Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Halle (Saale), Germany
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7.5 km
89 m
Experience Halle (Saale) in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in Halle (Saale)Sight 1: Denkmalzug LKM V 10 C
The V 10 C is a narrow-gauge diesel locomotive for factory railways and sidings. The locomotive was built from 1959 to 1975 in a series of 496 units by VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM) for gauges from 600 to 1067 mm.
Sight 2: Marktschlößchen
The Marktschlößchen is the name given to a representative town house on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale). The Renaissance building with the address Marktplatz 13 now houses the tourist information office of Stadtmarketing GmbH and a Halloren café on the ground floor. The building was listed in 1935.
Sight 3: Thalia Theater
The Thalia Theater Halle (Saale) was founded on October 11, 1952 as the "Theater der jungen Garde". It has had its current name since 1990. Since 1977, it has been organizing the Workshop Days of Children's and Youth Theatre. From 2001, under the new direction of Annegret Hahn, the stage made greater efforts to touch on the reality of the people in the region with its productions. In 2003, the "Hotel Neustadt" project caused a nationwide sensation, in which young people temporarily converted an empty high-rise building into a hotel with a theatre festival as part of a project.
Sight 4: Löwengebäude
The Lion Building is the main building of the Halle campus of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. It is located on Universitätsplatz in the old town of Halle (Saale).
Sight 5: Puppentheater
The Halle Puppet Theatre was founded in Halle (Saale) in 1954 under the influence of Eastern European ensemble art.
Sight 6: Robertinum
The Archaeological Museum of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, formerly the Archaeological Museum Robertinum, houses the archaeological collections of the University of Halle in Halle (Saale). It is located in the building on Universitätsplatz, which was built between 1889 and 1891; in 1922, it was given the honorary name Robertinum in memory of Carl Robert.
Wikipedia: Archäologisches Museum der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (DE), Website, Website
Sight 7: Adolf Goldberg
The list of stumbling stones in Halle (Saale) contains all stumbling stones that were laid in Halle (Saale) as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Halle. By May 2024, a total of 288 stones had been laid at 131 addresses; further stones are being planned.
Sight 8: Fahnenmonument
Flag Monument may refer toFlag Monument "Flame of the Revolution", Halle (Saale) Flag Monument (Magdeburg) Flag monument (Merseburg), see Land reform monument Flag Monument (Torgau) Flag Monument (Jerusalem)
Sight 9: Ratshof
The Ratshof is a listed building on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The building, which was built at the end of the 1920s, has taken on the function of the city's town hall since the destruction of the Old Town Hall in the Second World War.
Sight 10: Stadthaus
The Stadthaus of Halle is the neo-Gothic assembly, meeting and festival building on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale) and a listed landmark of the city. In 1903, the German Philologists' Association was founded here.
Sight 11: Händel-Denkmal
The Handel Monument in Halle (Saale) is the only monument in Germany in honour of the German-British Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel. It was realized there in 1859 on the occasion of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the artist's death in a joint effort between Germans and British.
Sight 12: Max Holländer
A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'.
Sight 13: Roland
The Halle Roland is a statue of Roland on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale). It is about four meters high.
Sight 14: Roter Turm
The red tower is part of the symbol of the city of Halle (Saale). He forms this together with the four towers of the market church of our dear women. Halle is often referred to as the city of the five towers because of the striking silhouette of these two buildings. The tower burned out on April 16, 1945 through artillery shot and lost its characteristic tower helmet. It was restored to the tower conversion.
Sight 15: Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen
The Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen is a church in the centre of the city of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was built between 1529 and 1554 and is the most recent of the city's medieval churches. In German, its official name is shortened to Liebfrauenkirche but it is also referred to as Marienkirche and the Marktkirche.
Sight 16: Moritzkirche
St. Moritz, also St. Mauritius, is a church in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, dedicated to St. Maurice. The late-Gothic hall church was built as an Augustine Stiftskirche from 1388. It features late-Gothic stone sculptures and a notable organ from 1925.
Sight 17: Beatles Museum
The Beatles Museum is a museum in Halle (Saale) that initially showed exhibits from an earlier touring exhibition of the Liverpool music band The Beatles. In the meantime, the exhibition has been expanded by about three times and documents the time of the band from its founding (1960) to its dissolution (1970) as well as the solo careers of the band members. The museum is the world's oldest, largest and most extensive public institution dedicated to the Beatles.
Sight 18: Eselsbrunnen
The donkey fountain is located on the Old Market Square in the city of Halle (Saale). It was completed in 1913 and is now one of the most famous fountains in the city.
Sight 19: Leipziger Turm
The Leipzig Tower is a free-standing watchtower that belonged to the fortifications of the city of Halle (Saale).
Sight 20: DB Museum Halle (Saale)
The DB Museum Halle (Saale) is a branch of the Nuremberg Transport Museum in the city of Halle (Saale).
Sight 21: RECHENWERK
The RECHENWERK Computer & Technology Museum Halle is a private museum in Halle (Saale) that primarily deals with the history of computer technology, automation technology and electronics in the GDR.
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