Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Dusseldorf, Germany
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7.9 km
91 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: Capitol Theater
Capitol Theater (Düsseldorf) is the largest theatre in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Sight 2: tanzhaus nrw
The Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf is a dance institution founded in 1998 that offers a comprehensive concept of presentation, production and participation in the field of dance. The premises at Erkrather Straße 30, an old tram depot, house stage performances, professional dance training, the development of productions as part of choreographer residencies as well as a variety of further training opportunities within the framework of courses and workshops under one roof. The cultural training programme of the Tanzhaus NRW, which is aimed at beginners, advanced dancers and professional dancers across generations, reaches an average of 3600 visitors per week.
Sight 3: Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is considered the Russian national poet and founder of modern Russian literature.
Sight 4: Christuskirche
The Christuskirche is a Protestant church consecrated in 1899 on Kruppstraße in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk. Its neo-Gothic architecture is typical of sacred buildings of historicism, even though many parts of the building were altered or simplified after war damage.
Sight 5: St. Antonius
The Catholic parish church of St. Antonius in Düsseldorf's Friedrichstadt district was built between 1905 and 1909 according to plans by architects Wilhelm and Paul Sültenfuß in neo-Romanesque style. It belongs to the pastoral care area of Unterbilk, Oberbilk, Friedrichstadt and Eller-West in the Düsseldorf City Deanery of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
Sight 6: Forum Freies Theater
Forum Freies Theater is a theatre in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Sight 7: Die Kugelspielerin
The Ball Player is a sculpture by the sculptor Walter Schott and is considered his main work. It was created between 1895 and 1897 in Berlin. A life-size bronze cast can be found in the flower garden on Königsallee in Düsseldorf, other art castings can be found in Mannheim and Langen (Hesse), and a copy in Berlin-Köpenick. A marble setting has been preserved in the park of Gut Waltersdorf near Heideblick. In addition, there are a large number of statuettes of the figure, in bronze, chryselephantine and Meissen porcelain.
Sight 8: 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 9: Stummhaus
The silent house at Breite Straße 67 to 69 in Düsseldorf was built on behalf of the Stumm Group by the Düsseldorf office building company from 1922 to 1924 according to Paul Bonatz plans in the materials and forms of baking stone expressionism. The construction is considered "a prime example of Expressionism in architecture".
Sight 10: Walzstahlhaus
The Walzstahlhaus is a neoclassical office building with a red sandstone facade in Düsseldorf, Kasernenstraße 36. The six -storey building with Hoffwügel is located on the southwestern edge of the center near the Rhine in the Carlstadt district.
Sight 11: Mannesmann-Hochhaus
The Mannesmann high-rise is an administrative building on Mannesmannufer in the Carlstadt district of Düsseldorf, Germany. It was designed and built between 1956 and 1958 by the architects Egon Eiermann and Paul Schneider-Esleben after they won an architectural competition in 1954. The original client was Mannesmann AG, which was taken over by Vodafone in 2000. As general contractor, Hochtief was involved in the construction. Together with the Dreischeibenhaus, it is one of the first modern high-rise buildings in Germany. It stands for the time of the so-called economic miracle, in which private companies significantly changed the city skyline of Düsseldorf with high-rise buildings in the style of post-war modernism.
Sight 12: Eiche und Basaltsäule
7000 Oaks – City Forestation Instead of City Administration is a work of land art by the German artist Joseph Beuys. It was first publicly presented in 1982 at documenta 7.
Sight 13: Vater Rhein und seine Töchter
The fountain sculpture "Father Rhine and His Daughters" in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk was created by the sculptors Karl Janssen and Josef Tüshaus and unveiled on 7 March 1897. The monument is an allegory of the Rhine and represents the Prussian Rhine Province. It is located in front of their Estates House on an exedra that juts out into a body of water, the Kaiserteich.
Sight 14: Ständehaus
The Ständehaus was the parliament building of the Provincial Day of the Prussian Rhinelande in Düsseldorf from 1880 to the 1930s. From 1949 to 1988, it served as a venue for the North Rhine-Westphalia Landtag. Today, it is home to the K21 exhibition building, the Department of Contemporary Art of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Sight 15: St. Peter
The neo-Gothic Catholic parish church of St. Peter in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk on the church square was built according to designs by the architect Caspar Clemens Pickel and consecrated in 1898. It is one of the largest churches in the state capital of Düsseldorf. The parish of the same name belongs to the pastoral care area of Unterbilk, Oberbilk, Friedrichstadt and Eller-West in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
Sight 16: St. Martin
The Catholic Martinskirche, also known as the Bilker Church, is located in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk and is the parish church of the parish of St. Martin, which belongs to the pastoral care area of Unter- and Oberbilk, Friedrichstadt and Eller-West. The building, which was blown up during the war, was stylistically related to the Suitbertus Church.
Wikipedia: Martinskirche (Düsseldorf-Unterbilk) (DE), Website
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