Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Coburg, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 6.6 km
Ascend 173 m
Descend 259 m

Explore Coburg 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 Coburg

Sight 1: Veste Coburg

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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.

Wikipedia: Veste Coburg (EN)

736 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Naturkundemuseum

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The Natural History Museum Coburg is a natural history museum in the town of Coburg in Upper Franconia, Germany. It is located on the grounds of the Coburg Hofgarten and goes back to the passion for collecting of the Coburg dukes.

Wikipedia: Naturkundemuseum Coburg (DE), Website

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: St. Augustin

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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.

Wikipedia: St. Augustin, Coburg (EN), Website

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Kyrill-Palais

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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.

Wikipedia: Kyrill-Palais (DE)

368 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Hahnmühle

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The former Hahnmühle is located in the Upper Franconian town of Coburg. It is one of the oldest mills in the city and was probably built at the beginning of the 14th century at the gates of the city. The area of the former mill complex consisted of houses No. 68, 70 and 72 in Steinweg. House No. 68 is described as the most beautiful half-timbered house in Coburg.

Wikipedia: Hahnmühle (Coburg) (DE)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Rosenauer Burg

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The Rosenauer Burg, located in Coburg between Rosenauer Straße and Hahnweg am Rittersteich, was first mentioned in 1397 as a castle, in 1426 as a house of the mint master. In 1434, the Lords of Rosenau probably induced the new building of the water castle. After thorough grinding, use as a fishing, washing and warehouse and gradual decline until the 20th century, it is now renovated as an exemplary piece of the jewels of historical architecture in Coburg.

Wikipedia: Rosenauer Burg (DE)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche

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The Holy Cross Church is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Coburg, Germany. From 1870 to 1918, the hall church was the garrison church of the Thuringian Regiment No. 95, whose barracks were located nearby.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Coburg) (DE)

1221 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 8: Schnürs Pavillon

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Schnürs Pavillon is a neuromanic garden house built in 1862, located on Adamiberg in the Upper Franconian town of Coburg. The building is registered as a monument in the Bavarian Monument List.

Wikipedia: Schnürs Pavillon (DE), Website

1496 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 9: Bismarckturm Coburg

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The Bismarck Tower in Coburg is one of the many Bismarck monuments in Germany that have been preserved to this day. The 16-metre-high sandstone observation tower, built in 1901, is located in the western part of the city at Himmelsacker 63.

Wikipedia: Bismarckturm (Coburg) (DE), Website

1602 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 10: Ev-Luth. Kirche Scheuerfeld-Weidach

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Ev-Luth. Kirche Scheuerfeld-Weidach Störfix / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of Scheuerfeld in Scheuerfeld, a district of Coburg in Upper Franconia, dates back to 1834 in its present form.

Wikipedia: Evangelisch-lutherische Pfarrkirche Scheuerfeld (DE)

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