Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Dusseldorf, Germany
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8.6 km
83 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: Maria-Obhut-Kirche
The Maria-Obhut-Kirche is a listed building of the Berlin Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church at Ellerstraße 213 in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk. It was built in 1883 by Fr. Stullenberg as a monastery for the "Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ".
Sight 2: St. Josef
The Catholic Church of St. Josef is located in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk. It was once the parish church of the largest parish in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Today, the parish belongs to the pastoral care area of Unterbilk, Oberbilk, Friedrichstadt and Eller-West.
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. Apollinaris
St. Apollinaris is a five-nave Catholic hall church with an almost square floor plan in the Düsseldorf district of Oberbilk. The parish of the same name belongs to the pastoral care area of Unterbilk, Oberbilk, Friedrichstadt and Eller-West.
Sight 6: 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 7: Immanuel-Kirche
The Immanuel Church at Pionierstraße 61 in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt was built between 1965 and 1966 according to plans by the architect Heinz Kalenborn for the Protestant Peace Church. It is an example of the use of concrete as a building material. For example, the "inside and outside of the wall surfaces are made of exposed concrete". The relief "Jesus in the Boat" and the inscription "If you don't believe, you won't stay" are works by the Düsseldorf artist Curt Beckmann. The church was closed in 2013.
Sight 8: 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 9: Friedenskirche
The Friedenskirche is a Protestant church consecrated in 1899 on Florastraße in the Unterbilk district of Düsseldorf, Germany. 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 10: Florapark
The Florapark is one of the smaller parks in the state capital of Düsseldorf. Its total area is 3 hectares. It is located in the old south of the city, today in the south of the city center in the district of Unterbilk, not far from Friedrichstadt and Bilk.
Sight 11: Karl-Arnold-Haus
The Karl-Arnold-Haus is located at Palmenstraße 16 in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk, adjacent to the Florapark. The building is the joint headquarters of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, the Johannes Rau Research Foundation and the State Rectors' Conference of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sight 12: St. Suitbertus
The Church of St. Suitbertus at Suitbertusplatz 1 in Düsseldorf's Bilk district was built in two phases from 1905 to 1906 and 1927. The Catholic church building has been a listed building since 1994.
Sight 13: St. Bonifatius
The parish church of St. Boniface in Düsseldorf-Bilk was originally built as a subsidiary church of St. Martin.
Sight 14: Alt St. Martin
The Alt St. Martin church is the oldest church in Düsseldorf and at the same time the oldest surviving building in the state capital. The origins of the former Bilk parish church lie in Carolingian times. The church, originally built around the year 700 and rebuilt around the year 1000, presumably also served as a parish church for the then neighbouring community of Düsseldorf until 1206. In 1812, Alt St. Martin lost its function as the parish church of Bilk and was no longer used as a church for over a century. After war damage and several elaborate restorations, the Catholic parish of St. Boniface and the Protestant Lutheran parish now regularly celebrate services in Alt St. Martin.
Sight 15: Jan-Wellem-Kapelle
The Jan-Wellem chapel (Kreuzkapelle) on Fährstraße No. 95 in Düsseldorf-Hamm was donated by Philipp Wilhelm in 1658 for the birth of his son Johann Wilhelm, called Jan Wellem. Jörg Heimeshoff describes the Renaissance chapel completed in 1660 and renovated in 1990:
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