Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bayreuth, Germany
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4.1 km
33 m
Explore Bayreuth 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.
Individual Sights in BayreuthSight 1: Spitalkirche
The hospital church in Bayreuth is located in the city center on Maximiliansstrasse, a street market. It belongs to the Margrave Churches, is Evangelical Lutheran and is managed by the city as part of the hospital foundation. The name -giving former hospital, in which apartments and the city archive are housed, borders directly.
Sight 2: Ellrodtscher Gartenportikus
The Ellrodt Garden Portico is an ensemble of buildings and gardens in Bayreuth, Germany, which is important in terms of art history and urban design.
Sight 3: Stadtkirche „Heilig Dreifaltigkeit
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Bayreuth is a three-nave Protestant basilica in the late Gothic style and the largest church in the city. The predecessor building dedicated to Saint Magdalene, a daughter church of St. Nicholas Church in Altenstadt, was destroyed in a city fire in 1605. In 1611 the reconstruction of the church began, and on the First Sunday of Advent in 1614 it was consecrated to the Holy Trinity.
Sight 4: Altes Rathaus
The Kunstmuseum Bayreuth is a museum for modern art, opened in 1999 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany. The historic rooms of the baroque former town hall present exhibitions with contemporary art and classical modern art. The offer includes guided tours, educational events and lectures.
Sight 5: Schlosskirche
The Schlosskirche Bayreuth in the building ensemble of the Old Castle in Bayreuth is a hall church in the style of the Bayreuth Rococo. It was built between 1753 and 1758 by order of the margrave couple Wilhelmine and Frederick III as a Lutheran castle and burial church. The plans were drawn up by court architect Joseph Saint-Pierre, the ornate ceiling stuccos by Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi. Since 1813, the castle church has been a Catholic parish church with the patronage of Our Lady.
Sight 6: Margravial Opera House
The Margravial Opera House is a Baroque opera house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany. Built between 1745 and 1750, it is one of Europe's few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored. On 30 June 2012, the opera house was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of its exceptional Baroque architecture.
Wikipedia: Margravial Opera House (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 7: Synagoge Bayreuth
The Bayreuth Synagogue is the house of prayer of the Jewish Community in Bayreuth, the capital of the Upper Franconian district. It is located at Münzgasse 2, based on the Margravial Opera House. The baroque house is the oldest synagogue in Germany that is still used for its purpose.
Sight 8: Iwalewahaus
Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions, academic research and teaching, by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists, recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions. The mission of Iwalewahaus is to research, document and teach recent African culture. The focus is on visual arts, everyday culture, the media and music. The house provides space for lectures, conferences, concerts, film screenings and readings and is a vivid forum for artists, researchers, students of African studies and the interested public.
Sight 9: Gluehwürmchen Feuersalamander
Fire Salamander Glowworm is a 23.5 meter wide and 1.10 meter high lettering on the Kolping House in Bayreuth, which is attributed to the artist Roland Schön. Since its construction in 2008, the lettering has had its third location in the city as art in architecture.
Sight 10: Christuskirche
The Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church in Bayreuth is located on Wilhelmsplatz between Goethestrasse and Nibelungenstrasse. It was inaugurated on May 6, 1956 and is listed.
Sight 11: Hauptbahnhof
Bayreuth Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the German town of Bayreuth, in northern Bavaria.
Sight 12: Ordenskirche St. Georgen
The Ordenskirche St. Georgen or Sophienkirche is a church in the Sankt Georgen suburb of Bayreuth, a suburb which had been founded by George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth as hereditary prince of the Principality of Bayreuth. The church's foundation stone was laid in 1705. Stone was supplied from twenty nearby and distant quarries and in 1709 the church's outer shell was completed. As George William had hoped, the church was consecrated on the feast day of his name-saint George, 23 April 1711, though some work had to be carried out after consecration.
Wikipedia: Ordenskirche St. Georgen (EN), Website, Website, Youtube
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