Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Überlingen, Germany

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.6 km
Ascend 130 m
Descend 131 m

Explore Überlingen in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Überlingen

Sight 1: Uferpark Überlingen

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Uferpark Überlingen

The Uferpark is a green area of about six hectares in the western part of the city of Überlingen. The park was planned as part of the Überlingen State Garden Show 2020 and opened on April 30, 2021 after a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wikipedia: Uferpark Überlingen (DE), Website

1148 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: Goldbacher Stollen des ehemaligen KZ Überlingen

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Between June 1944 and April 1945, prisoners from the Überlingen-Aufkirch subcamp were forced to work in the Molasse Rock Formation between Goldbach and Überlingen on the northern shore of Lake Überlingen and were intended for the underground relocation of armaments factories important to the war effort from Friedrichshafen, about 35 km southeast on the shores of Lake Obersee.

Wikipedia: Goldbacher Stollen (DE), Website

1749 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 3: St. Jodok

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The Catholic Jodok Church in the so-called village in Überlingen on Lake Constance is a pilgrim church and is located directly on the Via Beuronensis, the part of the Way of St. James between the Neckar and Lake Constance on the way from Pfullendorf to Wallhausen. The church is integrated into the street row slightly set back and belongs to the Überlingen Minster parish of St. Nicholas.

Wikipedia: St. Jodok (Überlingen) (DE)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Franziskanerkirche zur unbefleckten Empfängnis

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Franziskanerkirche zur unbefleckten Empfängnis

The Franciscan Church of the Immaculate Conception is an originally Gothic, later baroque former monastery church of the Franciscan convent in Überlingen. Like many other mendicant churches, it does not have a church tower, but only a small baroque turret. The church is located between Spitalgasse and Franziskanerstraße next to the Franciscan Gate in the old town. After the Minster of St. Nicholas, to whose parish it also belongs, it is the second largest church in the city.

Wikipedia: Franziskanerkirche (Überlingen) (DE)

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Staedtisches Museum

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Staedtisches Museum Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Reichlin-von-Meldegg-Haus in Überlingen is a former patrician house above the old town of Überlingen, furnished with elements of the late Gothic and Florentine early Renaissance. It is considered one of the oldest Renaissance buildings in Germany and is one of the city's most important cultural monuments and sights. Since 1913, the cityscape-defining building has housed the municipal museum, which is one of the oldest and largest cultural history museums in the Lake Constance region.

Wikipedia: Reichlin-von-Meldegg-Haus (DE), Website

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