18 Sights in Duisburg, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Duisburg, 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 18 sights are available in Duisburg, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Duisburg1. Kreuzeskirche
The Kreuzeskirche in the Marxloh district of Duisburg is an Evangelical Church, which was built according to plans by the architect Heinrich Behrens from 1903 to 1905. In 1985 it was under monument protection. It is one of the two preachers of the Evangelical parish of Marxloh-Obermarxloh in the Duisburg church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. Typical of the Hamborn-Marxloher area characterized by industrialization is the church island with the rectory, which is also a listed monument protection.
2. Salvatorkirche
The Salvatorkirche is the old town church in Duisburg and is one of the places of worship of the Evangelical parish of Alt-Duisburg, which belongs to the Duisburg church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. It was built on the site of an older Palatinate church in the 14th century on Duisburg's Burgplatz. Together with the Willibrordi Cathedral in Wesel, the church is one of the most important late Gothic church buildings on the right bank of the Lower Rhine.
3. St. Ludger
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Ludger in Duisburg-Neudorf is a neo-Gothic basilica built in 1897 by Dietrich Hofferek. A remarkable feature of the three-nave church with transept is the mighty tower with pointed spire, on the edges of which there are four other pointed turrets. Two similar turrets can also be found at the ends of the transept. Typical features of the style are the buttresses, the three-lane tracery windows and the ribbed vault.
4. alter Brückenpfeiler der ersten Duisburg-Hochfelder Eisenbahnbrücke
The Duisburg–Hochfeld railway bridge spans the Rhine in the German city of Duisburg on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach line. The first bridge was built by the Rhenish Railway Company and put into operation at the end of 1873. It was replaced by a new bridge in 1927, which was badly damaged during the Second World War, but rebuilt and is still serves rail traffic between the Ruhr region and Aachen.
5. Liebfrauenkirche
The Liebfrauenkirche on König-Heinrich-Platz is the former parish church of the Catholic community Liebfrauen in Duisburg-Mitte. It was consecrated in 1961 and profaned in 2010. The building has been under monument protection since 2005, and since 2013 it has been the independent "cultural church of Liebfrauen". The non -profit foundation is a strap of burning Dornbusch.
6. Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum Duisburg
The Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum is a municipal museum in the old town of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in 1902 and its collection was initially exhibited in the city's town hall. After several moves, it is now housed in the redesigned buildings of a flour mill in Duisburg's inner harbour, together with the neighbouring city archive.
Wikipedia: Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum Duisburg (DE), Website
7. Tausendfensterhaus
The Ruhrort House, popularly known as the Thousand Window House, was built from 1922 onwards as an administrative building for the mining company Rheinische Stahlwerke in Duisburg-Ruhrort, Ruhrorter Straße 187, on the filled-in part of the shipyard harbour. The uniform rows of windows gave the house its nickname, in fact it has a total of 510 windows.
8. Wasserturm Hohenbudberg
The Hohenbudberg water tower was built in 1915/1916 by the Prussian railway administration to supply the Hohenbudberg marshalling yard and the railway workers' settlement in Friemersheim. Today it is considered an industrial monument and is used as a studio, office and residential building.
9. Deutsche Oper am Rhein /Kulturbetriebe Stadt Duisburg
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical ballet company. Axel Kober has been its Music Director since 2009. The resident orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, play both opera and symphonic repertoire.
10. Museumsschiff Oscar Huber
The Oscar Huber is a side wheel towing steamer, which is now located as a museum ship in the Vincke Canal in Duisburg-Ruhrort. The ship is the last surviving wheel steamer on the Rhine, it belongs to the museum of German inland navigation on the railway port further north.
11. St. Hubertus
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Hubertus is located in the district of Rahm in the city of Duisburg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built until 1925 according to plans by Franz Schneider, consecrated in 1928 and listed as a historical monument in 1985.
12. Haus Hartenfels
Haus Hartenfels is a castle-like country estate in the Neudorf-Nord district of Duisburg. The house is located at 82.53 m above sea level. NHN on the northern tip of the Backelsberg, which is 83.7 m above sea level. NHN highest elevation in Duisburg city area.
13. Museum Küppersmühle für moderne Kunst (MKM)
Museum Küppersmühle (MKM) is a Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art based in Duisburg's Inner Harbour. It houses the Ströher Collection. It is part of the Duisburg: Town and Harbour section of the Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail.
14. Kaiserberg
The Kaiserberg is a natural survey in the Duisburg district of Duissern with 78 m above sea level. Nn. It is the northwestern foothills of the right bank of the Rhine slate mountains, the northern tip bears the name Schnabelhuck.
15. Haus Böckum
Haus Böckum is a medieval aristocratic residence in the Duisburg district of Huckingen on the old Angerbach. Haus Böckum is the only surviving moated castle in the city of Duisburg, even though most of its moats are dry today.
16. Bienenmuseum
The Bee Museum of the Duisburg District Beekeepers' Association in Rumeln-Kaldenhausen is a small natural history museum about beekeeping. It is located in a pavilion on the grounds of the Albert Einstein High School.
17. Karmelkirche
The Roman Catholic Carmelite Church in Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former Carmelite nuns religious church, which was built after the Second World War on the foundations of the former Minorite Church.
18. St. Joseph-Kirche
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Joseph is a listed sacred building in the Dellviertel, a district of Duisburg on the right bank of the Rhine in the Mitte district, and belongs to the Diocese of Essen.
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