Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Dresden, Germany

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 34 m
Descend 43 m

Experience Dresden 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 DresdenIndividual Sights in Dresden

Sight 1: Ernst-Julius-Otto-Denkmal

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Ernst-Julius-Otto-Denkmal

Ernst Julius Otto was a German male vocal composer, music teacher, choirmaster and cross cantor.

Wikipedia: Ernst Julius Otto (DE)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Kreuzkirche

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Kreuzkirche

The Dresden Kreuzkirche is a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany. It is the main church and seat of the Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony, and the largest church building in the Free State of Saxony. It also is home of the Dresdner Kreuzchor boys' choir.

Wikipedia: Kreuzkirche, Dresden (EN), Website

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Goldener Rathausmann

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Goldener Rathausmann

The Golden Town Hall Man is a sculpture on the tower of the New Town Hall in Dresden. It symbolizes Hercules, who pours out his cornucopia with one hand and points with his raised hand to the beauties of the city at his feet.

Wikipedia: Goldener Rathausmann (Dresden) (DE)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Dinglingerbrunnen

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The Dinglinger Fountain is a listed Baroque fountain in Dresden, Germany. It is considered the oldest preserved courtyard fountain in the Saxon state capital. It is named after the court jeweller and goldsmith of Augustus the Strong, Johann Melchior Dinglinger, who had it made for himself.

Wikipedia: Dinglingerbrunnen (DE)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Albertinum

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The Albertinum is a modern art museum. The sandstone-clad Renaissance Revival building is located on Brühl's Terrace in the historic center of Dresden, Germany. It is named after King Albert of Saxony.

Wikipedia: Albertinum (EN)

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Sphinx

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Sphinx

Belvedere is the name given to four pleasure palaces that stood one after the other on the northeast corner of Brühl's Terrace in Dresden. The fourth and last Belvedere was built in 1842 in the style of the first Semper Opera House, which fell victim to the war in 1945, and a reconstruction was offered by a citizen in 2008 and 2016.

Wikipedia: Belvedere (Dresden) (DE)

43 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Brühlscher Garten

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Brühlscher Garten

Today, the Brühl Garden is only called the eastern part of the Brühl Terrace in Dresden on the Maiden's Bastion, the site of the former Belvederes (I - IV), but originally the entire garden on the Brühl Terrace. He was one of Brühl's glories.

Wikipedia: Brühlscher Garten (DE)

354 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Neue Synagoge Dresden

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Neue Synagoge Dresden Maros M r a z (Maros) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The New Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Hasenberg 1, in the old town of Dresden, Germany. The edifice was completed in 2001 and designed by architects Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. It was built on the same location as the Semper Synagogue (1839–1840) designed by Gottfried Semper, which was destroyed in 1938, during the Kristallnacht.

Wikipedia: New Synagogue (Dresden) (EN), Website

839 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 9: Helene Herzberg geb. Waldhorn

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Helene Herzberg geb. Waldhorn

The list of stumbling stones in Dresden contains all stumbling stones that were laid in Dresden as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Dresden (DE)

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