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

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Explore interesting sights in Hattingen, 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 9 sights are available in Hattingen, Germany.

Sightseeing Tours in Hattingen

1. Heilig-Geist-Spital

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Heilig-Geist-Spital Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Heilig-Geist-Spital was a poorhouse and orphanage in the city center of Hattingen at Emschestraße 38. It is located on the eastern part of the church square of the church of St. George. In 1474, the Hospital Order of the Holy Spirit built a hospital and inn here on the basis of donations "in honour of God and the Holy Spirit and the patrons of St. George and Margaret". It was administered by two guest masters who assessed the need and encouraged those who were able to work to cooperate. The operating costs were covered by public collections and pious foundations.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Spital (Hattingen) (DE)

2. Russischer Ehrenfriedhof

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The Russian Cemetery Ludwigstal is a Soviet cemetery of honour in Hattingen-Blankenstein on the road Zur Maasbeck near Welper. Only the dead from the Second World War are buried there. Of the 155 graves, 151 belong to Russian prisoners of war. A memorial at the entrance to the cemetery commemorates the victims of forced labour in Hattingen.

Wikipedia: Russischer Friedhof Ludwigstal (DE)

3. Bismarckturm Hattingen

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Bismarckturm Hattingen Simplicius / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Bismarck Tower Hattingen is an observation tower in the south of the city of Hattingen on the Schulenberg. The construction of the Bismarck Tower was decided by the council of the city of Hattingen in 1899. The impetus came from a donation of one thousand marks from the merchant Robert Hill.

Wikipedia: Bismarckturm (Hattingen) (DE)

4. Stadtmuseum Hattingen

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Stadtmuseum Hattingen Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hattingen City Museum was opened in 2001 in the Blankenstein district in the old office buildings in the heart of the village in the immediate vicinity of Blankenstein Castle and the Gethmann Garden. The collection was previously located in the Old Town Hall in the old town of Hattingen.

Wikipedia: Stadtmuseum Hattingen (DE), Website

5. Stammhaus Gethmann

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Stammhaus Gethmann Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The parent house Gehmann is a half -timbered house at Hauptstraße 12 in the Blankenstein district of Hattingen. It is a two -storey shelved half -timbered building. The Gethmann family, who made a name for themselves and later as an entrepreneur family, have lived here since 1730.

Wikipedia: Stammhaus Gethmann (DE)

6. Bandwebereimuseum Elfringhausen

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The Elfringhausen Ribbon Weaving Museum is a local history museum in Elfringhausen, Hattingen, opened in 1996, dedicated to the local history of ribbon weaving. It is under the sponsorship of the Bürger-, Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Elfringhausen and the surrounding area.

Wikipedia: Bandwebereimuseum Elfringhausen (DE), Website

7. Altes Rathaus

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Altes Rathaus Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Old Town Hall is a half-timbered house in Hattingen, Germany. From about 1420, the building was a market hall for the sale of meat, built of Ruhr sandstone. In 1576, the building was extended by two storeys in half-timbered construction and used as a town hall.

Wikipedia: Altes Rathaus Hattingen (DE)

8. Sankt-Georg

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Sankt-Georg Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Evangelical Church of St. Georg is a church building in Hattingen. It is located in the historic city center on the church square. The municipality belongs to the Hattingen-Witten church district, Evangelical Church of Westphalia.

Wikipedia: St. Georg (Hattingen) (DE), Website

9. Museum im Bügeleisenhaus

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Museum im Bügeleisenhaus

The ironing house is a half -timbered house built in 1611 in the old town of Hattingen in the southern Ruhr area. The name comes from its striking form (iron building), which is due to the situation at the meeting of two alleys.

Wikipedia: Bügeleisenhaus (Hattingen) (DE), Website

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