Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Essen, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 86 m
Descend 58 m

Explore Essen 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 Essen

Sight 1: Krupp Stammhaus

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Krupp Stammhauskaʁstn – Steffen Schmitz / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Krupp family was initially a slate half-timbered building built in 1818/1819 as an overseer's house, and later became the residence of the Krupp family of industrialists from Essen. After being destroyed during the war, it was reconstructed true to the original in 1961.

Wikipedia: Stammhaus Krupp (DE)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Tiegelstahlgussdenkmal

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The crucible casting monument is located in the Krupp belt on Altendorfer Strasse in Essen's Westviertel district and commemorates the cast steel production in the former Krupp cast steel factory.

Wikipedia: Tiegelgussdenkmal (DE)

832 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Krupp-Park

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Krupp-Park

Krupp-Park is a park under construction in the western quarter of the city of Essen, Germany. It was created as part of the Krupp-Gürtel urban development project and is located here in a north-south extension parallel west of the Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard. In the southern part of the park there is a sports facility.

Wikipedia: Krupp-Park (DE)

868 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: St. Mariä Himmelfahrt

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St. Mariä Himmelfahrt

St. Mary's Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in the Altendorf district of Essen, Germany. It was built between 1891 and 1897. Today it belongs to the parish of St. Anthony.

Wikipedia: St. Mariä Himmelfahrt (Essen-Altendorf) (DE), Heritage Website

756 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: Christuskirche Altendorf

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The Christus Church in Essen belongs to the Evangelische Lutherkirchengemeinde Essen-Altendorf in the church circle Essen der Evangelische Kirche in Rhineland and stands in the district Altendorf in Essen, Germany, on Kopernikusstraße.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Essen) (DE), Website

1531 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 6: Gervinuspark

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Gervinuspark

The Gervinuspark park is located in today's Essen district of Frohnhausen. Until 1959, this area was Essen's West Cemetery. The tomb of Wilhelm Kerckhoff, the first and only mayor of the mayor's office in Altendorf, the largest rural community in Prussia at the time, is still there today.

Wikipedia: Gervinuspark (DE)

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