Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Essen, Germany

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.4 km
Ascend 116 m
Descend 115 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: ehem. Zeche Wohlverwahrt

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ehem. Zeche Wohlverwahrt Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Wohlverwahrt colliery was a coal mine in Horst an der Ruhr, a district of Essen, Germany.

Wikipedia: Zeche Wohlverwahrt (DE), Heritage Website

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Wasserkraftwerk Horster Mühle

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The Horster Mühle is a hydroelectric power station on the Ruhr River in the Horst district of Essen, Germany. It is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage.

Wikipedia: Wasserkraftwerk Horster Mühle (DE), Heritage Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Villa Vogelsang

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Villa Vogelsang is a villa on the Ruhr heights in the Horst district of Essen on Antonienallee. The name goes back to one of the former owners, the entrepreneur Wilhelm Vogelsang. On the park -like property there is also a former coache in the immediate vicinity of the villa. Villa and coache are listed and are part of the route of industrial culture.

Wikipedia: Villa Vogelsang (DE), Heritage Website

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Die unendliche Geschichte

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The Neverending Story is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. It was later adapted into a film series.

Wikipedia: The Neverending Story (EN)

508 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Ruhrkämpfermahnmal

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Ruhrkämpfermahnmal Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ruhr Fighters' Memorial is a monument erected in 1934 during the Nazi era in the Horst district of Essen, Germany. It is located in a wooded area directly above the north bank of the Ruhr about 100 meters southeast of Haus Horst. In 1985 it was rededicated as a memorial.

Wikipedia: Ruhrkämpferehrenmal (DE)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Haus Horst

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Haus Horst

Haus Horst, also known as Horst Castle, is a former knight's residence on the northern bank of the Ruhr high above the river in the Horst district of Essen, Germany. It is listed as an architectural monument and as a ground monument.

Wikipedia: Haus Horst (Essen) (DE), Heritage Website

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Vryburg

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The Vryburg is a medieval ring wall that is important for the early medieval settlement in the Ruhr Valley. Today's desolation of the complex is located in the eastern Essen district of Horst on a hill north of the Ruhr in the immediate vicinity east of Haus Horst. It may have been the forerunner of this manor house. However, the assumption has not yet been proven.

Wikipedia: Vryburg (Denkmal) (DE)

922 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen

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The Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen is a railway museum situated south of the city of Bochum in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded by DGEG, the German Railway History Company in 1977 and is based in a locomotive depot that was built between 1916 and 1918 and ceased operation in 1969. Then DGEG took over the whole area of 46,000 square metres and built up the biggest railway museum in Germany. In the middle of the museum, there is an engine shed with fourteen tracks. A preserved turntable, coaling, watering, and sanding facilities are still in operation. This museum is integrated into The Industrial Heritage Trail a route of monuments from the history of the industry.

Wikipedia: Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum (EN), Website

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