Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Chemnitz, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 3.5 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 53 m

Explore Chemnitz 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 Chemnitz

Sight 1: Industriemuseum Chemnitz

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The Chemnitz industrial museum is an extensive collection from the Saxon industrial history in Chemnitz and belongs to the Saxon Industrial Museum Zweckverband. The exhibition is located in a former foundry hall of the former machine tool factory Hermann and Alfred Escher AG.

Wikipedia: Industriemuseum Chemnitz (DE), Website

1291 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: Propsteikirche St. Johannes Nepomuk

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Propsteikirche St. Johannes Nepomuk

The Provost's Church of St. John Nepomuk is a Roman Catholic church building in Chemnitz, Germany. Today's church was built between 1953 and 1955 according to a design by the Chemnitz architect Willy Schönefeld. The church is located in the southeast of the district of Kaßberg and borders on Reichsstraße and Hohe Straße.

Wikipedia: St. Johannes Nepomuk (Chemnitz) (DE), Website

484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Museum Gunzenhauser

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The Gunzenhauser Museum is a museum and art gallery located in Chemnitz, the third largest city of Saxony, Germany. It contains 2,459 works by 270 modern artists of the 20th century that have been collected by the art dealer Dr. Alfred Gunzenhauser. The Gunzenhauser Museum was inaugurated in December 2007 in the presence of German President Horst Köhler and is one of the most important museums of modern art in Germany.

Wikipedia: Gunzenhauser Museum (EN), Website

699 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz

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The Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz is a natural history museum founded in 1868 in Chemnitz, Saxony. In addition to a collection of over 300,000 exhibits, the museum houses the Sterzeleanum, a historical cabinet, the insectarium and changing special exhibitions. In the large atrium of the DAStietz cultural centre, where the museum is located, is the Petrified Forest, the largest plant fossil in Europe.

Wikipedia: Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz (DE), Website

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Versteinerter Wald

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The Chemnitz petrified forest is a petrified forest in Chemnitz, Germany, that is part of the Early Permian Leukersdorf Formation.

Wikipedia: Chemnitz petrified forest (EN)

930 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Viadukt Beckerbrücke

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The Beckerbrücke Viaduct, also known colloquially as the Chemnitz Viaduct or Chemnitztal Viaduct, is a listed railway bridge in the city of Chemnitz, Germany.

Wikipedia: Viadukt Beckerbrücke (DE)

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