Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Gera, Germany
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5.6 km
102 m
Explore Gera in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in GeraSight 1: Botanischer Garten Gera
The Botanischer Garten Gera, also known as the Botanischer Garten der Museum für Naturkunde Gera, is a botanical garden located on the grounds of the Museum für Naturkunde der Stadt Gera at Nicolaistrasse 6, Gera, Thuringia, Germany. It is open daily without charge.
Sight 2: St. Salvator
The Salvatorkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church on the Nicolaiberg in the city center of Gera in Thuringia, Germany. Along with the St. John's Church and the Trinity Church, it is one of the three inner-city churches of Gera.
Sight 3: Museum für Naturkunde
The Museum of Natural History in Gera is one of four municipal museums in the city. It is located in the Schreiber House on the Nicolaiberg in the eastern part of the old town, right next to the Salvator Church.
Sight 4: Museum für Angewandte Kunst
The Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) is a museum of art and arts in Gera, and one of four municipal museums in the city. It is located in Ferbersche Haus in Greizer Straße, in one of the most impressive baroque residential complexes of Geras.
Sight 5: Simsonbrunnen
The Simsonbrunnen is a fountain in the middle of the Gera market. The fountain figure represents the biblical lion conqueror Samson.
Sight 6: Stadt-Apotheke
The Stadtapotheke is a pharmacy in the historic old town of Gera. It is located at the junction of Kleine Kirchstraße at the northwest corner of the market. It is known for its richly decorated bay window.
Sight 7: Stadtmuseum
The city museum is one of four urban museums in the city of Gera. It deals with the history of the city. It is located at Museumsplatz 1, in the building of the former breeding and orphanage- in the center of the city.
Sight 8: St. Trinitatis
The Trinitatis Church is a Protestant church in Heinrichstraße in the city center of Gera. Originally, the church was located at the northeast end of the municipal cemetery. It became the property of the city in 1900 and was closed in 1910. From 1920 onwards, the cemetery was transformed into a city park, today's Park of Youth.
Sight 9: Villa Jahr
Villa Jahr is a villa located in the north of the Heinrichsgrün district of Gera, near the left bank of the White Elster.
Sight 10: Haus Schulenburg
Haus Schulenburg is an upper-middle-class villa built by Henry van de Velde in Gera, Straße des Friedens 120, which is a listed building.
Sight 11: Daliengarten Gera
The Dahlia Garden is a green space in Gera that serves as an exhibition space for the dahlias grown in the region every autumn. It was founded in 1928 as the world's first pure show garden for dahlias.
Sight 12: Tierpark Gera
The Thuringian Forest Zoo Gera was founded in 1962 as a small home animal enclosure and developed into the largest forest zoo in East Thuringia and one of the largest in Thuringia. It is located in the middle of the city forest – just outside the gates of the city of Gera – in Martinsgrund. A special feature are the deep gorges created by strong erosion.
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