Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bochum, Germany
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7.2 km
108 m
Explore Bochum 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 BochumSight 1: Westpark
Westpark Bochum is the starting point for the urban development of the "Innenstadt West" in Bochum's city centre. The total area available for urban development is about 75 ha. The implementation of the measure began with the approximately 38-hectare park, the first construction phase of which was completed and opened in 1999. The centre of the Westpark is now the Jahrhunderthalle, which has been converted into an event centre. The areas immediately around the Jahrhunderthalle and some surrounding areas were successively brought into their final form during the event-free periods of the RuhrTriennale until 2007. In 2009, the redesign was awarded the National Prize for Integrated Urban Development and Building Culture by the Federal Ministry of Transport.
Sight 2: Jahrhunderthalle
The Century Hall is a venue in the Stahlhausen district of Bochum. The hall was built in 1902 by the Bochum Association for the Industrial and Commercial Exhibition of the Düsseldorf and then reused as a blower machine hall for the blast furnaces of the Bochum Association. It has been extended several times, the name Century Hall is used today for the entire building covering an area of 8,900 m².
Sight 3: Christuskirche
The Christuskirche Bochum is a Protestant church in Bochum, which is also considered a memorial against the war. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Bochum Town Hall. There are other churches in Bochum with this name, such as in the districts of Langendreer, Linden, Gerthe and Günnigfeld.
Sight 4: Sankt-Joseph-Kirche
St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church in the city center of Bochum, Germany. It was built between 1891 and 1892 and belongs to the diocese of Essen. The architect Hermann Wielers chose the neo-Romanesque style. Wielers also designed the nearby St. Vincent orphanage. It is now used by the Polish community. To the east of it is the Appolonia Peacock Park.
Sight 5: Trauernde Alte
The sculpture Mourning Mother is a sculpture commemorating the victims of the Second World War, created by the sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks.
Sight 6: Pauluskirche
St. Paul's Church is a listed church building in Bochum-Mitte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Wikipedia: Evangelische Pauluskirche Bochum (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 7: St. Peter und Paul
The Catholic Provost's Church of St. Peter and Paul is the oldest and, until 1655, the only church in Bochum. It is one of the twelve oldest churches in Westphalia.
Wikipedia: Propsteikirche St. Peter und Paul (Bochum) (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 8: Gasthaus Rietkötter
The Alte Brauhaus Rietkötter is the oldest surviving residential building in Bochum's city centre.
Sight 9: Kunstmuseum Bochum
The Kunstmuseum Bochum is a museum of art in the district of Bochum. It is located at the northern end of the Kortumstraße Bochum. Opposite the museum is the Bochum Stadtpark, among others with some steel art objects. The museum dates back to the Municipal Painting Gallery and 1921. In 1960, the museum was newly founded as a Städtische Kunstgalerie. The acquisition of additional departments was the title of Museum Bochum from 1970.
Sight 10: Kortum-Gesellschaft Bochum e. V.
The former dispensary at the Stadtpark Bochum is a toilet house between the Stadtpark Bochum and the Kunstmuseum Bochum. It was built in 1925 in expressionist brick architecture. At this point, it had been preceded by installations made of wood and cast iron.
Wikipedia: Ehemalige Bedürfnisanstalt am Stadtpark Bochum (DE), Heritage Website
Sight 11: Kriegerdenkmal
The war memorial at the Bochum city park is located in the southwestern access area of the Bochum city park near the Bochum Art Museum.
Sight 12: Stadtpark
The Bochum City Park is the oldest municipal landscape garden in the Ruhr area after the Essen City Garden.
Sight 13: Tierpark und Fossilium Bochum
The zoo of the city of Bochum operates under the name Tierpark und Fossilium Bochum. The 1.9-hectare zoo is located in the city park and displays around 3900 animals in more than 330 species.
Sight 14: Lutherkirche
The Evangelical Luther Church is a listed church building in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Sight 15: Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
The Bochum Planetarium is one of the most visited star theatres in Europe. It is located near the Ruhr Stadium on the northeastern edge of downtown Bochum in the Ruhr area. The planetarium was built in 1964 as the first large German planetarium of the post-war period. It is now a listed building.
Sight 16: Bochumer Synagoge
The new synagogue is the meeting and place of worship of the Jewish Community of Bochum-Herne-Hattingen at Erich-Mendel-Platz in Bochum in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sight 17: Telefonmuseum Bochum
The telephone museum in Bochum is founded by the Bochum e. V. was carried and located on the site of Deutsche Telekom at Karl-Lange-Straße 23, on which the Bochum telecommunications tower is also located.
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