Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany
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3 km
67 m
Explore Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe 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.
Sight 1: Ellerhöhturm
Gonzenheim is a district of the town of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse, Germany. The district lies within the boundaries of Bad Homburg.
Sight 2: Landgrafendenkmal
The Eighties Monument is a monument in the spa gardens of Bad Homburg and is a listed cultural monument.
Sight 3: Russian orthodox all Saints Church
The Russian Chapel is the Russian Orthodox All Saints' Church in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. The church was designed by the St. Petersburg architect Leonti Benois (1856–1928), the grandfather of Peter Ustinov, on the initiative of the Russian State Councillor Alexei J. Provorov, and was built between 1896 and 1899 under the direction of Louis Jacobi (1836–1910) on the Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade in the southern part of the Bad Homburg Kurpark. Previously, there was a graduation tower on this site of the spa gardens, which is now located in Bad Nauheim.
Sight 4: Denkmal Landgräfin Elizabeth
The Landgravine Elizabeth Monument is a portrait bust and cultural monument in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in Hesse, Germany.
Sight 5: Sankt-Marien-Kirche
St. Mary's Church is the principal Roman Catholic parish church in Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany. It lies within Hochtaunus church district, and like many other houses on Dorotheenstrasse, it is under monument protection.
Sight 6: Galerie
The listed building at Dorotheenstraße 5 in Dorotheenstraße in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe was built as a French Reformed church and is now an exhibition hall.
Sight 7: Erlöserkirche
The Church of the Redeemer of Bad Homburg belongs to the Protestant Church in Germany. Finished in 1908, the building is outwardly of a heavy, Romanesque Revival appearance, while its interior is in a neo-Byzantine style, with rich marble wall decorations and gold mosaics covering the domed ceiling, leading to the church sometimes being called 'Bad Homburg's Hagia Sophia'.
Wikipedia: Church of the Redeemer, Bad Homburg (EN), Website
Sight 8: Schlosspark
The Schlosspark Bad Homburg is a park located below Bad Homburg Castle in the city centre of Bad Homburg, Germany. The 13-hectare castle park is the part of what was originally a much larger garden landscape, the Landgrave's Gardens.
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