Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Dormagen, Germany
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0.9 km
3 m
Explore Dormagen 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 DormagenSight 1: Friedestrom
Friedestrom Castle, formerly often referred to as Friedestrom Castle, is a former castle in the Electorate of Cologne in the Dormagen district of Stadt Zons. The former moated castle is located on the left bank of the Rhine and was intended, among other things, to secure the Rhine toll levied in Zons. It therefore belongs to the type of customs castle. Furthermore, it was responsible for securing the territory of the Electorate of Cologne against the Counts and later Dukes of Berg.
Sight 2: Johanna Franken
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'.
Sight 3: St. Martinus
St. Martinus is the Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Zons in Dormagen in the Rhine district of Neuss.
Sight 4: Falknereimuseum
The list of listed buildings in Dormagen contains the listed buildings in the area of the city of Dormagen in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. These monuments are registered in the list of monuments of the city of Dormagen; The basis for inclusion is the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sight 5: Pfefferbüchse
A bartizan, also called a guerite, garita, or échauguette, or spelled bartisan, is an overhanging, wall-mounted turret projecting from the walls of late medieval and early-modern fortifications from the early 14th century up to the 18th century. Most frequently found at corners, they protected a warder and enabled him to see his surroundings. Bartizans generally are furnished with oillets or arrow slits. The turret was usually supported by stepped masonry corbels and could be round, polygonal or square.
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