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Wiemelhausen, Bochum — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Wiemelhausen packs four churches, Haus Brenschede and the Medizinhistorische Sammlung into one district of Bochum.
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Where to stay in Wiemelhausen
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Wiemelhausen is a parish district. St. Johannes, Petrikirche, the Melanchthonkirche and St. Albertus Magnus all stand within it, a dense set of churches for one ward, and Haus Brenschede supplies the single secular address on the same list. Bochum still books the rooms. Visitors comparing Wiemelhausen with Weitmar or Stiepel are choosing between districts of one city rather than between towns with separate hotel stock.
Few places to stay in Wiemelhausen — most visitors book in Bochum nearby.
About Wiemelhausen
What are the main landmarks in Wiemelhausen?
Six names sit under Wiemelhausen. The Medizinhistorische Sammlung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum is a university collection of medical history and Haus Brenschede is a house, which leaves the remaining four entries in the district to the parishes and the buildings they keep. Those four are the Melanchthonkirche, Petrikirche, St. Johannes and St. Albertus Magnus.
What is the history of Wiemelhausen?
Wiemelhausen's dates belong to Bochum. Nothing in the district's own record fixes a founding year, and what stands in place of one is a run of churches, St. Johannes, Petrikirche, the Melanchthonkirche, St. Albertus Magnus, each entered without a year beside it. Haus Brenschede is the one house listed.
The Medizinhistorische Sammlung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum keeps a different sort of past on these streets, the history of medicine rather than of the ward.
Where is Wiemelhausen?
Wiemelhausen lies inside Bochum alongside Weitmar and Stiepel, its ground marked out by four churches and Haus Brenschede.
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What is the best area to stay in Wiemelhausen?
Bochum: city-centre beds with Haus Brenschede and the Melanchthonkirche a short move off.
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Updated August 2026