Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Darmstadt, Germany
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2.9 km
16 m
Explore Darmstadt 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 DarmstadtSight 1: Matthäuskirche
The Matthäuskirche is a Evangelical Church in the Heimstätstätensiedlung district in Darmstadt-West, a district of Darmstadt in South Hesse.
Sight 2: Jazzinstitut Darmstadt
The Jazzinstitut Darmstadt is a world-renowned research and information centre on jazz.
Sight 3: Prinz-Emil-Palais
The Prinz-Emil-Schlösschen is a small garden palace in Darmstadt-Bessungen, Germany. It was built between 1775 and 1778 by order of its first owner, Friedrich Karl von Moser, in a central location in a garden landscape built in 1772 according to the English model, today's Prince Emil Garden. Burnt down after the Second World War and the bombing of Darmstadt, it was renovated until 1950 and today serves as a neighbourhood house as a meeting place for the inhabitants of Bessung.
Sight 4: Orangerie
The Orangerie in Darmstadt, built around 1720, is a baroque palace building designed by the architect Louis Remy de la Fosse. Originally, it served as a winter shelter for citrus plants sensitive to the cold, which adorned the surrounding parkland in the summer months. The building was constructed with a one-storey hall open to the south, surrounded by single-storey rooms. The adjoining orangery park was designed under Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt by the Electoral Palatine court gardener Johann Kaspar Ehret from Heidelberg. The symmetrical Baroque grounds consist of three tiered garden parterres, wide axes with fountains and surrounding avenues. The sandstone gate of the former market palace forms the northern end.
Sight 5: Liebfrauenkirche
The Church of Our Lady in Bessungen is a Catholic church in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. Its striking church tower rises in a prominent position east of the Orangery on Klappacher Straße. The parish has about 4000 Catholics.
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