Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Fulda, Germany

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 3.9 km
Ascend 52 m
Descend 72 m

Explore Fulda 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 Fulda

Sight 1: Alter Jüdischer Friedhof

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The old Jewish cemetery is an no longer existing cemetery in the city of Fulda in the Fulda district in East Hesse. The Jewish cemetery was on the site between today's station, Linden- and Rabanusstrasse. In its place there is a park ("Jerusalemplatz") today, on the grounds of which there are no more tombstones. A memorial stone on the park wall corner Rabanusstraße/Sturmiusstraße is reminiscent of the old cemetery.

Wikipedia: Alter jüdischer Friedhof (Fulda) (DE)

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius

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The Catholic parish church of St. Blasius in Fulda was built between 1771 and 1785 in the baroque style according to the plans of the Jesuit brother Johann Andreas Anderjoch. It is home to the inner-city parish of St. Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix, founded in 2015.

Wikipedia: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius (Fulda) (DE)

266 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Zur Heiligen Maria (Nonnenkirche)

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St. Mary's Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery in Fulda, Hesse, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Mary's Abbey, Fulda (EN)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Floravase

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Floravase Der ursprünglich hochladende Benutzer war Florian K in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Floravase is a baroque garden sculpture in the palace garden of Fulda on the staircase to the orangery. It was created by the Bamberg sculptor Daniel Friedrich Humbach in 1728 according to a design by Friedrich Joachim Stengel.

Wikipedia: Floravase (DE)

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Paulustor

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The Paulustor in Fulda was built between 1709 and 1711 according to plans by Johann Dientzenhofer.

Wikipedia: Paulustor (Fulda) (DE)

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Dom St. Salvator

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Dom St. Salvator Florian K / CC BY-SA 3.0

Fulda Cathedral is the former abbey church of Fulda Abbey and the burial place of Saint Boniface. Since 1752 it has also been the cathedral of the Diocese of Fulda, of which the Prince-Abbots of Fulda were created bishops. The abbey was dissolved in 1802 but the diocese and its cathedral have continued. The dedication is to Christ the Saviour. The cathedral constitutes the high point of the Baroque district of Fulda, and is a symbol of the town.

Wikipedia: Fulda Cathedral (EN)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Hexenturm

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The Witches' Tower in Fulda is a 14-metre-high tower of the medieval city fortifications.

Wikipedia: Hexenturm (Fulda) (DE)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Palais Buseck (Stift Wallenstein)

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Palais Buseck (Stift Wallenstein)

Wallenstein Abbey was a Protestant women's monastery, first in Homberg (Efze), then from 1830 in Fulda.

Wikipedia: Stift Wallenstein (DE)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Severikirche

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Severikirche

The Church of St. Mary and Severus ("Severikirche") is a Gothic subsidiary church of the Roman Catholic inner city parish of the parish church of St. Blasius in Fulda.

Wikipedia: Severikirche (Fulda) (DE)

532 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Bischöfliches Priesterseminar

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The Episcopal Seminar Fulda is the training center of the Roman Catholic diocese of Fulda for candidates for priests who do not belong to any order. Regens has been Dirk Gärtner since August 1, 2014.

Wikipedia: Priesterseminar Fulda (DE), Website

1475 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 11: Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum

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Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum

The German Fire Brigade Museum (DFM) in Fulda-Neuenberg shows the history of German firefighting on 1600 m² of exhibition space. The sponsor is the German Fire Brigade Museum Fulda e.V. The museum is visited by an average of 25,000 people every year.

Wikipedia: Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum (DE), Website

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