The formerHanseatic town of Herford is situated in the chain of hills south of the Wiehen Hills (Ravensberg Hills). The highest place is the Dornberg (240 m) in the Schwarzenmoor district; the lowest point (56 m) is located in the Werretal in the Falkendiek district. The RiverAa joins the riverWerre in the centre of the town. The Stuckenberg is located east of the town.
The Herford Minster (Münsterkirche) is a lateRomanesquehall church, built about 1220-1250 for the Fürstabtei Herford (Herford monastery). It is one of the earliest hall churches in Germany
St. James' (Jakobikirche/Radewiger Kirche) is a lateGothic hall church (1330)
St. John's (St. Johannis/Neustädter Kirche) is a late Gothic hall church (1340)
St. Mary's (St. Marien auf dem Berge) is also a late Gothic hall church. It was completed about 1325/50 and part of a monastery
Town hall, built 1913-16 by Paul Kanold inNeo-Baroque forms
Neustädter Rathaus (former town hall), built 1600, aesthetic pediment 1930 removed, 1988/89 reconstructed
Remensnider-Haus, Brüderstraße 26, a late Gothichalf-timbered building from 1521
Kantorhaus, Elisabethstraße 2, a half-timbered building, about 1484/1494
Holland 21, half-timbered building, 1554
Holland 39, half-timbered building, 1559
Bürgermeisterhaus, Höckerstraße 4, a late Gothic stone building from 1538 with a stepped gable similar to houses inMünster andBielefeld
Frühherrenstraße 11, a Renaissance building, 1591
Wulfert-Haus, Neuer Markt 2 with a brick-built Renaissance gable, 1560
TheMARTa Herford, a museum for contemporary art and design, housed in a building designed byFrank Gehry, has been open to the public since May 2005. Its exhibits change regularly.
The Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus in Herford explores the history of the city, and the Memorial and Meeting Place Cell Block, in the basement of the city hall, documents the persecution and the obliteration of minorities. Plans to construct a museum of city history next to the city hall and the Minster church have been postponed.
Herford is the seat of theNordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Northwest German Philharmonic) which performs regularly in theStadtpark Schützenhof as well as many neighbouring cities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Eugene Tzigane is the principal conductor designate (2010–present).
TheStadttheater (Municipal theatre) provides seats for 706 viewers and it is served by visiting theatre companies.
7th Signal Regiment, based at Maresfield Barracks on Stadtholz Strasse, received the honour of the Freedom of Herford in 1973 Becoming the first British military unit to receive the freedom of a German city.[citation needed]
![[icon]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aWiki_letter_w_cropped.svg)
