Aurich Attractions

On the Ems-Jade Canal is Aurich's harbor, the starting point of cruises in small boats on the canal.

Wallinghausen, with the Gulfhof (north of Aurich), now houses a Coach Museum.

The Historical Museum in Aurich is housed in the former chancery of the Counts and Princes of East Friesland.

The Baroque Knodtsches Haus in Aurich's Market is now occupied by a school.

The Aurich Marktplatz was first laid out in 1517.

The Schloss in Aurich is a palace built in 1851-55 on the foundations of a much older castle and now occupied by government offices. Attached to the Schloss are the court stables (Marstall; 1732).

The low Pingelhus on the Georswall in Aurich, whose bell used to announce the departure of ships, was the meeting place of the East Frisian Landschaft (a rural credit association established to assist nobles ruined by the Seven Years War). It was rebuilt around 1900 in Renaissance style and has a sumptuously appointed interior (portraits of Counts and Princes of East Friesland).

The Lambertikirche (1832-35) in Aurich has a carved Gothic altar from Antwerp (c. 1510).

The Stiftsmühle in Aurich is a windmill which is still in working order. The Mill Museum is contained within.