Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 3.9 km
Ascend 55 m
Descend 62 m

Explore Esslingen am Neckar 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 Esslingen am Neckar

Sight 1: Ebershaldenfriedhof

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Ebershaldenfriedhof

The Ebershalden cemetery in Esslingen am Neckar, Oberesslingen district, is an old inner -city cemetery.

Wikipedia: Ebershaldenfriedhof (DE)

939 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Wolfstor

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Wolfstor

The Wolfstor in Esslingen am Neckar, a big district town in Baden-Württemberg, was built around 1220 and is the oldest tower in the city. The gate tower on Küferstraße 41 is a protected monument. The gate was first mentioned in 1268 as the upper gate, from 1411 as the brettor and from 1551 as the Wolfstor.

Wikipedia: Wolfstor (DE)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Alte Hauptfeuerwache Esslingen

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The old fire station at Adlerstraße 6 in Esslingen am Neckar is a former fire station.

Wikipedia: Alte Feuerwache (Esslingen) (DE)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Maille

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Maille André Karwath aka Aka / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Maille [ˈmaljə] is a park in the city centre of Esslingen am Neckar.

Wikipedia: Maille (Esslingen am Neckar) (DE)

450 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Merkel'sches Schwimmbad

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Merkel'sches Schwimmbad

The Merkel swimming pool, an indoor swimming pool in Esslingen am Neckar, is one of the last surviving Art Nouveau indoor swimming pools in Germany and was built from 1905 to 1907 according to design and execution plans by the Giessen architect Hans Meyer.

Wikipedia: Merkel’sches Schwimmbad (DE), Website

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Neckarstraße

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Neckarstraße

The Hammer Canal Bridge is a road bridge in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. It leads the Neckarstraße over the Hammer Canal. Built in 1896, the building has the status of a Technical Monument.

Wikipedia: Hammerkanalbrücke (DE)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Magdalene Maier-Leibnitz

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The list of stumbling stones in Esslingen am Neckar lists the existing stumbling stones in Esslingen am Neckar, which were laid as part of the project of the artist Gunter Demnig.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Esslingen am Neckar (DE)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Villa Merkel

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The Villa Merkel in Esslingen am Neckar was built in 1872/73 as an entrepreneur's villa and has served as a gallery of the city of Esslingen since 1973.

Wikipedia: Villa Merkel (DE), Website

1336 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 9: Südkirche

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Südkirche

The Protestant South Church in the Pliensauvorstadt in Esslingen am Neckar, built in 1925/26 according to plans by Martin Elsaesser, is a church building from the Expressionist period. It is considered one of the most interesting buildings of the 20th century in Esslingen am Neckar.

Wikipedia: Südkirche (Esslingen am Neckar) (DE)

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