tower work

is a sculpture based on a square in the pedestrian zone of Salzgitter Lebenstedt is placed.It is also known as a city monument.The sculpture was created by Juergen Weber created in the years 1989 to 1995.The sculpture is 13.73 meters high, 36.5 t and the base is 1.2 m deep.It is considered the landmark of the city of Salzgitter.The sculpture bears witness to the exciting past of the city and is reminiscent of concentration camp slave labor, flight, expulsion and removal but also to the reconstruction and the establishment of a new city and a new business location.In 1985 the contract to build the monument was commissioned in 1992 the city celebrated its 50th anniversary Salzgitter anniversary and in 1995 the monument after ten years of development time, finally passed. The current monument was made ​​of marble and bronze made and the cost was then 1.13 million DM.

Salder Castle

is a Renaissance castle in Salder, a district of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony.It was built in 1608 by architect Paul Francke war on behalf of David Sachse Wolfenbüttel for the lords of Saldern .Acquired in 1695 Prince August Wilhelm of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel the palace complex and made extensive restoration work.Since 1962, the castle houses the Museum of the City of Salzgitter, which can be visited free of charge. Focus of the exhibitions, in addition to the geology and the origin and early history of the city's history of the 31 districts of Salzgitter from the Baroque to the 20th Century.In the department "from ore to steel" are among other models in the iron foundry brothers Schreitel issued.In the courtyard each year in the summer open-air guided by events. It extends the range of cabaret and concerts with famous bands, like Blackmore's Night, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Reamonn, Ten Years After and silver moon.

Municipal Museum in the Castle Salder

The museum of local history is divided into three sections. In the museum, visitors can from the geological beginnings, the prehistory and early history, medieval and modern times through to urban development in the 20th Century, many gather impressions. In the "Museum of Industry, Technology, Work and Mobility" is the industrial and technological history of the region between Salzgitter and resin and heath in the 19th Century represented.Star of the Department of Geology is an ichthyosaur, the ichthyosaur, which lived during the Lower Cretaceous period 115 million years ago, and whose skeleton was discovered in early 1941 in Salzgitter ore mining underground. In the museum of the history of childhood, the visitor a unique region in the toy collection from the 19th and admire 20th century. The aim of the exhibition is also to convey to insights into the life circumstances of children in this region.

Museum Festival in Salzgitter

Each year in May celebrating the Municipal Museum Castle Museum Salder be hard. Here, the museum displays over two days - in any case as always free of charge His collections / exhibitions.In addition, will come up with a range of events for all visitor groups, such as guided tours, presentations, and behind the scenes.

Sculpture Salzgitter-Bad

was created in Salzgitter-Bad from 1999 to 2009 in Salzgitter-Bad, a district of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, Germany.The sculptures are made of steel since the year 2009, a part of the European road of peace which runs from Paris to Moscow.This street art is the brainchild of sculptor Otto Freundlich back from the year 1928.Salzgitter is the ore and smelting in the region by Salzgitter AG coined. The artists had been set up nine steel sculptures that are in tension between landscape, art and history of the city.The city of Salzgitter sees the sculptures in dialogue with the surrounding area, and international art, international understanding and bringing people together.The Executive Board of Salzgitter Group intends to continue with the steel material to the history and importance of the steel city of Salzgitter and promotes the art project.

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