Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Erlangen, Germany

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 3.1 km
Ascend 32 m
Descend 30 m

Explore Erlangen 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 Erlangen

Sight 1: St. Martinkirche

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This list is a partial list of the List of monuments in Erlangen. The list is based on the Bavarian List of Monuments, which was first compiled on the basis of the Bavarian Monument Protection Act of 1 October 1973 and has since been maintained and updated 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 Erlangen/A (DE)

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Stadtmuseum

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Stadtmuseum Erlangen, or Erlangen City Museum, is a municipal museum dedicated to the history of the city of Erlangen, Germany. The museum is housed in the former Old Town 'Rathaus', built in 1733/40, and an adjoining town house. Its courtyard serves as a venue for concerts, readings, film screenings, and other open-air events.

Wikipedia: Stadtmuseum Erlangen (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube

38 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Altstädter Dreifaltigkeitskirche

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The old town church is the baroque church building of the Evangelical Lutheran community in the old town of Erlangen. In addition to the Evangelical Lutheran Neustädter Church and the Evangelical Reformed Huguenot Church, it is one of the three large churches in the city center of Erlangen, whose towers still shape the cityscape today.

Wikipedia: Altstädter Kirche (Erlangen) (DE), Website

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Theater in der Garage

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The Theater Erlangen is a spoken theatre in Erlangen, Germany. The venues are the Margrave's Theatre, the Studio Stage in the Theatre in the Garage and the mobile stage in the Otokar theatre bus.

Wikipedia: Das Theater Erlangen (DE), Website

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Markgrafentheater Erlangen

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Markgrafentheater Erlangen is a theater in Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany. It was opened in 1719, and celebrated its 300-year anniversary in 2019.

Wikipedia: Markgrafentheater Erlangen (EN), Website

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Neischl-Grotte

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The Botanical Garden Erlangen is a botanical garden, which is 2 hectares in size, maintained by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and located on the north side of the castle garden in the city center at Loschgestraße 3, Erlangen, Franconia, Germany. It is open daily except Monday.

Wikipedia: Botanical Garden Erlangen (EN)

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Orangerie

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The orangery of Erlangens is architecturally assigned to Erlangen and is located in the palace garden belonging to the residence.

Wikipedia: Orangerie (Erlangen) (DE)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Paulibrunnen

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The Schloßplatz in Erlangen, together with the neighbouring market square, forms today's centre of the city. Together, they are part of Erlangen's pedestrian zone and the venue for numerous markets and festivals.

Wikipedia: Schloß- und Marktplatz (Erlangen) (DE), Website

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Schloss Erlangen

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The Schloss Erlangen is a residence in Erlangen, built between 1700 and 1704 by George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Work was initially led by Antonio della Porta and after his death in 1702 by Gottfried von Gedeler. It was the first baroque building built from scratch in Franconia.

Wikipedia: Schloss Erlangen (EN)

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Schlossgarten Erlangen

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The palace garden in Erlangen is considered one of the first baroque gardens in Franconia. The garden, which has been open to the general public since 1849, hosts the largest garden festival in Europe every year, the Schlossgartenfest of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Wikipedia: Schlossgarten (Erlangen) (DE)

462 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Herz-Jesu-Kirche

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Herz-Jesu-KircheHerzJesu1a.jpg: Masteraah.Der ursprünglich hochladende Benutzer war Masteraah in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch derivative work: Rabanus Flavus / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Herz-Jesu Church is the oldest retrofitted Catholic Church in Erlangen. It emerged from a prayer house from 1790 in two construction phases 1849/50 and 1895. 1963/66 and 2008 were made in the interior and equipment of profound changes. Since 2006, the parish has been part of the parish association Erlangen Mitte in the Deanery of the Archdiocese of Bamberg together with St. Bonifaz and St. Sebald.

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Erlangen) (DE), Website

163 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: 3x9 Stolpersteine

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3x9 Stolpersteine Christian Michelides / CC BY-SA 4.0

This list of the stumbling blocks in Erlangen lists the stumbling blocks in Erlangen laid by the artist Gunter Demnig. They are supposed to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Erlangen.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Erlangen (DE)

584 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Aromatic Garden

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The Aromagarten Erlangen is a public garden of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg designed with aromatic plants. It is located in the middle of the city of Erlangen in the landscape conservation area at the Palmsanlage below the Ludwigsbrücke and the Schwabach. When the garden opened in 1981 after two years of construction, it was the first garden of its kind in the world. On the 8,900 m² area, about 120 domestic and foreign aromatic plants grow, which form aromatic substances and are used as medicines, spices and for cosmetic preparations.

Wikipedia: Aromagarten Erlangen (DE)

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