Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Dortmund, Germany

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 4.4 km
Ascend 66 m
Descend 69 m

Experience Dortmund in Germany in a whole new way with our free 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 DortmundIndividual Sights in Dortmund

Sight 1: Ostfriedhof

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The Dortmund East Cemetery is a cemetery laid out in 1876 and a park-like green space in the Dortmund district of Innenstadt-Ost.

Wikipedia: Ostenfriedhof Dortmund (DE)

394 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: St. Franziskus

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St. Franziskus Mbdortumnd / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Francis, usually called Franciscan Church, is the second post-Reformation Roman Catholic church in Dortmund. It is located on Franziskanerstraße in the eastern part of the city centre.

Wikipedia: St. Franziskus (Dortmund) (DE), Website

633 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Bezirksregierung Arnsberg - Bergbau und Energie

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The Landesoberbergamt Dortmund – originally Oberbergamt Dortmund – was the supervisory and administrative authority for the Westphalian and, from 1970, also for the Rhenish mines.

Wikipedia: Landesoberbergamt Dortmund (DE), Website

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Jüdische Gemeinde Groß-Dortmund

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The Jewish Community of Dortmund is a Jewish community in Dortmund, whose beginnings date back to the 11th century of the Middle Ages. The Jewish Community of Dortmund currently has 2,724 members. As the Jewish Community of Greater Dortmund, it is a member of the State Association of Jewish Communities of Westphalia-Lippe.

Wikipedia: Jüdische Gemeinde Dortmund (DE), Website

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Wasserturm Dortmund Südbahnhof

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The water tower of Dortmund Südbahnhof is a water reservoir of the former Dortmund Süd locomotive depot. It was built between 1923 and 1927 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and supplied steam locomotives with boiler feed water until the 1950s.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs (DE)

729 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: Südbad

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The Südbad is an indoor swimming pool in Dortmund's city centre. The building, which was renovated in 2007, is registered as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Südbad (Dortmund) (DE)

461 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Kindermuseum Adlerturm

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The eagle tower is a reconstructed tower of the medieval city wall in Dortmund, which was built in 1992 over the original foundations of the former defensive tower. The 30 -meter -high tower was placed on pillars in order not to affect the foundation of the foundations of the original eagle tower from the 14th century and the adjacent city wall from the 13th century.

Wikipedia: Adlerturm Dortmund (DE)

422 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Standesamt Dortmund

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Altes Stadthaus in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is an office block which was built in 1899, and was designed by "master builder" Friedrich Kullrich. It was built in the Renaissance Revival architecture (Neo-Renaissance) style. After the office block was severely damaged in World War II, it was rebuilt in a simplified form.

Wikipedia: Altes Stadthaus, Dortmund (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Helma Schanzer

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The list of Stumbling Stones in Dortmund contains Stumbling Stones that were laid in Dortmund as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Dortmund (DE)

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Rathaus

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The Dortmund City Hall is the seat of the city council and the mayor. It was built in the years 1987–1989 in the modern style.

Wikipedia: Rathaus (Dortmund) (DE)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Stadtgarten

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Stadtgarten

The Stadtgarten Dortmund is an inner-city park and green space in Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Stadtgarten Dortmund (DE)

330 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Opernhaus Dortmund

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Opernhaus Dortmund is the opera house of Dortmund, Germany, operated by the Theater Dortmund organisation. A new opera house opened in 1966, replacing an earlier facility which opened in 1904 and was destroyed during World War II. It was built on the former site of the Old Synagogue, which was demolished by the Nazi local government in the 1930s.

Wikipedia: Opernhaus Dortmund (EN), Website

354 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Mahnmal für die Alte Synagoge

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Mahnmal für die Alte Synagoge

The Old Synagogue was a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Dortmund, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Completed in 1900, the synagogue was abandoned in 1933 and demolished in 1938. Prior to its abandonment, the synagogue was the largest synagogue and cultural center of the Jewish community in Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Old Synagogue (Dortmund) (EN)

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