Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Essen, Germany

The Old Synagogue is a former [Reform Judaism|Reform]] Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Steeler Straße 29, in Essen, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The former synagogue was repurposed in 1960 as a Jewish museum.

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The Church of Peace is located on Bernestraße near the Old Synagogue and the Town Hall in the centre of Essen. The Old Catholic church, which is a listed building, was built between 1914 and 1916. The origin in the midst of the horrors of the First World War makes the naming easy to understand.

Wikipedia: Friedenskirche (Essen) (DE)

The Centennial Fountain is a historic fountain in the centre of Essen from 1907, which is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: Jahrhundertbrunnen Essen (DE), Heritage Website

Pit Kroke was a German artist and architect.

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The Kaiser Wilhelm Monument on Burgplatz in the centre of Essen is an equestrian statue depicting Kaiser Wilhelm I. As one of numerous Kaiser Wilhelm monuments erected during the German Empire, this one also glorifies Wilhelm I as its founder and as the victor over the Second Empire (France).

Wikipedia: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal (Essen) (DE)

The Essen Cathedral Treasury is one of the most significant collections of religious artworks in Germany. A great number of items of treasure are accessible to the public in the treasury chamber of Essen Minster. The cathedral chapter manages the treasury chamber, not as a museum as in some places, but as the place in which liturgical implements and objects are kept, which continued to be used to this day in the service of God, so far as their conservation requirements allow.

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Essen Minster, since 1958 also Essen Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Essen, the "Diocese of the Ruhr", founded in 1958. The church, dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian and the Blessed Virgin Mary, stands on the Burgplatz in the centre of the city of Essen, Germany.

Wikipedia: Essen Minster (EN)

The Catholic parish church of St. Johann Baptist is a Gothic hall church in Essen, dedicated to John the Baptist, which stands on Kettwiger Straße, the main street of Essen, in front of Essen Minster, to which it is connected. On account of its position and the fact that its spire towers over the Minster, visitors often mistake it for part of the Minster.

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The Baedeker House was built in 1927 and 1928 on Kettwiger Straße in the centre of Essen as a commercial building for the G. D. Baedeker publishing house. It was placed under monument protection in 1987.

Wikipedia: Baedekerhaus (DE)

Grillo-Theater is a theatre in Essen, Germany. Named after the industrialist Friedrich Grillo, who made the building possible, it opened on 16 September 1892 with Lessing's drama Minna von Barnhelm.

Wikipedia: Grillo-Theater (EN)

Jacob Koerfer was a German architect.

Wikipedia: Jacob Koerfer (DE)

Today, the Deutschlandhaus is an office and commercial building in Essen's city centre on Lindenallee. It was built in 1928 and 1929 as a technical town hall and is considered the first high-rise building in the city. It has been a listed building since 1988.

Wikipedia: Deutschlandhaus (Essen) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Amerikahaus Ruhr, called Europahaus since 1994, is a listed building in the center of Essen since 1991. It was built by the Americans in the early 1950s as the America House and the first main base of their information network in selected major cities. After the house later served as the seat of the Lord Mayor for 15 years, it has been home to the cabaret stage Stratmanns Theater since 1994.

Wikipedia: Stratmanns Theater Europahaus (DE), Website

Stratmanns Theater Europahaus is a theatre in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Stratmanns Theater Europahaus (EN)