Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Essen, Germany

The Eulenspiegel is a historic cinema in the southeastern quarter of the city of Essen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Eulenspiegel (Kino) (DE), Website

Diether-Krebs-Platz is located in the south-east quarter of the city of Essen, close to the city centre. In its southwestern area, it borders on the water tower on Steeler Berg.

Wikipedia: Diether-Krebs-Platz (DE)

The water tower on Steeler Berg is located on Diether-Krebs-Platz in the southeastern quarter of the city of Essen. In 1985 it was included in the list of monuments of the city of Essen. It still has its function as a water tower today. It is also the headquarters of the Essener Tafel today.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm am Steeler Berg (DE), Heritage Website

The Church of the Resurrection in Essen is a Protestant church building from 1929. It belongs to the municipality of Altstadt in the church district of Essen of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. The round church is located in the Südostviertel district and is considered a leading building of modern church architecture in Europe.

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

The Viktoria-Gymnasium was a general education grammar school near the city centre of Essen in the Südostviertel district. The school building on Kurfürstenplatz, which was inaugurated in 1914, and the director's residence are now on the list of monuments of the city of Essen.

Wikipedia: Viktoria-Gymnasium (DE)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as the Old Lutheran Church, is a church building built in 1909/10 in Essen, Moltkeplatz 17/19. It belongs to the Westphalian church district of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK).

Wikipedia: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche (Essen) (DE), Website

The church of St. Engelbert is in the south district of the city of Essen. It was designed by the architect Dominikus Böhm and consecrated in 1935. In 1993 they were listed under monument protection. She was profaned in 2008.

Wikipedia: St. Engelbert (Essen) (DE), Heritage Website

The Aalto Theatre is a performing arts venue in Essen, Germany, and is home to the city's opera company Aalto-Musiktheater and the ballet company Aalto Ballett. The Essener Philharmoniker serve as the venue's orchestra. The theatre opened on 25 September 1988 with Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and is mainly used for opera and ballet, but also for concerts and galas.

Wikipedia: Aalto Theatre (EN), Website

Saalbau Essen is a concert venue in Essen, Germany, the home of the Essen Philharmonic. The original building was completed in 1902, and destroyed during World War II on 26 July 1943. It was rebuilt between 1949 and 1954 and completely renovated in 2003 and 2004. The Saalbau Essen is located a little bit south of the city center close to the Aalto Theatre. Since the 2013/2014 season Tomáš Netopil has been the music director of Essener Philharmonic. Also since 2013/2014 Hein Mulders has been the intendant of the Saalbau Essen.

Wikipedia: Saalbau Essen (EN), Heritage Website

The Saalbau is a concert hall in Essen's southern district and is now the headquarters of the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra with adjoining catering and event areas. The building is centrally located in the city centre on the edge of the Stadtgarten and close to the Aalto Theatre. Tomáš Netopil was General Music Director of the Essen Philharmonic from the 2013/2014 season to 2022/2023, succeeding Stefan Soltész. Andrea Sanguineti took over the role of GMD in his place. Hein Mulders succeeded Johannes Bultmann as artistic director at the beginning of the 2013/14 season. Since the 2023/2024 season, Marie-Babette Nierenz has been artistic director of the Philharmonie.

Wikipedia: Philharmonie Essen (DE), Website, Hearing_impaired Website

The Stadtgarten Essen is Essen's oldest publicly accessible green space. It is located south of Essen's main train station in the Südviertel district, between the Aalto Theatre, the Philharmonic Hall and the adjacent Rüttenscheid district.

Wikipedia: Stadtgarten Essen (DE)

Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1902.

Wikipedia: Museum Folkwang (EN), Website

The Evangelical Church of the Redeemer in Essen's southern quarter is a neo-Romanesque church building that has been a listed building since 1986. It belongs to the Church of the Redeemer in Holsterhausen in the Essen church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland and offers space not only for congregational services, but also for cultural events, especially for concerts by the Essen Bach Choir and the choir "Gospel and more".

Wikipedia: Erlöserkirche (Essen) (DE), Website

The Church of St. Ignatius is a Roman Catholic church building in the Südviertel district of Essen, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Ignatius (Südviertel) (DE)