Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Dusseldorf, Germany
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4.5 km
49 m
Explore Dusseldorf 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 DusseldorfIndividual Sights in DusseldorfSight 1: St. Mariä Himmelfahrt - Liebfrauen
The Church of St. Mary’s Assumption – also called Liebfrauenkirche – is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Flingern-Nord district of Düsseldorf. It was built in 1890 to 1892 in accordance with the designs of the architect Caspar Clemens Pickel. The parish of the same name belongs to the parish association Flingern/Düsseltal.
Sight 2: Atelierhaus Pfau
The listed studio building Pfau at Stephanienstraße 26 in Düsseldorf was built between 1956 and 1958 according to designs by Bernhard Pfau. Pfau used the building as his studio.
Sight 3: St. Mariä Empfängnis
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary's Conception – also known as St. Mary's Church – was built between 1894 and 1896 according to plans by the Mainz cathedral architect Ludwig Becker. It is located opposite the junction of Tonhallenstraße in Oststraße in the centre of Düsseldorf. The three-nave basilica with the double tower façade was designed in the cathedral style and is a typical example of Rhenish neo-Gothic. The parish belongs to the parish of St. Lambertus in the city deanery of Düsseldorf in the Archdiocese of Cologne. In 2011, the parish merged with the old town community to form the parish of St. Lambertus.
Sight 4: Johanneskirche
St John's Church, with its almost 88 m high tower, is the largest Protestant church in Düsseldorf. It is located at the Martin-Luther-Platz. The church was built from 1875 to 1881 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was severely damaged in World War II, but was saved from destruction and in 1953 it was reopened. The last major remodeling took place in 2008. There is a cafe through which one enters the actual church.
Sight 5: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal
The Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Düsseldorf is one of numerous Kaiser Wilhelm monuments erected during the German Empire and glorifies Wilhelm I as its "founder of the Empire" as well as the victor over the Second Empire.
Sight 6: Bismarck-Denkmal
The Bismarck Monument in Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte is one of numerous Bismarck monuments that have been erected in the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire since 1868.
Sight 7: Königsallee
Book Free Tour*The Königsallee is an urban boulevard in Düsseldorf, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Königsallee is noted for both the landscaped canal that runs along its center, as well as for the fashion showrooms and luxury retail stores located along its sides.
Sight 8: Triton-Brunnen
The Triton Fountain was created by the Düsseldorf sculptor Friedrich Coubillier from 1898 to 1902 and acquired by the City Beautification Association for Düsseldorf's Königsallee. At the northern end of the avenue, the fountain functions as a point de vue and design closure of the canal axis of the city moat.
Sight 9: Haus zum Kurfürsten
The house to the Elector is located at Flinger Straße 36 in the Altstadt district of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital of Düsseldorf.
Sight 10: Schneidersches Geschäftshaus
The former Schneider office building in Düsseldorf's old town was built in 1896 or 1898 according to designs by the Düsseldorf architect Hermann vom Endt. On 2 September 1983, the corner house was listed as a historical monument. The ground floor of the building is now a boutique.
Sight 11: Berger Kirche
The Berger Church is a 17th-century Protestant church in Düsseldorf's Old Town. Since 2003 it has been part of Diakonie Düsseldorf.
Sight 12: Haus Goldener Helm
Haus Goldener Helm is located at the corner of Flinger Strasse 1 and Berger Strasse in the Altstadt district of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital of Düsseldorf. On November 10, 1983, it was entered into the city's list of monuments in the category of residential and settlement buildings in the subcategory Baroque.
Sight 13: Jan-Wellem-Denkmal
The Jan Wellem monument in the Düsseldorf City Hall was completed by sculptor Gabriel de Grupello after 1697/before 1708. The marble statue is Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg, named Jan Wellem, Elector of the Palatinate and Duke of Jülich-Berg, who was speaking Lower Franconian at the time.
Sight 14: En de Canon
The Moorenbrecher are a Düsseldorf postmaster family that can be traced back to the 16th century and is one of the pioneers of the postal system.
Sight 15: Ehra oder Kind mit Ball
Ehra or Child with Ball or Sinti Girl Ehra is a work of art by Otto Pankok.
Sight 16: Aalschokker
Schokker is a type of Dutch ship that was used until the 19th century. Schokkers were fishing sailing vessels used in the Zuiderzee and were characterized in particular by the so-called Schokker tree, a swing-out device for fishing with trawl nets. The type of ship takes its name from the island of Schokland in the Zuidersee.
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