Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Eichstätt, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 2.4 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 45 m

Explore Eichstätt 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.

Individual Sights in Eichstätt

Sight 1: Friedhofskapelle Maria Schnee

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Friedhofskapelle Maria Schnee

The cemetery chapel Maria Schnee, built in 1535, is located in the East Cemetery in Eichstätt.

Wikipedia: Friedhofskapelle Maria Schnee (Eichstätt) (DE)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Ostenfriedhof

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The East Cemetery is located in the eastern suburb of the city of Eichstätt.

Wikipedia: Ostenfriedhof Eichstätt (DE), Website

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Waisenhaus

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The former orphanage in Eichstätt from the 16th century was expanded by Maurizio Pedetti and Giovanni Dominico Barbieri and converted into the Institute of Psychology and Journalism of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt by the Diocesan Building Office of Eichstätt under the direction of Karljosef Schattner. The baroque building is registered under the file number D-1-76-123-172 in the Bavarian list of monuments.

Wikipedia: Ehemaliges Waisenhaus (Eichstätt) (DE)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Hofgarten

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Hofgarten Manfi. B. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Hofgarten Eichstätt is a garden in Eichstätt, in the district of the same name in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Its size is 22,480 m².

Wikipedia: Hofgarten Eichstätt (DE)

341 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Schutzengelkirche

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Schutzengelkirche BR381182 / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Guardian Angel Church is a Catholic church building in Eichstätt, Germany.

Wikipedia: Schutzengelkirche (Eichstätt) (DE)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Diözesanarchiv

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The Eastern-Riedheim-Hof was built in 1730 by Gabriel de Gabrieli as a dome for Lothar Johann Hugo Franz von Ostein. This Rococopalais with Mansardwalmdach and Middle Risalite and stuccoed facades still stands in Eichstätt in Luitpoldstraße 1. The eastern coat of arms and the Riedheim coat of arms can be seen on the Giebel. After the conversion (1992–1994) by Karljosef Schattner, the former dome of the mherrenhof has been home to the administrative areas of the Ordinariate or Diocesan Archives, including a spacious reading room- a modern magazine tract with approximately 5 km shelf area follows.

Wikipedia: Ostein-Riedheim-Hof (DE)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Johanniskirche

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Johanniskirche

The former church of St. John Baptist ("St. John's Church") is located northeast of the eastern choir of the Domes of Eichstätt on the cathedral square of the Bischofstadt.

Wikipedia: Ehemalige Kirche St. Johannes Baptist (Eichstätt) (DE)

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Altes Stadttheater

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Altes Stadttheater Eichstätt is a theatre in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Altes Stadttheater Eichstätt (EN)

12 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Erlöserkirche

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Erlöserkirche

The Church of the Redeemer in Eichstätt is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany.

Wikipedia: Erlöserkirche (Eichstätt) (DE), Url

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Marienbrunnen

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The Marienbrunnen is a fountain at the south-eastern end of the Residenzplatz in Eichstätt, Germany. In the middle of the fountain rises the statue of the Virgin Mary. The fountain was built between 1777 and 1780. The Italian baroque master builder Maurizio Pedetti was in charge. The fountain was commissioned by the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, Raymund Anton von Strasoldo and the city.

Wikipedia: Marienbrunnen (Eichstätt) (DE)

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt

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Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt Unteroktav / CC BY-SA 3.0

Eichstätt Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Willibald and St. Salvator is the 11th-century cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt and is located in the city of Eichstätt, in the state of Bavaria, in Southern Germany.

Wikipedia: Eichstätt Cathedral (EN)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Willibaldsbrunnen

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Willibaldsbrunnen

The Willibaldsbrunnen is a fountain in the middle of the market square in Eichstätt, Germany. It was built in 1695 by Jakob Engel. The figure of St. Willibald, to whom the fountain is dedicated, was created by Hans Krumpper.

Wikipedia: Willibaldsbrunnen (DE)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Marienhaus

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Marienhaus

On this page you will find a list of monuments in the Upper Bavarian town of Eichstätt. This table is a partial list of the list of monuments in Bavaria. It is based on the Bavarian List of Monuments, which was first drawn up on the basis of the Bavarian Monument Protection Act of 1 October 1973 and has since been maintained by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. The following information does not replace the legally binding information provided by the monument protection authority.

Wikipedia: Liste der Baudenkmäler in Eichstätt (DE)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Benediktinerinnenabtei Sankt Walburg

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St. Walburg Abbey is an abbey of the Benedictine nuns in Eichstätt in the Diocese of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany.

Wikipedia: Kloster St. Walburg (DE), Website

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Mariahilf-Kapelle

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Mariahilf-Kapelle

The Mariahilf chapel in the western suburb of the Bishop City of Eichstätt is a baroque sacred building, which served as a craftsman and pilgrimage chapel.

Wikipedia: Mariahilf-Kapelle (Eichstätt) (DE)

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