Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Baden-Baden, Germany

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 2 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 50 m

Experience Baden-Baden in Germany in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Baden-Baden

Sight 1: Russian Orthodox Church of The Transfiguration of Our Lord

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The Russian Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord is a Russian Orthodox church in Baden-Baden, Germany. It is located on Lichtentaler Straße, between Bertholdplatz and the tunnel entrance and has a gilded onion dome.

Wikipedia: Russische Kirche (Baden-Baden) (DE), Website

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Gönneranlage

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The Gönneranlage in Baden-Baden is a park located directly on the Oos in the area of Lichtentaler Allee. It was donated by the German-American coffee king Hermann Sielcken, named after the mayor of Baden-Baden, Albert Gönner, designed by Max Laeuger and laid out between 1909 and 1912.

Wikipedia: Gönneranlage (DE)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Stadtmuseum

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Since autumn 2004, the Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden has been housed in the so-called Alleehaus in Lichtentaler Allee. It presents the history of the city from its Roman beginnings to the present day.

Wikipedia: Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden (DE), Website

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Pauline Viardot

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Pauline Viardot

Pauline Viardot was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, she came from a musical family and took up music at a young age. She began performing as a teenager and had a long and illustrious career as a star performer.

Wikipedia: Pauline Viardot (EN)

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Museum Frieder Burda

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The Museum Frieder Burda is an art museum in Baden-Baden, Germany, which was built according to a design by the architect Richard Meier and opened in October 2004. The private collectors' museum is adjacent to the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in Lichtentaler Allee. In addition to works of classical modernism and contemporary art from the collection of the builder and benefactor Frieder Burda, special exhibitions are regularly shown.

Wikipedia: Museum Frieder Burda (DE)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Staatliche Kunsthalle

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As an internationally renowned exhibition institute, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in Baden-Baden is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the city and the region. Since its opening in 1909, as an exhibition hall of the Freie Künstlervereinigung Baden e.V., it has been a showcase for classical, modern and contemporary art. Today, the sponsor is the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts. Since May 2020, Çağla Ilk and Misal Adnan Yıldız – succeeding Johan Holten – have been the director of the Kunsthalle as a duo.

Wikipedia: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (DE), Website

296 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Theater Baden-Baden

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Theater Baden-Baden at Goetheplatz(Götheplatz in German) is the city theater of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Theater Baden-Baden (EN)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Goldenes Kreuz

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Goldenes Kreuz

The Goldenes Kreuz is a historicist residential and commercial building at Lichtentaler Straße 13 in Baden-Baden, Germany. It was built between 1891 and 1893 according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Vittali (1859–1920). The five-storey, neo-baroque street façade is designed entirely in white sandstone from the Murg Valley. Columns and paving at the entrances on the ground floor are finished with Swedish granite. The facades in the courtyard are faced with brick, windows and door frames are designed with white Murg Valley sandstone.

Wikipedia: Goldenes Kreuz (Baden-Baden) (DE)

186 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Baden-Baden

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Baden-Baden is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres east of the Rhine, the border with France, and forty kilometres north-east of Strasbourg, France.

Wikipedia: Baden-Baden (EN), Heritage Website

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