Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Gera, Germany

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 5.1 km
Ascend 75 m
Descend 73 m

Explore Gera 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 Gera

Sight 1: St. Trinitatis

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The Trinitatis Church is a Protestant church in Heinrichstraße in the city center of Gera. Originally, the church was located at the northeast end of the municipal cemetery. It became the property of the city in 1900 and was closed in 1910. From 1920 onwards, the cemetery was transformed into a city park, today's Park of Youth.

Wikipedia: Trinitatiskirche (Gera) (DE)

387 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Stadtmuseum

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The city museum is one of four urban museums in the city of Gera. It deals with the history of the city. It is located at Museumsplatz 1, in the building of the former breeding and orphanage- in the center of the city.

Wikipedia: Stadtmuseum Gera (DE)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Stadt-Apotheke

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The Stadtapotheke is a pharmacy in the historic old town of Gera. It is located at the junction of Kleine Kirchstraße at the northwest corner of the market. It is known for its richly decorated bay window.

Wikipedia: Stadtapotheke (Gera) (DE), Website

47 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Simsonbrunnen

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The Simsonbrunnen is a fountain in the middle of the Gera market. The fountain figure represents the biblical lion conqueror Samson.

Wikipedia: Simsonbrunnen (Gera) (DE)

295 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Museum für Angewandte Kunst

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The Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) is a museum of art and arts in Gera, and one of four municipal museums in the city. It is located in Ferbersche Haus in Greizer Straße, in one of the most impressive baroque residential complexes of Geras.

Wikipedia: Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Gera) (DE)

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Botanischer Garten Gera

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The Botanischer Garten Gera, also known as the Botanischer Garten der Museum für Naturkunde Gera, is a botanical garden located on the grounds of the Museum für Naturkunde der Stadt Gera at Nicolaistrasse 6, Gera, Thuringia, Germany. It is open daily without charge.

Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten Gera (EN), Website

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: St. Salvator

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The Salvatorkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church on the Nicolaiberg in the city center of Gera in Thuringia, Germany. Along with the St. John's Church and the Trinity Church, it is one of the three inner-city churches of Gera.

Wikipedia: Salvatorkirche (Gera) (DE), Website

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Museum für Naturkunde

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The Museum of Natural History in Gera is one of four municipal museums in the city. It is located in the Schreiber House on the Nicolaiberg in the eastern part of the old town, right next to the Salvator Church.

Wikipedia: Museum für Naturkunde (Gera) (DE), Website

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Gedenk- und Begegnungsstätte im Torhaus der politischen Haftanstalt

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Gedenk- und Begegnungsstätte im Torhaus der politischen Haftanstalt

The Amthorderchgang Memorial in Gera is a place of commemoration of the victims of both German dictatorships and an important point of contact for communication, information and documentation.

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte Amthordurchgang (DE), Website

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Sparkasse Gera-Greiz

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Handelshof is the historical name for the oldest high-rise building in the city of Gera in Thuringia; today the seat of the Sparkasse Gera-Greiz. The listed office and commercial building consists of the high-rise tower on the corner of the street, a five-storey side wing on Schloßstraße and a four-storey side wing on Dr.-Eckener-Straße.

Wikipedia: Handelshof (Gera) (DE)

392 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: St. Johanniskirche Gera

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St. John's Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Gera, Germany. It is the largest church in the city and has a 70-meter-high bell tower.

Wikipedia: Johanniskirche (Gera) (DE)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Villa Späthe/Villa Adelheid

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Villa Späthe/Villa AdelheidHaPe_Gera from Gera, Germany / CC BY 2.0

Villa Späthe, now Villa Adelheid, belongs to the ensemble listed villas that shape the cityscape of Gera. It was built in 1910 on the Berliner Straße 1 property and is flanked by Villa Meyer and Villa Schellig-Lubold.

Wikipedia: Villa Späthe (DE)

930 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 13: Bühne am Park

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The Gera Theatre is part of the Altenburg Gera Theatre and is Thuringia's only five-section theatre. The main venue and one of three theatre buildings in this city is the Great House. It has a theatre hall with 552 seats, a concert hall with 812 seats and a small venue, the "Bühne am Park", with 141 seats. The management consists of Kay Kuntze and Volker Arnold.

Wikipedia: Bühnen der Stadt Gera (DE)

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Küchengarten

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Küchengarten Steffen Löwe / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Küchengarten is a park in Gera, Germany. It is located between the orangery and the theatre and was redesigned into a baroque pleasure garden in the run-up to the 2007 Federal Garden Show.

Wikipedia: Küchengarten (Gera) (DE)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Orangerie

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The Orangery is a baroque building in Gera, Germany. It forms the western end of the kitchen garden in the Untermhaus district. Since 1972 it has housed the Gera Art Collection, of which it forms the foundation. Since 1991, it has also used the Otto-Dix-Haus as its second exhibition building.

Wikipedia: Orangerie (Gera) (DE)

982 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 16: Villa Jahr

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Villa Jahr is a villa located in the north of the Heinrichsgrün district of Gera, near the left bank of the White Elster.

Wikipedia: Villa Jahr (DE)

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