Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Constance, Germany

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 3.5 km
Ascend 56 m
Descend 51 m

Explore Constance 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 ConstanceIndividual Sights in Constance

Sight 1: Johann Messmer

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The list of Stolpersteine in Konstanz lists the stumbling stones laid by the artist Gunter Demnig in the city of Konstanz. By April 2023, 269 stumbling stones had been laid in Konstanz.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Konstanz (DE), Website

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Bruder-Klaus-Kirche

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The Brother Klaus Church is a Catholic religious building in the Petershausen district of Konstanz on Lake Constance. It is part of the pastoral care unit Konstanz-Petershausen.

Wikipedia: Bruder-Klaus-Kirche (Konstanz) (DE)

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Herosépark

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The Herosé Park is located in the Petershausen district of Konstanz between the Seerhein, Am Rheinufer and Reichenaustraße. To the west, next to the park, was the eponymous textile printing company Herosé until the year 2000, at the east end of the park is the Villa Rheinburg, behind it are the Municipal Children's House on the Rhine and Indoor Swimming Pool of the City of Konstanz.

Wikipedia: Herosé-Park (DE)

400 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Bernhard Goldlust

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A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'.

Wikipedia: Stolperstein (EN)

32 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Schottenkapelle

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The Schottenkapelle St. Jakob is a Catholic former cemetery chapel from 1589 on the edge of the Schottenplatz and near the Alexander von Humboldt-Gymnasium in Constance. The building is listed.

Wikipedia: Schottenkapelle St. Jakob (Konstanz) (DE)

418 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Triumphbogen / Laubebrunnen

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The Konstanz Arc de Triomphe is a fountain in Constance, Germany, designed and executed by the sculptor Peter Lenk. It was built in 1992 on the median strip of the main thoroughfare "Untere Laube", the most important transit route to Switzerland at that time. The fountain satirizes the traffic situation.

Wikipedia: Konstanzer Triumphbogen (DE)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Stephanskirche

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St. Stephen's Church, also known as St. Stephen's Church, is a former collegiate and parish church in the old town of Constance, Germany. It is a three-nave basilica with a side tower next to the transition from the nave to the choir. St. Stephen's Church is considered to be the oldest church founded in Constance. Today it belongs to the Catholic pastoral care unit Konstanz-Altstadt.

Wikipedia: St. Stephan (Konstanz) (DE)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Städtische Wessenberg Galerie

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The Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie is an art museum in Konstanz on Lake Constance.

Wikipedia: Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie (DE)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Münster Unserer Lieben Frau

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Konstanz Minster or Konstanz Cathedral is a historical building in Konstanz, southern Germany, the proto-cathedral of the former Roman Catholic diocese of Konstanz.

Wikipedia: Konstanz Minster (EN), Website

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Alt-katholische Christuskirche

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The Christuskirche St. Konrad is a baroque church building in the old town of Konstanz on Lake Constance, between the cathedral and the city theatre, facing Konzilstraße. The church has been used by the Old Catholic community since 1904. The name Christuskirche, but without the addition of St. Konrad, is given to the Protestant church in Konstanz-Wollmatingen.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Konstanz) (DE)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Theater Konstanz

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Stadttheater Konstanz is a theatre in Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, whose history dates from 1607. The theatre operates three venues, Municipal Theatre (Stadttheater), Workshop (Werkstatt) and Hall of Mirrors (Spiegelhalle).

Wikipedia: Stadttheater Konstanz (EN), Website

645 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Petershausen Abbey

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Petershausen Abbey was a Benedictine imperial abbey at Petershausen, now a district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Petershausen Abbey (EN)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Archäologisches Landesmuseum

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The Archaeological State Museum of Baden-Württemberg (ALM) looks after the state archaeology of Baden-Württemberg by preserving, researching and presenting archaeological finds from the state. Together with the House of History Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart, it is one of only two historically oriented museums with a responsibility for the entire state of Baden-Württemberg. Its legal form is that of a state enterprise. The exhibition area – including that of the branch museums – is 8,717 m².

Wikipedia: Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg (DE), Website

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: St. Gebhardskirche

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St. Gebhard is a Roman Catholic church built in 1929/30 in Konstanz on Lake Constance. Since 2002, the parish has belonged to the Konstanz-Petershausen pastoral care unit in the Konstanz deanery of the Archdiocese of Freiburg.

Wikipedia: St. Gebhard (Konstanz) (DE)

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