Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Aachen, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 4.2 km
Ascend 70 m
Descend 118 m

Explore Aachen 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 Aachen

Sight 1: K.D. St.V. Franconia Aachen

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K.D. St.V. Franconia Aachen unbekannt / PD-alt-100

The Catholic German student connection Franconia to Aachen in CV is a Catholic, German, color -bearing student connection at RWTH Aachen, which the cathedral guard of the Aachen Cathedral. It belongs to the Cartell Association (CV).

Wikipedia: K.D.St.V. Franconia Aachen (DE), Website

1206 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: Sandkaulpark

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The Sandkaulpark is the second largest park within the Aachen Alleenring after the Elisengarten. It was one of the few inner-city areas created by the so-called alignment straightening after the war in Aachen. The residential buildings at the time, most of which had been damaged by bombs, were demolished. The park is located within the monument area of protection zone B.

Wikipedia: Sandkaulpark (DE)

400 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Neues Kurhaus

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The Neues Kurhaus in Aachen, built between 1914 and 1916, is a neoclassical building in Aachen, Germany. The Kurhaus is located on the edge of Aachen's Stadtgarten on Monheimsallee and has the location designation Monheimsallee 44. The building is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Neues Kurhaus Aachen (DE)

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Friedhof Güldenplan

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The Stadtgarten Aachen with the central Wingertsberg, which is 193 m above sea level, is an urban park in Aachen, Germany. It consists of the hospital garden, which was laid out in 1852 and was converted into a spa park in 1916, as well as the Farwick Park to the north, which was acquired in 1925, and the former Protestant cemetery Güldenplan, which was incorporated after 1945. The Stadtgarten has a total area of about 2.3 hectares and is located in the area between Monheimsallee, Jülicher Straße, Robensstraße, Passstraße and Rolandstraße.

Wikipedia: Stadtgarten Aachen (DE)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Kongreßdenkmal

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The Congress Monument is an architectural monument commemorating the 1818 Congress of Monarchs in Aachen, which was erected between 1836 and 1844 on a historic site on Adalbertsteinweg according to designs by the agricultural inspector Johann Peter Cremer from 1822 and Schinkel/Cremer's from 1837 and dismantled in 1914 and moved to the Stadtgarten Aachen in 1928.

Wikipedia: Kongreßdenkmal (DE)

500 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: STAWAG Stadtwerke Aachen AG

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STAWAG Stadtwerke Aachen AG

Stadtwerke Aachen AG (STAWAG) is the municipal utility of the city of Aachen and offers services in the areas of gas, district heating, water and electricity. This includes supplying the population of Aachen with gas, water, electricity and heat as well as advising and providing customer service for the use of energy in households and industry. The Group is a subsidiary of Energieungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft Aachen mbH (E.V.A.), which also includes other subsidiaries (ASEAG, FACTUR Billing Solution).

Wikipedia: Stadtwerke Aachen (DE), Website

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst

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The Ludwig Forum for International Art is a museum for modern art in Aachen. It is based on the Ludwig Collection, which was brought together by the Aachen collector couple Irene and Peter Ludwig, and is supported by the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation.

Wikipedia: Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst (EN), Website

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: DIGITAL CHURCH

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St. Elisabeth's Church was built in 1907 as a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Jülicher Straße 68. On April 24, 2016, the church was profaned, before digitalHUB Aachen e.V. opened Germany's first coworking space in a nave here in July 2017. In addition, the rooms can be rented for open cultural or private events. The building is a listed building.

Wikipedia: St. Elisabeth (Aachen) (DE), Website

710 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Europaplatz

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Europaplatz in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia is a fake roundabout on the border between the northern and eastern quarters. This is where the worm comes back to the surface.

Wikipedia: Europaplatz (Aachen) (DE)

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