Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Graz, Austria
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13.8 km
274 m
Explore Graz in Austria with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in GrazIndividual Sights in GrazSight 1: Schutzengelkirche
The Parish Church of the Holy Guardian Angels is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 14th district of Eggenberg in Graz, Germany.
Sight 2: Christuskirche
The Christuskirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the 14th district of Graz, Eggenberg, and the parish church of the parish of Graz-Eggenberg.
Sight 3: Schulschwesternkirche zur Unbefleckten Empfängnis
The School Sisters' Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church in the 14th district of Eggenberg in Graz, Germany. She belongs to the Graz School Sisters and belongs to the parish of Graz-St. Vinzenz, and thus belongs to the deanery of Graz-West of the City Church of Graz.
Sight 4: Sankt Vinzenz
St. Vincent's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 14th district of Eggenberg in Graz and is dedicated to St. Vincent de Paul.
Sight 5: Graz Hauptbahnhof
Graz Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated Graz Hbf, is the main railway station in Graz, the capital of the Austrian federal state Styria. The station is located some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the city centre, to which it is connected by tram.
Sight 6: Metahof-Schlössl
The Metahof-Schlössl is a small castle on the edge of the Metahofpark in the fourth district of Graz, Lend.
Sight 7: Lazaristenkirche zur Schmerzhaften Mutter
The Lazarist Church of the Sorrowful Mother or St. Mary's Church or Church of the Sorrowful Mother is a Roman Catholic church in the fourth district of Lend, Graz. It is the parish church of the parish of Graz-Sorrowful Mother (Marienpfarre) in the deanery of Graz-Nord of the City Church of Graz, and monastery church of the Mission House of the Lazarists Graz, Provincial Council and House of Study (Clerical) of the Order. Right next to the church is the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Graz.
Sight 8: Kirche der Barmherzigen Schwestern
The Convent of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul in the fourth district of Lend in Graz is a branch of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul FdC (BHS/TdchL). The Church of the Immaculate Conception is the monastery church.
Sight 9: Stadtpark
The Graz City Park, the largest public park in Graz, was founded in 1869 on the area of the glacis in front of the city wall under Mayor Moritz Ritter von Franck and completed in 1872.
Sight 10: Grabenkirche
The Grabenkirche, also Pfarrkirche Graz-Graben, Church of St. John the Baptist Geidorf, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the third district of Geidorf in Styria, Austria. The church, which is subordinate to the patronage of St. John the Baptist, belongs to the Capuchin branch and the Grabenkloster and to the pastoral care area Graz-Nord of the City Church of Graz in the Diocese of Graz-Seckau. The church is a listed building.
Sight 11: Karmelitinnenkirche zum Heiligen Josef
The Carmelitus Church for St. Josef is a Roman Catholic church building in the third district of Graz Geidorf, which is the monastery church of a convent of the unstagled Carmelite. Previously there was one in Graz. Josef consecrated church, which was agreement in the 1930s.
Sight 12: Rosenhof
The Rosenhof, also known as Neidenberg, is a former Graz noble farm, which was later expanded into a castle. Its history dates back to the first half of the 16th century. Today it is owned by the city of Graz.
Sight 13: Kirche zum heiligen Kreuz
The church and the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross are located in Kreuzgasse in the third district of Graz, Geidorf. The convent is a branch of the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross. Next to it is the Sanatorium of the Sisters of the Cross, a general hospital. Both buildings, the monastery and the main wing of the hospital complex, are listed buildings.
Wikipedia: Kirche und Konvent der Kreuzschwestern (Graz) (DE)
Sight 14: Hubertus-Schlössl
The Hubertus-Schlössl is a residence on the Rosenberg in the third district of Graz, Geidorf.
Sight 15: Sommerrefektorium der Jesuiten
The former summer refectoration of the Jesuits is a listed building on the so -called Rosenhain in the 3rd Graz district of Geidorf. The Jesuits had large parts of this hill northeast of the city center, which they used with the establishment of the refectory in 1654, among other things, to recover the religious members.
Sight 16: Hilmteichwarte
The Hilmwarte, sometimes also known as the Hilmteichwarte, is a weather radar research station and a former observation tower in the eleventh district of Graz, Mariatrost.
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