Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Bonn, Germany
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8 km
204 m
Explore Bonn 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 BonnIndividual Sights in BonnSight 1: Stella Rheni
Villa von der Heydt is located in the Alt-Godesberg district of Bonn on the Wacholderhöhe at Elisabethstraße 18. The residence of the von der Heydt family, built at the end of the 19th century as a summer residence, was sold in 1927 to the Jesuit order, which built a private school with boarding school – the Aloisiuskolleg – in the spacious park. The villa, including historic outbuildings and park, has been a listed building since 2006. The Stella Rheni has been used as an event venue since 2016.
Sight 2: Bismarckturm Bad Godesberg
The Bismarck Tower in Bad Godesberg was built as the third Bismarck Tower on the territory of today's city of Bonn. The still existing Bismarck Column in the Rheinaue in Bonn-Gronau had already been completed in 1901, and the wooden Bismarck Tower on the Venusberg in Bonn-Kessenich had already been inaugurated in 1894; the wooden tower had to be demolished in 1912 and was not rebuilt later. The Godesberg Bismarck Tower is located on the Wacholderhöhe on Elisabethstraße in the district of Alt-Godesberg. The tower is a listed building, and was registered in 1988 with the remark that the building was clearly influenced by the Art Nouveau architecture of Henry van de Velde.
Sight 3: Rigal'sche Kapelle
The Rigal’s chapel is an Protestant chapel in the center of Bad Godesberg, a district of Bonn. It is located on the corner of Kurfürstenallee/Friedrich-Ebert-Straße opposite the so-called "Rigal’s Wiese" directly north of the former Chinese message. It will be used by the Evangelical Johannes church community in Bad Godesberg, the Evangelical Francophone community and the regional convention West of the High Church St. Johannes Brotherhood and since July 2017 by the “Bonn” initiative.
Sight 4: Schloss Rigal
Rigal Castle is a palace-like villa in the center of Bad Godesberg, a district of Bonn, built in 1849. It is located on Kurfürstenallee opposite the so-called "Rigal'sche Wiese". From 1982 to 1984, Rigal Castle was incorporated into the newly built building complex of the Chinese Embassy and was the residence of the Chinese Ambassador until 1999; it continues to be used today by the People's Republic of China.
Sight 5: Trinkpavillon Kurfürstenquelle
The Electoral Source with Healing Water is located in the city park of the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg. In addition to this healing water source, which is served in the drinking pavilion there, there is a source of draits in the local fountain avenue, where both healing waters are offered for sale.
Sight 6: Kleines Theater
The Little Theatre is a venue for plays, boulevard comedies and musicals in Bad Godesberg, a district of Bonn, Germany. The current theatre building, built in 1922/23, is located in the spa gardens in the district of Alt-Godesberg at Koblenzer Straße 78. It is a listed building.
Sight 7: Redoute
The Redoute in Bad Godesberg, now part of Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is a hall opened in 1792 for balls of the court of Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria. When Bonn was the location of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, from 1949 to 1990, state receptions were held at the Redoute. Today, the listed historical building is used for events.
Sight 8: St. Marien-Kirche
The Church of St. Marien in Bad Godesberg, built in the early 1860s, is a church of the Catholic parish of St. Marien and St. Servatius. The one on Burgstr. 43a lying church has a Gothic pietà of the late 13th century from the estate of the artist Paul Kemp. It is a monument protection as a monument.
Sight 9: Schauspielhaus
The Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg is the largest theatre in the city of Bonn and the first new theatre building in the Federal Republic of Germany in the post-war period. The building was constructed in the Bad Godesberg city centre in the early 1950s. It now belongs to the Alt-Godesberg district of Bonn and is located at Theaterplatz 9 / Am Michaelshof 9 ; it is under Denkmalschutz.
Sight 10: Elli Daniel
The list of Stolpersteine in Bonn contains Stolpersteine that were laid in Bonn as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig.
Sight 11: Villa Camphausen
The Villa Camphausen is a villa in Mehlem, a district of the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg, which dates back to the second half of the 19th century. It is located on the east side of Mainzer Strasse with a park that extends to the banks of the Rhine. Together with the park and a Prussian landmark, the villa is a listed building.
Sight 12: Marienkapelle
The Marienkapelle in Rüngsdorf, a district of the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg, belongs to the Catholic parish of St. Andreas and Evergislus-Rheinviertel in the Deanery Bonn-Bad Godesberg of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The building has been listed since 1986.
Sight 13: Alter Kirchturm
The Rüngsdorf church tower, a Romanesque choir tower, is the only remnant of the old parish church of St. Andreas in the Bonn district of Rüngsdorf, which belongs to the district of Bad Godesberg. Together with grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries and a stone cross, it is a listed building.
Sight 14: Villa Cappell
The building Heisterbachstraße 39 is a villa in Rüngsdorf, a district of the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg, which was built in 1904/05. It is located above the banks of the Rhine (Von-Sandt-Ufer) at the end of Heisterbachstraße. Until the end of the 1990s, the villa was the residence of the British ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and is a listed building.
Sight 15: Villa Deichmann
The building at Basteistraße 18 is a villa in Rüngsdorf, a district of the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, which was built between 1900 and 1902. It is located above the banks of the Rhine (Von-Sandt-Ufer) at the end of a cul-de-sac starting from Basteistraße. The villa, as well as the adjoining gardener's house and the neighbouring former Deichmann carriage house, are listed as historical monuments.
Sight 16: Moritz 'Moses' Baehr
The list of stumbling stones in Königswinter contains stumbling stones that were laid in Königswinter as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Königswinter.
Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Königswinter (DE), Website
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