Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Bonn, Germany
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8.2 km
102 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: Historisches Institut
The Oberbergamt Bonn, founded as the Royal Upper Mining Office for the Lower Rhine Provinces, was a Prussian and later North Rhine-Westphalian authority of the mining, smelting and salt works administration. In 1970 it was merged with the Dortmund Mining Authority to form the Dortmund State Mining Authority.
Sight 2: Ägyptisches Museum Bonn
Bonn Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum for ancient Egyptian antiquities located in Bonn, Germany. It presents a selection of the most important collection of original objects from Ancient Egypt in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sight 3: Akademisches Kunstmuseum - Antikensammlung der Universität Bonn
Akademisches Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Bonn, Germany. It is one of the oldest museums in Bonn and houses the antique collection of the University of Bonn with more than 2,700 plaster casts of antique statues and reliefs, and over 25,000 originals. It is located in a neoclassical building at the southern end of the Hofgarten, near the Electoral Palace. During the renovation of the historic building, the museum can currently be visited at Römerstraße 164 in 53117 Bonn.
Sight 4: Hofgarten
The courtyard garden is a park in Bonn. It is part of the city centre, partly of the southern town and borders to the northwest on the main building of the University of Bonn, the Electoral Palace. In the 18th century, the park was built as a garden to the residence of Elector Clemens August. Nowadays, the Bonner Hofgarten is a popular recreation area, especially among students, due to its central location.
Sight 5: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Haus
The Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Haus in the Bonn district of Südstadt was built for the poet Ernst Moritz Arndt.
Sight 6: Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium
The Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium of the City of Bonn is a grammar school in Bonn's Südstadt district, Germany. The school is run by the city of Bonn. It is attended by around 1000 students.
Sight 7: Kreuzkirche
The Kreuzkirche is a Protestant church in Bonn, Germany. Since 1871 it has been the church of the Kreuzkirchengemeinde, which belongs to the Bonn church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, and also the Protestant city church of Bonn. With a seating capacity of 1200 seats, it is the largest Protestant church in the Rhineland and the largest church in Bonn. The Kreuzkirche is a listed building.
Sight 8: Contra-Kreis-Theater
Contra-Kreis-Theater is a theatre in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Sight 9: Helenenkapelle
The Helenenkapelle is a church building in Bonn-Zentrum and is considered the only surviving Romanesque house chapel of a collegiate curia in the Rhineland.
Sight 10: Bonn Hauptbahnhof
Bonn Hauptbahnhof is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for local bus, tram, and Stadtbahn services.
Sight 11: Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus
The Electoral Gardener's House is located in Bonn's Weststadt district on the corner of Wittelsbacherring and Beethovenplatz. The historic building is located on the northeast side of a small park known as the nursery grove. The baroque building from the second half of the 18th century, together with the remains of the site of the former electoral tree nursery, is a listed building.
Sight 12: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium
The Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium (EMA) is one of the oldest municipal grammar schools in Bonn. It was founded in 1882 under the name Höhere Bürgerschule and was renamed in 1938 during the National Socialist era at the suggestion of the Evangelical Church of Bonn after the Western Pomeranian publicist, historian and poet Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), who had spent the second half of his life in Bonn.
Sight 13: Mineralogisches Museum
The Mineralogical Museum of the University of Bonn is a mineral museum in Poppelsdorf Castle. It is affiliated with the University of Bonn.
Sight 14: Goldfuß-Museum
The Goldfuss Museum is a paleontological collection in Bonn and, together with the Mineralogical Museum, part of the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Bonn. It is named after the founder of the museum, the paleontologist Georg August Goldfuss.
Sight 15: Haus der Springmaus
With over 65,000 visitors a year, the Haus der Springmaus e.V. in Bonn-Endenich is one of Germany's best-known cabaret theatres and the parent house of the Springmaus improvisational theatre. It is managed by Berit Baumhoff; The 1st chairman is Andreas Etienne.
Sight 16: Burg Endenich
Endenich Castle in the Bonn district of Endenich dates back to the Middle Ages. Today, only the outer bailey remains. It is a listed building.
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