Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Dortmund, Germany
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5.7 km
83 m
Experience Dortmund 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 DortmundIndividual Sights in DortmundSight 1: Ostfriedhof
The Dortmund East Cemetery is a cemetery laid out in 1876 and a park-like green space in the Dortmund district of Innenstadt-Ost.
Sight 2: St. Franziskus
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.
Sight 3: Bezirksregierung Arnsberg - Bergbau und Energie
The Landesoberbergamt Dortmund – originally Oberbergamt Dortmund – was the supervisory and administrative authority for the Westphalian and, from 1970, also for the Rhenish mines.
Sight 4: Jüdische Gemeinde Groß-Dortmund
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.
Sight 5: Wasserturm Dortmund Südbahnhof
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.
Sight 6: Südbad
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.
Sight 7: Kindermuseum Adlerturm
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 fortified tower. The 30-metre-high tower was placed on pillars so as not to interfere with the preserved structure of the foundations of the original 14th-century Eagle Tower and the adjacent 13th-century city wall.
Sight 8: Standesamt Dortmund
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.
Sight 9: Helma Schanzer
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.
Sight 10: Rathaus
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.
Sight 11: Stadtgarten
The Stadtgarten Dortmund is an inner-city park and green space in Dortmund.
Sight 12: Opernhaus Dortmund
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.
Sight 13: 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.
Sight 14: Westpark
Westpark is a green space in the western city centre of Dortmund.
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