Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Essen, Germany

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 2.5 km
Ascend 68 m
Descend 64 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: Am Mühlengraben

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The Mühlengrabenbrücke is a bridge over the Kettwiger Mühlengraben, a tributary of the Ruhr, in Kettwig, Essen, Germany.

Wikipedia: Mühlengrabenbrücke (DE)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Marktkirche Kettwig

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Marktkirche Kettwig

The Evangelical Market Church is a listed church building in Kettwig, a district of Essen, Germany. The name Kirche am Markt has prevailed because it allows a precise geographical classification in Kettwig and at the same time excludes confusion with the market church in Essen-Stadtmitte.

Wikipedia: Marktkirche Kettwig (DE), Website, Heritage Website

50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Geusenengel

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Als Geusenengel oder Geusen-Daniel werden die Posaunenengel in der Diaspora des ehemaligen Herzogtums Jülich am Niederrhein bezeichnet. Als Wetterfahne dienen Posaunenengel auf den Dachreitern und Türmen evangelischer Gotteshäuser in diesem Gebiet. Die oft versteckten kleinen Kirchen dienten auch den aus den Niederlanden geflohenen Geusen, die sich den im verborgenen wirkenden Protestanten anschlossen, als Gotteshäuser. Ihr Name ging dann auf die Jülicher Protestanten über. Der Geusendaniel war wohl eine Modeerscheinung zu der Zeit, als diese Kirchen erstmals einen Glocken-Dachreiter oder Kirchturm auf oder an ihren Kirchen und Bethäusern anbringen durften. Vor allem nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde der Geusenengel zum Symbol der evangelischen Christen am Niederrhein. Beispiele finden sich in Goch, in Geldern (Heilig-Geist-Kirche) oder in der Marktkirche Kettwig.

Wikipedia: Geusenengel (DE)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Stadtmuseum Kettwig

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The Stadtmuseum Kettwig is a small local history museum in Kettwig, Essen, Germany. It is located in the Kettwig town hall and was originally run by the association "Kettwig Museum and History Friends", founded in 1990. In 2022, they dissolved and were affiliated with the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Kettwig e.V. as the "History and Museum" committee. Since then, the HVV has been the operator of the museum. Numerous objects relating to the history of Kettwig are on display, including tools, cloth, books and maps of the Ruhr Valley.

Wikipedia: Stadtmuseum Kettwig (DE)

1064 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: Bahnhof Kettwig

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Bahnhof Kettwig

Kettwig is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany on the Ruhr Valley Railway.

Wikipedia: Kettwig station (EN), Heritage Website

931 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Burg Luttelnau (Kattenturm)

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Luttelnau Castle was a knight's seat in the Ruhr Valley near Essen, in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the only moth (tower hill castle) which is at least partially preserved on this river. The Kattenturm is the ruin of the tower.

Wikipedia: Burg Luttelnau (DE), Heritage Website

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