Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Constance, Germany
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2.7 km
36 m
Experience Constance in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in ConstanceIndividual Sights in ConstanceSight 1: Ida Jette Birn geb. Rosenthal
The list of Stumbling Stones in Constance lists the Stumbling Stones laid by the artist Gunter Demnig in the city of Constance. By April 2023, 269 Stolpersteine had been laid in Constance.
Sight 2: K 9
The Catholic parish church of St. Paul, also known as St. Paul's Church, in the German city of Constance was built in the 10th century and profaned in 1834. Today, the building houses a cabaret stage, a restaurant and shops.
Sight 3: Lutherkirche
The Luther Church is a church building of the Protestant Church in Constance on Lake Constance. It stands outside the historic old town, on the eastern edge of the Paradies area, which was developed after the demolition of the city wall. The church is surrounded by Lutherplatz, at the transition from the Obere Laube to the Untere Laube. It is oriented in a west-northwest-east-southeast direction.
Sight 4: Triumphbogen / Laubebrunnen
The Konstanz Triumphal Arch 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, which was very busy. The fountain satirizes the traffic situation.
Sight 5: Stephanskirche
St. Stephen's Church is a former collegiate and parish church in the old town of Constance. It is a three-aisled basilica with a side tower next to the transition from the nave to the choir. St. Stephen's Church is considered the oldest church foundation in Constance. Today it belongs to the Catholic pastoral care unit Konstanz-Altstadt.
Sight 6: Städtische Wessenberg Galerie
The Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie is an art museum in Constance, Germany.
Sight 7: Münster Unserer Lieben Frau
Get Ticket*Konstanz Minster or Konstanz Cathedral is a historical building in Konstanz, southern Germany, the proto-cathedral of the former Roman Catholic diocese of Konstanz.
Sight 8: Alt-katholische Christuskirche
The Christuskirche St. Konrad is a baroque church building in the old town of Constance on Lake Constance, between the cathedral and the city theater, 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.
Sight 9: Theater Konstanz
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).
Sight 10: Konzil
Get Ticket*The Council Building is a sight in Constance on the shores of Lake Constance. The three-storey, massive stone building with a hipped roof was built from 1388 onwards as a warehouse for travelling and local traders and served as a transshipment point for trade goods at the port of Constance for almost 500 years. During the Council of Constance from 1414 to 1418, the conclave for the election of Pope Martin V took place in this spacious building in 1417. It is considered the largest preserved medieval secular building in southern Germany and has been used as a restaurant, ballroom and congress centre since 1912.
Sight 11: BSB Konstanz
Reederei Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe GmbH (BSB) is a 100 percent subsidiary of Stadtwerke Konstanz GmbH. The company is headquartered in Konstanz in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg. With its fleet, the company carries out regular scheduled traffic as well as excursion trips throughout Lake Constance. It is also a provider of event and charter trips.
Sight 12: ehemalige Synagoge
The synagogue in Konstanz, the district seat of the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, was built in 1882/1883 and destroyed during the November pogroms of 1938. This first synagogue was located in Sigismundstraße. A new building was inaugurated in 2019.
Sight 13: Dreifaltigkeitskirche
The Trinity Church is a church building in Constance on Lake Constance. Since it was built in the late 13th century for the local monastery of the Augustiner-Einemite, it is also called Augustinian Church. Until the dissolution of the monastery in 1802, it also acted as a monastery church and from the 17th century as a garrison church, then as a hospital church, old Catholic church (1873–1904), Roman-Catholic parish church and now ecumenical "City Church". Due to its harmonious combination of simple Gothic begging architecture, late Gothic frescoes and baroque image and stucco decoration, it is one of the most important sacred monuments in the city and one of the sights of Constance.
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