Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Augsburg, Germany

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 7.9 km
Ascend 96 m
Descend 98 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: Königlich Bayerisches 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment „König“

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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)

1647 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: Sheridan Park

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The Sheridan barracks was a military accommodation in the Augsburg district of Pfersee. At the end of 1998, the approximately 70 hectare area was left by the U.S. garrison Augsburg armed forces and was one of the conversion areas of the city of Augsburg. As part of an urban planning competition, a development plan was developed and the construction of the new Sheridan Park district began in 2006.

Wikipedia: Sheridan-Kaserne (DE), Website

734 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Pferseer Schlössle

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Schloss Pfersee is located in the Pfersee district of Augsburg. It is a three-storey gable building with stepped gables, four round corner towers and a round tower on the west front of the building.

Wikipedia: Schloss Pfersee (DE)

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Herz Jesu

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The Catholic parish church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Pfersee-Süd district of Augsburg is the largest Art Nouveau church in southern Germany. In 1892 the church building association was founded, and in 1907 the foundation stone was laid. The church was consecrated on 29 May 1910 by Bishop Maximilian von Lingg.

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Augsburg) (DE)

1794 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 5: Geschichtssäule

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The Stadtpflegeranger is a small green space in the city center of Augsburg. It is located in the station district on the street Am Alten Einlass and, together with several surrounding historic buildings, forms an urban ensemble that is under ensemble protection. Of the green area laid out at the beginning of the 19th century, only a small part of it now remains.

Wikipedia: Stadtpflegeranger (DE)

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Gollwitzerhäuser

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Gollwitzerhäuser selbst / CC BY 2.0

Karl Albert Gollwitzer was a German architect, building contractor and civil engineer of the Wilhelminian period.

Wikipedia: Karl Albert Gollwitzer (DE)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Katholische Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

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Katholische Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Alois Wüst / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Catholic Holy Cross Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the southern German city of Augsburg, Bavaria. While its history dates back to 1143 when a hospice with a chapel was constructed on the site, the present church in the Gothic style was built by Provost Vitus Fackler in 1508. After bombing damage in the Second World War, rebuilding work was completed in 1949.

Wikipedia: Catholic Holy Cross Church, Augsburg (EN)

2 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Dominikanerkloster Heilig-Kreuz

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The Monastery of the Holy Cross is a former Augustinian monastery in Augsburg, Bavaria, in the Diocese of Augsburg. Since 1936 it has been a Dominican monastery. The site is also home to the Catholic and Protestant Holy Cross churches.

Wikipedia: Kloster Heilig Kreuz (Augsburg) (DE)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Evangelische Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

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The Evangelical Lutheran Holy Cross Church in Augsburg was created in the 16th century from the expansion of a former chapel. After the demolition of this church in 1630, the church was rebuilt from 1652 to 1653 in the style of an Evangelical Sermon Church of the Early Baroque and equipped with numerous baroque painters of significant painters in the following eight decades. It is the first Protestant church building of the city. As a monument, he is entered in the Bavarian list of monuments.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Augsburg) (DE), Website

296 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Hofgarten

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The Hofgarten is a green space in the old town of Augsburg, Germany. It is part of the former prince-bishop's residence, which was rebuilt in the 18th century and was built between 1739 and 1744 by Johann Caspar Bagnato.

Wikipedia: Hofgarten (Augsburg) (DE)

249 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Diözesanmuseum St. Afra

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The Diocesan Museum St. Afra is the central museum of the Diocese of Augsburg and is located in the Augsburg cathedral district directly behind the cathedral.

Wikipedia: Diözesanmuseum St. Afra (DE), Website

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Kleiner Goldener Saal

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Kleiner Goldener Saal Wahlunterricht Stadt- und Regionalgeschichte am Rudolf-Diesel-Gymnasium / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Small Golden Hall is a late Baroque ballroom of the former Augsburg Jesuit College St. Salvator, located at Jesuitengasse 12 north of the cathedral. The Small Golden Hall should not be confused with the Golden Hall in the town hall of the Fuggerstadt.

Wikipedia: Kleiner Goldener Saal (DE), Website

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: St. Severin

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St. Severin in Augsburg is a Gothic religious building from the 13th century. The chapel, which served as the prison church of the Augsburg prison until 2016, is protected as an architectural monument.

Wikipedia: St. Severin (Augsburg) (DE)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum

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Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum Fotografin: Christine Pemsl / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Fugger and Welser Erlebnismuseum is a museum in the cathedral district of Augsburg that deals with the history of the two Augsburg merchant families Fugger and Welser. The museum opened in 2014.

Wikipedia: Fugger-und-Welser-Erlebnismuseum (DE), Website

16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Wieselhaus

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The Wieselhaus in Augsburg's cathedral district was built in the 16th/17th century. The former town house at Äußere Pfaffengässchen 23 is a protected architectural monument.

Wikipedia: Wieselhaus (DE)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Benediktinerabtei St. Stephan

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The monastery church of St. Stephen in Augsburg is a former ladies' collegiate church and today's Benedictine collegiate church. After being destroyed in the Second World War, it was rebuilt in a simplified form until 1966. As an architectural monument in the district of Bleich and Pfärrle, the church, which belongs to the monastery of St. Stephen, is registered in the Bavarian list of monuments.

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

1014 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 17: Fünfgratturm

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The Fünfgratturm is a fortified tower in Augsburg, Germany. It was built in 1454 as part of Augsburg's eastern city fortifications around the Jakobervorstadt. It has been isolated since the demolition of this part of the city wall in 1867/68. It was built especially for the so-called Scharwächter – patrols that ensured that the people of Augsburg could sleep peacefully. In 1948 and 1973/74 the tower was renovated. It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Fünfgratturm (DE)

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