Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Dresden, Germany

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 185 m
Descend 91 m

Explore Dresden 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.

Activities in DresdenIndividual Sights in Dresden

Sight 1: Herbert Wehner Denkmal

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Herbert Richard Wehner was a German politician. A former member of the Communist Party, he joined the Social Democrats (SPD) after World War II. He served as Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations from 1966 to 1969 and thereafter as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag until 1983.

Wikipedia: Herbert Wehner (EN)

1532 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 2: Heilig-Geist-Kirche

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The Evangelical Church of the Holy Spirit is a listed sacred building in the Dresden district of Blasewitz and today one of the three places of worship of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Dresden-Blasewitz.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Dresden) (DE), Website

1237 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 3: Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz

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Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz Feuerwache / CC BY-SA 3.0

The old fire station Loschwitz is a historical fire station and is now used as a socio -cultural center. The building is located near the Elbe in the Loschwitz district of Dresden.

Wikipedia: Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz (DE), Website

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Kirche zu Dresden-Loschwitz

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The Loschwitz Church is a baroque church in the Loschwitz district of Dresden. It was the first church built by the architect of the Dresden Frauenkirche, George Bähr. The churchyard, which was used as a cemetery until 1907, is one of the few 18th-century churchyards in Saxony that is still in its original state and is the smallest cemetery in the city at about 400 square meters. The Loschwitz church and cemetery are under monument protection.

Wikipedia: Loschwitz Church (EN)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Leonhardi-Museum

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The Leonhardi Museum is located in the former Hentschelmühle in the Loschwitz district of Dresden. The museum is named after the founder of the museum, the late romantic landscape painter Eduard Leonhardi (1828–1905). The “Leo” has been a gallery of the state capital Dresden since 1991 and shows changing exhibitions of contemporary art as well as a small presentation of Leonhardis pictures.

Wikipedia: Leonhardi-Museum (DE)

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Loschwitzer Brücke

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Loschwitzer Brücke

Loschwitz Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge over the river Elbe in Dresden the capital of Saxony in Germany. It connects the city districts of Blasewitz and Loschwitz, two affluent residential areas, which around 1900 were amongst the most expensive in Europe. It is located close to Standseilbahn Dresden funicular railway and the world's oldest suspension railway Schwebebahn Dresden, as well as near the Dresden TV tower. The bridge is colloquially referred to as Blaues Wunder. This common name purportedly referred to the bridge's original blue colour and being seen as a technological miracle at the time; it is also understood to carry the cynical connotation referencing the German idiom ein blaues Wunder erleben meaning "to experience an unpleasant surprise", reflecting the skeptical view of contemporary commentators. There is also a bridge in Wolgast known as Blaues Wunder.

Wikipedia: Loschwitz Bridge (EN)

705 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Schillerhäuschen

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The Schillerhäuschen is a literary museum in Dresden, which is dedicated to the important German poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller. It was set up in a small building in which Schiller is said to have stayed and belongs to the network of the museums of the city of Dresden.

Wikipedia: Schillerhäuschen (DE)

836 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: Sternwarte

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Sternwarte

The observatories of the former Manfred von Ardenne Research Institute are two observatories that were assigned to the former Manfred von Ardenne Research Institute. The older of the two is located in Dresden's Weißer Hirsch district (Plattleite 27) and has been open to the public again since 2007. The younger of the two is located near the private home of the von Ardenne family in the Oberloschwitz district (Zeppelinstraße 7) and is not open to the public.

Wikipedia: Forschungsinstitut Manfred von Ardenne – Sternwarte (DE)

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