Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Coburg, Germany

The Veste Coburg is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany. It is situated on a hill above the town of Coburg, in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria.

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Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, the Edinburgh-Palais on Coburg's Schlossplatz is an ideal place to close the ensemble of historic buildings between the Landestheater and the arcades of the Hofgarten with its memorial. Located directly opposite Ehrenburg Palace, the Edinburgh Palace, formerly known as the "Wangenheimsches Palais", is a masterpiece by the master builder Georg Konrad Rothbart. In 1865, Alfred, the son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, acquired it and used it as his residence. Today, the palace belongs to the Coburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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St. Augustine's Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg located in the Bavarian town of Coburg, Germany. It was built between 1856 and 1860. Originally designed in the Gothic Revival style, the church was remodelled in 1960 due to a liturgical reform. There is a crypt under the church that contains the remains of fifteen members of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a Roman Catholic branch of the originally Protestant ducal house.

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The former Cyril Palace, also known as Villa Edinburgh, is located in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg at Oberer Bürglaß 2. It bears the name of its last landlord, the Russian Grand Duke Kirill.

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On the Road Oberer Bürglass, opposite the back of the Landestheater in Coburg, the classicist construction of the Bürglass-Schlösschen from the 18th century, which was called Bulgaren-Schlösschen or Augusten-Palais until the 1950s. It served Zar Ferdinand of Bulgaria as a place of residence until 1948 after his abdication. Today the castle is used as a registry office.

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Landestheater Coburg is a medium-sized three-division theatre in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. Located on Schlossplatz, a central square, the Neoclassical building has 550 seats. In 2008, the theatre employed 250 permanent staff and 100 part-time employees.

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The hospital goal is one of three preserved city gates from the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. The torture towered the city center to the north and belonged to the inner city wall ring.

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The Coburg Town Hall, formerly a chancellery building, is located in the centre of Coburg on the northern side of the market square. The Renaissance building, built between 1597 and 1601, has three storeys with two corner bays and a gable roof with three dwarf houses.

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The Judentor is one of three surviving city gates in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. The gate tower demarcated the city centre to the west and belonged to the inner ring of city walls.

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The Coburg Town Hall is located in the centre of Coburg on the market square. The four-storey mansard hipped roof building, adorned with an open lantern with a dome, is a landmark of the city.

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Morizkirche is a Protestant church dedicated to Saint Maurice in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, and is the town's oldest church. Its earliest remaining structures date back to the 14th century, which superseded a church from the 12th century. Martin Luther is known to have given several sermons there in 1530 A.D. This church currently houses the family tomb of the Dukes of Coburg. In modern times, Morizkirche serves as the main church for the congregation of St. Moriz. Due to the height of its towers, the church is one of the landmarks of Coburg. It is also one of the most important Luther memorial sites in southern Germany.

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The Arkaden is a terraced building on Schlossplatz in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. They close off the Schlossplatz on the eastern side and form the transition to the Hofgarten. The arcades are registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.

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The Coburger Riding Hall is a single -storey neo -Gothic sandstone block building with a gable roof on Coburg Schlossplatz. The riding hall was built in 1852 on behalf of Duke Ernst II according to plans of the painter and master builder Georg Konrad Rothbart. The building replaced the riding arena demolished in 1835 at the southern end of the stall building. The west facade to the Coburger Schlossplatz is characterized by a wide pointed arch portal, a tondo is arranged with a plastic horse head by Theodor Behrens, framed by two tin towers.

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The Marstall is located in the Upper Franconian town of Coburg on Schlossplatz, east of the Ehrenburg. The former stables are registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian Monument List.

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The Sonnenhaus or the Sonnenburg is an Art Nouveau building that stands in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg at Alexandrinenstraße 4. The Sonnenhaus was built in 1902/03 and is the only building in Coburg that was designed in the floral or vegetal Art Nouveau style. Due to the sun emblem on the façade, the stately town house is popularly known as the Sun House or, in connection with the crenellated tower, also as the Sun Castle.

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The St. Nicholas Chapel is an Old Catholic church in Coburg, Germany, at Ketschendorfer Straße 30. Over the centuries, it has been used as a place of worship by four Christian denominations and the Jewish community.

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The Ketschentor is one of three surviving city gates in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. The gate tower demarcated the city centre to the south and belonged to the outer ring of city walls.

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St. Salvator is an Evangelical Lutheran cemetery church in Coburg, Untere Salvatorgasse 6.

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Villa Victoria is located in Ketschendorfer Straße 2 in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. It is a Biedermeierhaus that was built in 1835 and is registered as a monument in the Bavarian list of monuments.

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The Hofbrauhaus Coburg was a brewery in Coburg since 1858, which was closed in 1982. After a major fire in 1999, the listed renovated main building is used by the Coburg University of Applied Sciences, among others.

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