Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Dresden, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 7.2 km
Ascend 100 m
Descend 85 m

Experience Dresden 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 DresdenIndividual Sights in Dresden

Sight 1: Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden

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The Dresden Museum of Ethnology contains an ethnographic collection with more than 90,000 artefacts from all parts of the earth. It is part of the Dresden State Art Collections. Founded in 1875, the museum presents continually changing exhibitions in the Japanisches Palais, a Baroque building complex in Dresden, Germany.

Wikipedia: Dresden Museum of Ethnology (EN), Website

569 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Blockhaus

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In Dresden, the Neustädter Wache on the west side of the Neustadt bridgehead of the Augustus Bridge is called a blockhouse. The free-standing building is located on Neustädter Markt, a few meters from the Goldener Reiter. The architect was Zacharias Longuelune.

Wikipedia: Blockhaus (Dresden) (DE)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Goldener Reiter

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The Golden Horseman is an equestrian statue of the Saxon Elector and Polish King Augustus the Strong, which stands on the Neustädter Markt in Dresden between Augustusbrücke and the main street. It is considered the most famous monument in Dresden and is one of the most important sculptures of the Dresden Baroque.

Wikipedia: Goldener Reiter (Reiterstandbild) (DE)

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Museum of Saxon Folk Art with Puppet Theater Collection

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The Museum of Saxon Folk Art is a museum of local history in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. The collection is located in the Jägerhof in the Innere Neustadt.

Wikipedia: Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst (DE), Website

12 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Jägerhof

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The Jägerhof is a building in Dresden and the oldest architectural monument in Dresden's Neustadt district. It is located east of the Neustädter Markt on Köpckestraße.

Wikipedia: Jägerhof (Dresden) (DE)

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Neustädter Markthalle

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The Neustädter Markthalle in Dresden is a market hall first opened on 7 October 1899 on Metzer Straße, corner of Hauptstraße in Neustadt. After a major renovation, the listed hall was reopened as a shopping centre in 2000.

Wikipedia: Neustädter Markthalle (DE), Website

535 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Kleines Haus

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Kleines Haus Michael Kranewitter / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Staatsschauspiel Dresden is a theatre in Dresden, Germany. It operates the Schauspielhaus and the Kleines Haus. The Staatsschauspiel emerged in 1983 from the Dresden State Theatre, which had its origins in the Royal Court Theatre.

Wikipedia: Kleines Haus (Dresden) (DE), Website

627 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 8: Staudengarten

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The perennial garden is a small park on the banks of Neustädter in the banks of the Neustäd in the inner Neustadt of Dresden. It lies between the Saxon State Chancellery on Carolaplatz and the Neustädter Brückenkopf of the Albert Bridge on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. It is limited by the deeper Elbe Cycle Path on the Elbe, and Wigardstraße connects the two space on the Elbe -facing side.

Wikipedia: Staudengarten (Dresden) (DE)

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Albertbrücke

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The Albert Bridge is the easternmost of the four Elbe bridges in Dresden's city centre, it was built in the 1870s. The 316-metre-long bridge is named after King Albert of Saxony. In GDR times, it was called the Bridge of Unity, commemorating the unification of the KPD and SPD (1946).

Wikipedia: Albertbrücke (DE)

619 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Joseph Fränkel

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Joseph Fränkel

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)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Pferdekopfbrunnen

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The Pferdetränkbrunnen is a fountain created in 1921 by Paul Polte on Bautzner Straße in the Dresden district of Äußere Neustadt. It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Pferdetränkbrunnen (DE)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Martin-Luther-Kirche

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The Martin Luther Church in Dresden's Neustadt is a church built in the late 19th century. It stands on Martin-Luther-Platz, which was built from 1879 onwards, in the middle of numerous Wilhelminian style houses.

Wikipedia: Martin-Luther-Kirche (Dresden) (DE), Website

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Pfunds Molkerei

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Pfunds Molkerei

The Dresden dairy Gebrüder Pfund is a landmark in Dresden and is located in the Outer Neustadt district. The milk shop is best known for its original hand-painted tiles from Villeroy and Boch. In November 1997, it was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Most Beautiful Milk Shop in the World". Today, you can buy regional products such as cheese, wine and care products.

Wikipedia: Pfunds Molkerei (DE), Website

1135 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 14: Impfstelle Landeshauptstadt Dresden

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The Tudor Villa is a building with the address Bautzner Straße 125 in the Prussian Quarter in Dresden, which received its façade design based on the Tudor Gothic style coming from Prussia or Bohemia. The castle-like villa was built in 1856 for the circus director Ernst Renz (1815–1892), the architect was Theodor Lehnert (1828–1910).

Wikipedia: Tudor-Villa (DE)

1380 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 15: Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße Dresden

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Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße Dresden Heinz-Josef Lücking / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Bautzner Straße Dresden Memorial is a memorial for the victims of the GDR Ministry of State Security (MfS) in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. It is the only remand prison of the "Stasi" in the Free State that has been preserved in its original form and is accessible to visitors. Both the perspective of former political prisoners on remand and that of former secret service employees are addressed in the exhibition. The memorial is supported by the association "Erkenntnis durch Erinnerung e. V."

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße Dresden (DE), Website

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