Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Bremen, Germany
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7.1 km
86 m
Explore Bremen 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 BremenIndividual Sights in BremenSight 1: Steinernes Kreuz
The Vasmer Cross is an expiatory cross in the Mitte district of Bremen, Ostertor district, on the street Beim Steinernen Kreuz No. 10. It was erected in 1435 as a memorial to the execution of Bremen's mayor Johann Vasmer. The building has been a listed building since 1973 as part of the ensemble Beim Steinernen Kreuz. It is the oldest monument in Bremen after Roland.
Sight 2: Körner-Denkmal
The bronze monument on the Theodor-Körner-Wall in Bremen for the poet and fighter in the wars of liberation was donated by citizens of the Hanseatic city and erected in 1865. It has been a listed building since 1973.
Sight 3: Köpkenstift
The Foundation Gottesbuden, also known as the Gottesbuden Senator Heinrich Köpken Foundation, is the second oldest of the 336 foundations in Bremen - Mitte today (2018). It is located at Friesenstraße 48.
Sight 4: Theater am Goetheplatz
The Theater am Goetheplatz, also incorrectly known as the Goethetheater, is the main theatre of the city of Bremen in the north of Germany, the main venue of Theater Bremen. Completed in 1913 in the Neoclassical style, it is located in the cultural district to the east of the old town. After reconstruction with major extensions after the Second World War, it was fully modernized in 2004. Since 2005, it has been a listed building.
Sight 5: Villa Ichon
The Villa Ichon in Bremen (Mitte) in the Ostertorviertel at Goetheplatz 3 as well as on the Bremen ramparts, dates back to 1849 and is known nationwide as a forum for cultural and peace work. On the other side of the building is now the Theater am Goetheplatz.
Sight 6: Gerhard-Marcks-Haus
The Gerhard Marcks Museum or Gerhard Marcks House is a museum in Bremen, Germany, inspired by the work of the sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks. The museum exhibits contemporary sculpture, including the work of Marcks.
Sight 7: Kunsthalle Bremen
The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany. It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile". The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded several more times, most notably in 2011. Since 1977, the building has been designated a Kulturdenkmal on Germany's buildings heritage list.
Sight 8: Ottjen-Alldag-Brunnen
This is a list of fountains in the city of Bremen. Some of them have been removed, relocated, remodeled or destroyed from their original site over the decades. This is noted under the prefix Status. Monuments and statues are explicitly not listed.
Sight 9: Jacobus Major
The list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Mitte lists all cultural monuments in the Bremen district of Mitte.
Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremen-Mitte (DE), Website
Sight 10: Neptunbrunnen
The Neptune Fountain at the Domshof in Bremen is a work of art by the sculptor Waldemar Otto, which was erected in 1991. It is one of the few modern Neptune fountains.
Sight 11: Neptun, der Gott der Meere
In the list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Neustadt, all cultural monuments from the Neustadt district of Bremen are listed.
Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremen-Neustadt (DE), Website
Sight 12: Olbers-Planetarium
The Olbers-Gesellschaft e.V. Bremen was founded in Bremen in 1920 in honour of the city's great astronomer, Wilhelm Olbers (1758–1840), by Max Völkel, Wilhelm Finke (1884–1950) and Friedrich Nölke (1877–1947).
Wikipedia: Olbers-Gesellschaft (DE), Opening_hours , Website
Sight 13: St.-Jakobi-Kirche
The St. Jakobi Church is a Evangelical Church in Bremen in the Neustadt district, district of Buntentor, Kirchweg 57/Kornstraße 150.
Sight 14: Zentaurenbrunnen
Zum Zentaurenbrunnen from 1891 is a fountain in Bremen, Germany. Its centrepiece is the bronze sculpture of a horse man fighting with a snake by the sculptor August Sommer. Today, the fountain is located in Leibnizplatzpark in Bremen's Neustadt district, which borders Leibnizplatz as part of the Neustadtswallanlagen.
Sight 15: Theater am Leibnizplatz
The Bremer Shakespeare Company e. V. is a theatre collective in the legal form of a non-profit association with its headquarters in Bremen.
Sight 16: Gymn. Oberstufe am Leibnizplatz
Barracks IV of the Infantry Regiment "Bremen" in Bremen, Neustadt district, Neustadtscontrescarpe 49/51 and Schulstraße 11 were built around 1890. In 2010, Barracks IV was listed as a historical monument.
Wikipedia: Kaserne IV des Infanterieregiments Bremen (DE), Website
Sight 17: Sitzendes Paar
The sculpture Seated Couple is located in Bremen's Neustadt district in the green area of Schulstraße at the corner of Neustadtscontrescarpe and Leibnizplatz. It is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.
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