17 Sights in Bayreuth, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Bayreuth, 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 17 sights are available in Bayreuth, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Bayreuth1. Iwalewahaus
Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions, academic research and teaching, by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists, recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions. The mission of Iwalewahaus is to research, document and teach recent African culture. The focus is on visual arts, everyday culture, the media and music. The house provides space for lectures, conferences, concerts, film screenings and readings and is a vivid forum for artists, researchers, students of African studies and the interested public.
2. Ordenskirche St. Georgen
The Ordenskirche St. Georgen or Sophienkirche is a church in the Sankt Georgen suburb of Bayreuth, a suburb which had been founded by George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth as hereditary prince of the Principality of Bayreuth. The church's foundation stone was laid in 1705. Stone was supplied from twenty nearby and distant quarries and in 1709 the church's outer shell was completed. As George William had hoped, the church was consecrated on the feast day of his name-saint George, 23 April 1711, though some work had to be carried out after consecration.
Wikipedia: Ordenskirche St. Georgen (EN), Website, Website, Youtube
3. Schlosskirche
The Schlosskirche Bayreuth in the building ensemble of the Old Castle in Bayreuth is a hall church in the style of the Bayreuth Rococo. It was built between 1753 and 1758 by order of the margrave couple Wilhelmine and Frederick III as a Lutheran castle and burial church. The plans were drawn up by court architect Joseph Saint-Pierre, the ornate ceiling stuccos by Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi. Since 1813, the castle church has been a Catholic parish church with the patronage of Our Lady.
4. Stadtkirche „Heilig Dreifaltigkeit
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Bayreuth is a three-nave Protestant basilica in the late Gothic style and the largest church in the city. The predecessor building dedicated to Saint Magdalene, a daughter church of St. Nicholas Church in Altenstadt, was destroyed in a city fire in 1605. In 1611 the reconstruction of the church began, and on the First Sunday of Advent in 1614 it was consecrated to the Holy Trinity.
5. Festspielhaus
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, built by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner and dedicated solely to the performance of his stage works. It is the venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival, for which it was specifically conceived and built. Its official name is Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus. It is the home of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
6. Orangerie
The new castle is one of the two castles in the historic park Hermitage east of the Sankt Johant district of the Upper Franconian city of Bayreuth. It should not be confused with the new castle in the city center built from 1753. A special feature of the palace complex is the color of its outer walls, which is created by stones, crystals and pieces of glass in mosaic -like arrangement.
7. Freimaurermuseum
The German Masonic Museum in Bayreuth (Upper Franconia) houses one of the largest collections of Masonic cultural assets in the world: Masonica of all kinds such as lodge badges, ritual objects, work carpets and the largest Masonic library in the German-speaking world. It is dedicated to the history of ideas of Freemasonry and its interactions within Germany.
8. Margravial Opera House
The Margravial Opera House is a Baroque opera house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany. Built between 1745 and 1750, it is one of Europe's few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored. On 30 June 2012, the opera house was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of its exceptional Baroque architecture.
Wikipedia: Margravial Opera House (EN), Website, Heritage Website
9. Spitalkirche
The hospital church in Bayreuth is located in the city center on Maximiliansstrasse, a street market. It belongs to the Margrave Churches, is Evangelical Lutheran and is managed by the city as part of the hospital foundation. The name -giving former hospital, in which apartments and the city archive are housed, borders directly.
10. Deutsches Schreibmaschinenmuseum
Until August 2022, the German Typewriter Museum was located in the Sankt Georgen district of Bayreuth, in outbuildings of the former Leers orphanage from 1901. Since then, the exhibits have been temporarily stored in a secret location before the new domicile on the grounds of the Thiergarten hunting lodge can be occupied.
11. Evangelische Pfarrkirche St. Johannis
The Evangelical Lutheran St. St. Johannis's Church in Bayreuth is one of the Margrave Churches of the former Margrave Brandenburg-Bayreuth and received its present appearance mainly in the 18th century. Today the church belongs to the church circle of Bayreuth in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
12. Synagoge Bayreuth
The Bayreuth Synagogue is the house of prayer of the Jewish Community in Bayreuth, the capital of the Upper Franconian district. It is located at Münzgasse 2, based on the Margravial Opera House. The baroque house is the oldest synagogue in Germany that is still used for its purpose.
13. Altes Rathaus
The Kunstmuseum Bayreuth is a museum for modern art, opened in 1999 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany. The historic rooms of the baroque former town hall present exhibitions with contemporary art and classical modern art. The offer includes guided tours, educational events and lectures.
14. Gluehwürmchen Feuersalamander
Fire Salamander Glowworm is a 23.5 meter wide and 1.10 meter high lettering on the Kolping House in Bayreuth, which is attributed to the artist Roland Schön. Since its construction in 2008, the lettering has had its third location in the city as art in architecture.
15. Taharahaus
The Tahara House in the Jewish cemetery in Bayreuth, a city in the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia, was built around 1870. The Tahara House in the south-east corner of the cemetery is a protected architectural monument.
16. Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten
The Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten der Universität Bayreuth is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Bayreuth. It is located at Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, and open daily except Saturday.
Wikipedia: Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth (EN), Website
17. Jüdischer Friedhof
The Jewish cemetery in Bayreuth was established in 1787 as the burial place of the Jews of Bayreuth, a town in the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia. Today there are about 1000 graves in the cemetery.
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