Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Gotha, Germany
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4.4 km
94 m
Explore Gotha 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 GothaSight 1: Winterpalais
The Winter Palace in Gotha, Friedrichstraße 2, was a classicist city palace built mainly in 1822 and an important cultural monument. It was largely demolished in 2010 and replaced by a new building completed in 2014.
Sight 2: Orangerie
The Orangery Gotha is a late Baroque garden in the park of Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It was built in the 18th century by order of Duke Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg with the aim of collecting, cultivating and presenting exotic plants. It is not only the largest orangery in Thuringia, but also one of the largest such facilities in the German-speaking world.
Sight 3: Fachschule für Bau, Verkehr, Wirtschaft
Schloss Friedrichsthal is an 18th-century palace located in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is located east of Friedenstein Palace.
Sight 4: Prinzenpalais
The Prinzenpalais is an early classicist villa at Mozartstraße 1 in Gotha, Germany. It was built in 1776 and is one of the earliest buildings of classicism in Germany, along with Wörlitz Castle near Dessau (1769–1773) and the Friedericianum in Kassel (1769–1785). After many years of vacancy, the ensemble, consisting of the Prince's Palace and the Kavaliershaus, was bought by AWO AJS gGmbH. While the Prince's Palace was being rebuilt and extensively restored, the Kavaliershaus and the gallery were demolished in protest. Since 6 August 2018, two side extensions with flat roofs have completed the building.
Sight 5: Ekhof Theater
The Ekhof Theatre is one of the oldest baroque theatres with a functioning stage machinery from the 17th century, which is still operated manually today. It is located in the west tower of Friedenstein Castle in Gotha.
Sight 6: Gymnasium Ernestinum
The Ernestine Gymnasium is a humanistic and modern gymnasium in Gotha, Germany, the successor of the Illustrious Gymnasium, founded in 1524, which in 1853 was merged with the recently founded Real-Gymnasium Ernestinum, named in honour of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The merged school continued to be known as the Ernestinum. Until 1947, when it was closed, it was considered the oldest gymnasium in the German-speaking world. It was re-founded in 1991, shortly after German reunification.
Sight 7: Augustinerkirche
The Augustinian Church in the old town of Gotha, formerly the monastery church of the Augustinian hermits, is now a Protestant parish church.
Sight 8: Wasserkunst
The Wasserkunst Gotha is a system completed in 1895 for the irrigation of wells and fountains as well as for the local water supply and at the same time a sight in the historic old town of Gotha.
Sight 9: Altes Rathaus
The old town hall is a listed building at the Hauptmarkt 1 location in Gotha and the historic town hall of the city. Due to its red facade color, the building is also unofficially called the red town hall.
Sight 10: Hospital Mariae Magdalenae
The Maria-Magdalena-Hospital in Gotha is a former hospital in Gotha, Brühl 4, founded before 1223 and expanded between 1716 and 1719.
Sight 11: Margarethenkirche
The Protestant Margarethenkirche, a late Gothic hall church in Gotha am Neumarkt, is one of the oldest buildings in the city.
Sight 12: St. Bonifatius
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Boniface is a Roman Catholic parish church in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is the parish church of the parish of St. Bonifatius Gotha in the deanery of Meiningen in the diocese of Erfurt. It bears the patronage of St. Boniface.
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