Point de langues de Shakespeare ni de Cervantès : c’est sur la langue de Goethe que vous avez jeté votre dévolu ? LEC répond présent et vous fait partir en séjour linguistique ado en Allemagne dans quelques-unes des villes les plus mythiques du pays : Leipzig, Wolfsburg, Düsseldorf, ou encore Oldenbourg. Aujourd’hui, c’est de cette dernière dont notre organise a choisi de vous parler. Le zoom, c’est maintenant !
A must-see city in the state of Lower Saxony
Oldenbourg se trouve en Basse-Saxe, Land que vous aurez peut-être tout loisir d’explorer au cours d’un imminent séjour linguistique ado en Allemagne. Erigée dans la région nord-ouest du pays, la ville se situe entre Brême, autre ville majeure du paysage germanique, et les Pays-Bas.
From Oldenbourg to Oldenburg
During a teen language study trip to Germany, be sure to drop the second “O” from Oldenbourg: our neighbors across the Rhine call it Oldenburg, which translates, in the language of Molière, to “old town.” Its population? In 2013, the city was home to 158, 658 people—almost as many, give or take a few hundred, as Grenoble, in the department of Isère.
A Brief History of Oldenburg
While Oldenburg is now the name of a major city, it also refers to a former state in northern Germany. Christian VIII, a descendant of the Counts of Oldenburg, was elected King of Denmark in the 15th century, and later King of Norway and Sweden. A Grand Duchy in 1815, Oldenburg became a state of the German Empire in 1871, before the last Grand Duke abdicated at the end of World War I.
Things to see in Oldenburg
Today, Oldenburg is a renowned university town that attracts some 20, 000 students each year. During your visit, be sure to explore the city’s national theater or spend a few hours at the Horst Janssen Museum, dedicated to the artist of the same name who grew up in the city.