Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Augsburg, Germany

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.5 km
Ascend 20 m
Descend 30 m

Explore Augsburg 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.

Activities in AugsburgIndividual Sights in Augsburg

Sight 1: Zweigstelle Jüdisches Kulturmuseum

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Zweigstelle Jüdisches Kulturmuseum Alois Wüst / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Jewish Museum Augsburg Schwaben was opened in 1985 under the name "Jewish Culture Museum Augsburg-Schwaben". At that time it was the first independent Jewish museum in the Federal Republic of Germany. In November 2018 the renamed "Jewish Museum Augsburg Schwaben".

Wikipedia: Jüdisches Kulturmuseum Augsburg-Schwaben (DE), Website

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Synagoge Kriegshaber

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The Kriegshaber Synagogue is the oldest surviving synagogue in Bavarian Swabia. For almost three hundred years, it formed the center of the Jewish community in Kriegshaber, a formerly independent place at the gates of the free imperial city, today a district of Augsburg. The profaned house of worship is located at Ulmer Strasse 228 and has been a branch of the Jewish Cultural Museum Augsburg-Swabia since its renovation in 2011–2014.

Wikipedia: Synagoge Kriegshaber (DE)

1764 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 3: Gaswerk Augsburg

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Gaswerk Augsburg Oliver Frühschütz (= User Gaswerk Augsburg, www.gaswerk-augsburg.de) / Attribution

The Augsburg gasworks was put into operation at the end of 1915 in the Augsburg district of Oberhausen. Since 2001, the entire gasworks with the gas boiler – a disc gas tank formerly operated at low pressure – has been shut down.

Wikipedia: Gaswerk Augsburg (DE), Website

723 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: St. Peter und Paul

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The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul in the Augsburg district of Oberhausen is one of the oldest churches in Augsburg. After its destruction in the Second World War, it was rebuilt in a simplified form. The church is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.

Wikipedia: St. Peter und Paul (Augsburg-Oberhausen) (DE)

985 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 5: St. Martin

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St. Martin is a Roman Catholic parish church in the north of the Augsburg district of Oberhausen, Germany. It belongs to the Deanery of Augsburg II of the Diocese of Augsburg. The three-nave basilica with a recessed choir is protected as an architectural monument.

Wikipedia: St. Martin (Augsburg-Oberhausen) (DE)

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