Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Augsburg, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 3.8 km
Ascend 71 m
Descend 64 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: Großer Wasserturm

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The water towers in Augsburg are monuments of Augsburg's historic water management. Of the surviving water towers in Augsburg, four have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Augsburg Water Management System" since 2019. One of them is considered to be the oldest water tower in Germany.

Wikipedia: Wassertürme (Augsburg) (DE)

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Kastenturm

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The Kastenturm, also known as the Spitalturm, is a water tower in Augsburg and a monument to Augsburg's historic water management. It is located at the Holy Spirit Hospital, which is adjacent to the waterworks at the Red Gate.

Wikipedia: Kastenturm (Augsburg) (DE)

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Schwäbisches Handwerkermuseum

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The Swabian craftsman museum in Augsburg is a museum operated by the Chamber of Crafts for Swabia, in which workshops of old craft professions, which are trained in detail, are exhibited.

Wikipedia: Schwäbisches Handwerkermuseum (DE)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Augsburger Puppenkiste

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Augsburger Puppenkiste

The Augsburger Puppenkiste is a marionette theater in Augsburg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Augsburger Puppenkiste (EN), Website

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Oberes Brunnenmeisterhaus

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The upper fountain master's house in Augsburg, also known as the "House at the Fishes", served as the official residence of the Augsburg fountain masters. Today it is part of the historic waterworks at the Red Gate, which is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Oberes Brunnenmeisterhaus (DE)

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Heilig-Geist-Kapelle

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The Holy Spirit Chapel in Augsburg is located in the Holy Spirit Hospital in Spitalgasse, right next to the upper fountain master's house near the Red Gate. It is also known as the hospital chapel. It is a listed building in the Augsburg-Lechviertel district, eastern Ulrichsviertel.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Kapelle (Augsburg) (DE), Url

28 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Rotes Tor

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The Red Gate was part of Augsburg's former city fortifications and was not demolished during the demolition of the city wall in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Rotes Tor (Augsburg) (DE)

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Freilichtbühne Augsburg

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The open-air stage at the Red Gate is one of the most renowned open-air theatres in Germany. With the Red Gate, the ramparts and the Holy Spirit Hospital in the background, it has a picturesque medieval backdrop.

Wikipedia: Freilichtbühne (Augsburg) (DE), Website

574 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: St. Ulrich

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The Protestant Church of St. Ulrich is a parish church in Augsburg, Germany, located next to the Catholic Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra. This ensemble of the two places of worship, which are very unequal in size and at right angles to each other, form a structural unit, is unique in its kind. The parish of the Protestant St. Ulrich's Church also includes the Holy Spirit Chapel in the Holy Spirit Hospital.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Ulrichskirche (Augsburg) (DE), Website

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Basilika St. Ulrich und Afra

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The Basilica of SS. Ulrich and Afra is a Catholic parish in Augsburg in Bavaria, which originated from the Roman tomb of Saint Afra, who was martyred in 304.

Wikipedia: Basilica of SS. Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg (EN)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Heilige Barbara

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The 4th Field Artillery Regiment "König" was an artillery regiment of the Bavarian Army.

Wikipedia: Königlich Bayerisches 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment „König“ (DE)

1272 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 12: Kongress am Park

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Kongress am Park N. Liesz / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Kongress am Park is an event venue in Augsburg, Germany. It is located in the northeastern area of Wittelsbacher Park in the Antonsviertel and was opened in 1972. The multifunctional venue is used as a congress centre, for sales exhibitions, as well as for concerts and other cultural events. Since 2009, the hall has been managed by Kongresshalle Augsburg Betriebs GmbH and marketed by Regio Augsburg Tourismus GmbH. The multi-part building complex is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments and is one of the "most important buildings of post-war modernism" in Augsburg.

Wikipedia: Kongress am Park (DE), Website

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: St. Anton

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St. Anton User:Monroe / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Anton in the Antonsviertel in Augsburg was consecrated on 26 May 1927 by Auxiliary Bishop Karl Reth. The church, a bare brick building with a two-tower façade, is located right next to the Wittelsbacher Park and stands out for its modern architecture and the unusual building material clinker. St. Anton is considered one of the most important religious buildings of the first half of the 20th century in Germany. The architect Michael Kurz even gained international attention for the construction. The building, which was undamaged during the Second World War, is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: St. Anton (Augsburg) (DE), Website

337 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Wittelsbacher Park

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The Wittelsbacher Park is one of the largest green spaces in Augsburg. It is 18 hectares in size and has been a protected landscape area since 10 March 1980. The total area of the protected area is 20.8 hectares.

Wikipedia: Wittelsbacher Park (DE)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Erhard-Wunderlich-Sporthalle

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The Erhard-Wunderlich-Sporthalle is a multi-purpose hall in the Antonsviertel district of the Bavarian city of Augsburg. The listed building is located on the southern edge of Wittelsbacher Park and was built between 1963 and 1965 at a cost of around 3.95 million DM. It is the first large hall built in Augsburg after the Second World War. Since 2012, the former Augsburg sports hall has been officially named "Erhard-Wunderlich-Sporthalle" in honour of the Augsburg-born national handball player Erhard Wunderlich (1956–2012).

Wikipedia: Sporthalle Augsburg (DE), Website

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