11 Sights in Aschaffenburg, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 11 sights are available in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Aschaffenburg1. Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Alexander
The Kollegiatsstift St. Peter und Alexander is a Catholic church located in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. It is the town's oldest church, established in the 10th century, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Alexander. The main building was built as a Roman basilica, while other phases were built in the early Gothic style. The current structure is a cruciform basilica, reflecting a variety of styles including a Romanesque nave from the 12th century and a 15th-century tower.
Wikipedia: St. Peter und Alexander (Aschaffenburg) (EN), Website
2. Schönborner Hof
The Schönborner Hof in Aschaffenburg, a baroque building from the 17th century, today houses the Aschaffenburg Museum of Natural Sciences with permanent exhibitions and an extensive collection of insects, as well as a representative representation of the mineralogy and geology of the Spessart and the Aschaffenburg City and Abbey Archives.
3. Schönbusch
Schönbusch is a historic park and Schloss near the town of Aschaffenburg in the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. The park was designed in the late 18th century as an English landscape garden for an Archbishop of Mainz. Various Neoclassical buildings, including the Schloss are scattered across the park. It is open to the public.
4. ehem. Bunker 224
The Wetterau-Main-Tauber-Position (WMTS), later also known by the West Allies, was a military bunker belt built between Büdingen and Klingenberg between 1936 and 1937 in today's federal states Hessen and Bavaria. The defense line was originally to lead from Laubach in der Wetterau to the Mainline to Röttingen an der Tauber.
5. Nilkheimer Mainbrücke
The Nilkheim Main Bridge is a single-track railway bridge on the former Aschaffenburg–Höchst (Odenwald) railway at line kilometre 3.126. The structure from 1910 spans the Main at river kilometre 89.75 in Aschaffenburg, between the districts of Nilkheim and Obernau. The bridge was not destroyed during World War II.
6. Sandkirche
The pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, colloquially known as the Ecclesia ad album Lilium – Church of the White Lily, is a votive church in Aschaffenburg and a pilgrimage church on Route 1 – Westschleife, Station 9, of the Franconian Marian Trail.
7. Sankt Katharina
St. Catherine's Hospital in Aschaffenburg was built between 1604 and 1610, the chapel consecrated in 1618, destroyed and rebuilt during the Second World War. Today it serves as the church of the Greek Orthodox parish of St. Catherine.
8. St.-Getrud
The Church of St. Gertrud is a Catholic parish church built in 1959/60. In addition to the parish church of Maria birth, it is the second Catholic parish church in the Schweinheim district in the south of the city of Aschaffenburg.
9. Gentilhaus
The Gentil House, also known as the Gentil House, is a museum of the city of Aschaffenburg and contains the collections of the industrialist and art collector Anton Gentil. It is located at Grünewaldstraße 20.
10. Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle
The Holy Cross Chapel is a Catholic sacred building of the Clemensheim, a sisters' house for the Aschaffenburg convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence. It can also be called a church because of its size.
11. Spitalkirche St. Katharina
St. Catherine's Hospital Church was built in 1848 as a hall church in Romanesque-Classicist style. Today, the Romanian Orthodox Parish of the Depiction of Mr. Aschaffenburg celebrates its services there.
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