The best city hikes and walks around Dammer Berge

Located near the castle, the mint, and St. Nicholas Church, the Clothmaker's House at Lohnstrasse 2 is part of the city's historic core. Settlement on Lohnstrasse dates back to the 16th century. Presumably, living space in the old town was no longer sufficient, necessitating the construction of 26 houses in the street on Lohne Island, which was then called the "New Town." The name Lohnstrasse was not officially adopted until 1834. At that time, the river that gave the street its name was not called the Lohne but rather the Lohn or the Lohnstrom. House number 2 is first documented in 1688 as "Bödecker's House," which the master glazier Hermann Osthagen had purchased from Bödecker. From 1695 onwards, the clothmaker Friedrich Schröder lived there, followed by other clothmaker families, and later also a master shoemaker, a farmer, and a coachman. Clothmakers also lived and worked at times in the other houses on Lohnstrasse. Except for house number 13, which was demolished at the end of the 1950s, the old building fabric is largely preserved. www.tuchmacher-haus.de

When the weather is nice, you can sit outside in the Gänsemarkt (Goose Market) and take a break at Café Vitaly. There's also a globe fountain and a humming stone. Put your head inside and give it a try! The bronze sculpture "Diepholz Geese," created in 1988, is by the artist Heike Walter. (Source: https://www.stadt-diepholz.de/info/poi/gaensemarkt-3000028-21770.html)

A new building was constructed in 1904/05 to replace an older town hall, likely built in 1789. The three-story, brick-clad, historicist corner building, with its hipped and gable roofs, side gable projection, segmental and round-arched openings, profiled wooden windows, eaves frieze, stringcourses, bay windows, balconies, and slender corner tower with a tall spire and large gate for horse-drawn carriages, served as the town hall until 1985. Until 1927, it was used as a post office with an attached town hall, along with the local police station and two jail cells. Today, it hosts art exhibitions and events (Old Council Chamber). The county's Europe Direct Information Center was also located on the upper floor until 2011. [2][3] ] The State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments determined: “…historical significance within the context of Diepholz’s local history…” The new town hall of Diepholz, built in 1985, is located at Rathausmarkt 1. (Source: Wikipedia)

Anyone interested in understanding Damme's development and history is in the right place at the former train station, now the city museum. Source: https://www.heimatverein-damme.de/

Description: The "Goose Fountain" at the Kreissparkasse (district savings bank) was crafted from bronze in 1985 by the artist Karl-Heinz Friedrich from Lembruch. Diepholz geese have been bred in the Diepholz area since around 1880. Characteristic traits of the Diepholz goose include high resilience, excellent walking ability, and very good appetite. These desirable qualities continue to make them very popular among purebred poultry breeders today.

Did a residential tower or the house that the mint master Lambert Vleminck bought in 1514 or 1515 once stand on this site? We only know that Vleminck wanted to spend his final years here when his violations of the coinage regulations became so serious that the Bishop of Münster separated from him. During his time in Osnabrück and Münster, Vleminck also minted coins in Diepholz for the noblemen of Diepholz, and from 1515 onward. As was common knowledge at the time, he also engaged in counterfeiting on the express instructions of the noblemen. This, however, did not save him from ultimately suffering death in boiling water on the market square in Osnabrück.

The bronze sculpture "The Coiner" stands in front of the Kreissparkasse (District Savings Bank) and was created by Osnabrück artist Hans Gerd Ruwe in 1990. The sculpture commemorates the coin minting of the Diepholz noblemen, later Counts of Diepholz, and their mint master, Lambert Vlemynck.

The Damme City Museum is housed in the former train station building. It is run by the Local History and Beautification Association. Since its opening in 1992, the various exhibitions have focused on significant periods of local and regional history, from the earliest settlements to the more recent history of Damme's iron ore mining. https://www.damme.de/Kultur-Freizeit/Kultur/Stadtmuseum/