9 Sights in Aschaffenburg, Germany (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Aschaffenburg, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Aschaffenburg. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Aschaffenburg

1. Schönborner Hof

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Schönborner HofPeng 16:06, 16 October 2006 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Schönborner Hof in Aschaffenburg, a baroque building from the 17th century, now houses the Aschaffenburg Natural Science Museum with permanent exhibitions and an extensive collection of insects, as well as a representative presentation of the mineralogy and geology of the Spessart and the Aschaffenburg City and Abbey Archive.

Wikipedia: Schönborner Hof (Aschaffenburg) (DE)

2. Sandkirche

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The Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, colloquially known as the Sand Church – "Ecclesia ad album Lilium – Church of the White Lily" is a votive church in Aschaffenburg and a pilgrimage church on Route 1 – West Loop, Station 9, of the Franconian Marienweg.

Wikipedia: Mariä Heimsuchung (Aschaffenburg) (DE)

3. Gentilhaus

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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.

Wikipedia: Gentil-Haus (DE), Website

4. Spitalkirche St. Katharina

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The hospital church of St. Katharina was built in 1848 as a hall church in Romanesque-Classicist style. Today, the Romanian Orthodox parish of Representation of Mr. Aschaffenburg celebrates its services there.

Wikipedia: Spitalkirche St. Katharina (Aschaffenburg) (DE)

5. Nilkheimer Mainbrücke

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The Nilkheim Main Bridge is a single-track railway bridge on the former Aschaffenburg–Höchst (Odenwald) railway at 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 in the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Nilkheimer Mainbrücke (DE)

6. Sankt Katharina

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The St. Katharinenspital in Aschaffenburg was built between 1604 and 1610, the chapel was consecrated in 1618, destroyed and rebuilt in the Second World War. Today it serves as the church of the Greek Orthodox parish of St. Catherine.

Wikipedia: Katharinenspital (Aschaffenburg) (DE)

7. Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Alexander

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Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Alexander Johann H. Addicks - addicks@gmx.net / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church 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

8. Schönbusch

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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.

Wikipedia: Schönbusch (Aschaffenburg) (EN), Website

9. ehem. Bunker 224

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ehem. Bunker 224

The Wetterau-Main-Tauber Position (WMTS), later also known as the Little Siegfried Line by the Western Allies, was a military bunker belt built between 1936 and 1937 between Büdingen and Klingenberg in what is now the German states of Hesse and Bavaria. The line of defence was originally to run from Laubach in the Wetterau over the Main line to Röttingen an der Tauber.

Wikipedia: Bunker 224 (Aschaffenburg) (DE)

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