Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Dusseldorf, Germany
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Experience Dusseldorf 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 DusseldorfIndividual Sights in DusseldorfSight 1: Villa Horion
![Villa Horion](/static/images/wikipedia/Germany_Dusseldorf_Villa-Horion.jpg)
The Villa Horion on Johannes-Rau-Platz in Düsseldorf-Carlstadt was built at the same time as the neighbouring Landeshaus from 1909 to 1911 by the architect Hermann vom Endt in the Neoclassical style. The façade decoration, in particular two female relief figures, the "Fürsorge" and the "Landwirtschaft" were created by the sculptor Hermann Nolte. The listed building is located in the government district of the state capital. It is named after Johannes Horion, who resided here as governor of the Rhine Province. It currently houses the "House of Parliamentary History" of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament.
Sight 2: KIT - Kunst im Tunnel
Kunst im Tunnel or KIT is a contemporary art museum in Düsseldorf. It is the new exhibition space of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, located within the Rheinufertunnel - hence the name. It has an underground exhibition area of 850m².
Sight 3: Große Mannesmann
The Große Mannesmann, also known as Mannesmann I or Movement, is a sculpture by the sculptor Norbert Kricke. It was created from 1958 onwards in the context of informal art as a commissioned work for Mannesmann AG and was erected in 1961 on its forecourt at the Mannesmann high-rise in Düsseldorf. Together with the high-rise, the property has been a listed building since 1997.
Sight 4: Hetjens-Museum
The Hetjens – German Ceramics Museum is a Düsseldorf museum for the history of ceramics founded on 9 May 1909. Due to the up to 8000-year-old pieces in its collection from all parts of the world, it is considered the most universal institute of its kind and is regularly represented with loans at home and abroad.
Sight 5: Marionettentheater Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Marionetten-Theater is a marionette theatre in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Sight 6: Ehra oder Kind mit Ball
Ehra or Child with Ball or Sinti Girl Ehra is a work of art by Otto Pankok.
Sight 7: Jan-Wellem-Denkmal
![Jan-Wellem-Denkmal](/static/images/wikipedia/Germany_Dusseldorf_Jan-Wellem-Denkmal.jpg)
The Jan Wellem monument in Düsseldorf's town hall was completed by the sculptor Gabriel de Grupello after 1697/before 1708. The marble statue depicts Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg, called Jan Wellem, Elector Palatine and Duke of Jülich-Berg by the people of Düsseldorf, who spoke Lower Franconian at the time.
Sight 8: Altes Rathaus
The old town hall in Düsseldorf is the wing on the northern side of the market square and the oldest part of the town hall complex in the old town of Düsseldorf. It was built in the style of the Renaissance between 1570 and 1573 as the office and meeting place for mayors, Schöffen and the city council. Until 1806, the town hall also served as the meeting place of the lands of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg. Previously, a house had been used as a town hall since 1544, which had been on the same place on the market square and had gradually become dilapidated. Before that, the house “Zum Schwarzen Horn” at Ratinger Straße 6 had served as a town hall since 1470. In the construction of the town hall of 1573, the upward development of the city is expressed under the Märkische Duken von Jülich-Kleve-Berg. Under Wilhelm, she experienced a considerable expansion as a preferred residence city. Nevertheless, the city had great effort to raise the funds for the construction costs and had to tackle the sovereign for help several times.
Sight 9: Schifffahrtsmuseum
The Maritime Museum in Düsseldorf shows one of the oldest collections on the history of Rhine navigation in Germany and has been housed in the historic castle tower on the banks of the Rhine since 1984.
Wikipedia: Schifffahrtsmuseum (Düsseldorf) (DE), Website, Website
Sight 10: Josephskapelle
The baroque Joseph's Chapel in Düsseldorf's old town on today's Emilie-Schneider-Platz was designed as a convent chapel of the Düsseldorf Carmelite nuns and has the floor plan of a Greek cross.
Sight 11: St. Lambertus
St. Lambertus is one of four Roman Catholic churches in Düsseldorf's Old Town on Stiftsplatz. It is the parish church of the enlarged parish of St. Lambertus Düsseldorf, which was created in 2011 by the merger of the parishes of St. Lambertus, St. Maximilian and St. Mariä Empfängnis. Their church consecration festival forms the spiritual background of the "Largest Funfair on the Rhine".
Sight 12: Fischerjungen-Brunnen
The Fisherman's Boy Fountain is located on Stiftsplatz near the Church of St. Lambertus in Düsseldorf's Old Town.
Sight 13: Palais Spinrath
The Palais Spinrath in Düsseldorf was originally a convent of the Celestian nuns, which was built from 1696 to 1712 by Matteo Alberti at Ratinger Straße 15.
Sight 14: K20 - Kunstsammlung NRW
The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is the art collection of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Düsseldorf. United by this institution are three different exhibition venues: the K20 at Grabbeplatz, the K21 in the Ständehaus, and the Schmela Haus. The Kunstsammlung was founded in 1961 by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia as a foundation under private law for the purpose of displaying the art collection and expanding it through new acquisitions.
Sight 15: Neanderkirche
The Neanderkirche is a Protestant church in the centre of Düsseldorf, the Altstadt. The building in early Baroque style was completed in 1687 and later named after the Reformed minister and hymn writer Joachim Neander. It is now a parish church of the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Düsseldorf-Mitte. In 1965, a Rieger organ was installed, which is also used for a series of summer concerts.
Sight 16: Heine Haus
The Heine Haus is a cultural institution in Düsseldorf's old town, located in the building Bolkerstraße 53, where Heinrich Heine's birthplace was located until about 1821. The house, which has initially been considered a centre for literature since 2006 and has been fulfilling its function as the "Heine Haus Literaturhaus Düsseldorf" since 2017, is dedicated to the mediation and promotion of German-language and international contemporary literature. It is run in a public-private partnership between the state capital of Düsseldorf, the Förderverein Heine Haus e.V. and the literary shop Müller & Böhm, which is located in the front area of the building. In the rear area there is an event room with a literature café.
Sight 17: Haus zum Kurfürsten
The Haus zum Kurfürsten is located at Flinger Straße 36 in the Altstadt district of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf.
Sight 18: Galerie Schmela
Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf was a gallery founded in 1957 by the art dealer Alfred Schmela. It is considered one of the most important and first private art galleries of the post-war period in the Federal Republic of Germany. The gallery house, which opened in 1971 and is currently called the Schmela House, has served as the third location for exhibitions for the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen since November 2009 and was rented to the gallery owner Hans Mayer and his son Max from summer 2020.
Sight 19: German Opera on the Rhine
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical ballet company. Axel Kober has been its Music Director since 2009. The resident orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, play both opera and symphonic repertoire.
Sight 20: Opernhaus Düsseldorf
Opernhaus Düsseldorf is a venue and administrative headquarters of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
Sight 21: Der Mahner
![Der Mahner](/static/images/wikipedia/Germany_Dusseldorf_Der-Mahner.jpg)
The Admonisher is the title of a bronze cast sculpture by Vadim Abramovich Sidur in the Hofgarten in Düsseldorf. The object, which is reminiscent of the biblical figure of the caller in the desert, is also interpreted as a memorial against totalitarianism and violence.
Sight 22: Kriegerdenkmal im Hofgarten
The war memorial in the Hofgarten in Düsseldorf's city centre stands on the Landskrone, the landscape remodelled remnant of the former city fortifications in the Hofgarten. The monument was created by Karl Hilgers (1844–1925) after he had won an artist's competition with his design "Vaterstadt", which had been announced by the "Committee for the Erection of a War Memorial". The monument was inaugurated on 18 October 1892. It is dedicated to fallen Düsseldorf soldiers of the German Wars of Unification (1864–66) and the Franco-German War (1870/71).
Sight 23: Steigenberger Parkhotel
Steigenberger Parkhotel Düsseldorf is a 5-Star Steigenberger Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, located on the city's famous Königsallee and next to the Hofgarten and the opera house.
Sight 24: Haus der Universität
The Haus der Universität at Schadowplatz 14 in Düsseldorf is an institution of the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. It was opened on 20 September 2013. Public events, conferences, exhibitions and student counselling take place there during opening hours from Monday to Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. In addition, there is a service of the University and State Library Düsseldorf for researching scientific literature. With the new building and its facility in the city centre district, the university, whose campus is rather peripheral in the Bilk district, will have the opportunity to offer its information services in a more central location and thus more accessible to the public.
Sight 25: Malkasten-Haus
The Malkasten House is the social house of the Malkasten artists' association. It is located at Jacobistraße 6a in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort.
Sight 26: Malkasten
Malkasten is a progressive German artists' association, founded in Düsseldorf in 1848, during the March Revolution. Since 1867, their headquarters have been in the Pempelfort district.
Sight 27: St. Elisabeth
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Elisabeth, also known as St. Elisabeth's Church, is located on Vinzenzplatz in Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte and bears the patronage of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia. It is the only church in the city built into a row of houses and has been a listed building since 1983.
Sight 28: Industriehaus am Wehrhahn
The Industriehaus Düsseldorf is a listed office and commercial building in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, Schirmerstraße 80/Am Wehrhahn.
Sight 29: St. Paulus
St. Paul's Church is a Catholic parish church in the Düsseltal district of Düsseldorf, Germany. The parish of St. Paulus belongs to the parish association of Flingern/Düsseltal.
Sight 30: Haniel-Garage
The Haniel Garage at Grafenberger Allee 258 in Düsseldorf was built for Franz Haniel by 1953 according to plans by Paul Schneider-Esleben. It was one of the first multi-storey car parks built in Germany after the Second World War with an associated motel.
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