Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Hanover, Germany
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5.4 km
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Experience Hanover in Germany in a whole new way with our free 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.
Activities in HanoverIndividual Sights in HanoverSight 1: Comeniusschule
The Comeniusschule in Hanover is a co-educational primary school named after Johann Amos Comenius in the Hanover district of List. The location of the listed school building is Kollenrodtstraße 3 at the Bonifatiusplatz school centre, which was designed as a decorative square for the surrounding Lister Stadtfeld residential district.
Sight 2: Bonifatiusplatz
Bonifatiusplatz is a square in the district of List, which belongs to the district of Vahrenwald-List.
Sight 3: Cella St. Benedikt
The Cella Sankt Benedikt in the Hanover district of List is a branch of the Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbey of Königsmünster in Meschede. It is located in an apartment building from the Wilhelminian period at Voßstraße 36.
Sight 4: WOK - World of Kitchen
The WOK – World of Kitchen Museum in Hanover is the first major museum for kitchens in Europe. It was opened on 15 April 2010 in the company building of the former Fehling printing plant in the List district. The museum is run by the WOK-World of Kitchen Museum e. V. association.
Sight 5: Lukaskirche
The Lukaskirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Hanover-Vahrenwald, Germany.
Sight 6: TCH
Get Ticket*The House of Economic Development in Hanover contains all economic departments of the city and the Hanover region, which in a broader sense deal with economic development and marketing of existing or to be founded companies as well as the region itself. "Under one roof", citizens will find in particular the funding and advisory services of the service providers Hannover Marketing Tourismus (HMTG), Hannover Region Tourismus, hannover.de Internet GmbH and hannoverimpuls. The location of the house is Vahrenwalder Straße 7 in the Vahrenwald district.
Wikipedia: Haus der Wirtschaftsförderung (Region Hannover) (DE)
Sight 7: St. Marien
St. Mary's is a Roman Catholic parish church in Hanover, Germany. The church, named after Mary, is located at Marschnerstraße 30 and belongs to the parish of St. Maria in the Hanover deanery of the Diocese of Hildesheim.
Wikipedia: St. Marien (Hannover-Nordstadt) (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 8: Lutherkirche
Die Lutherkirche in Hannover ist eine evangelische Kirche, die seit 2006 auch als Jugendkirche genutzt wird. Das Gebäude wurde 1895–1898 als letzte der drei großen Nordstädter Kirchenbauten von Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand auf einem annähernd dreieckigen Baugrundstück im Zentrum der Nordstadt erbaut. Mit ihren zwei mächtigen Turmhelmen, umgeben von mehreren seitlichen Helmen, bot die Kirche bis kurz vor Kriegsende einen imposanten Anblick, an den heute nur noch wenig erinnert.
Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Hannover) (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 9: Marstallgebäude
The Welfenschloss Stables is the residence of the Technical Information Library at the Leibniz University Hannover. It was built in 1863–1867 during the reign of the last Hanoverian king, George V as the royal stables for the Welfenschloss palace.
Sight 10: Saxon Steed
The list of monuments in Hanover contains a number of selected monuments, memorials, sculptures, artistic objects of sculpture ("street art") and fountains in public spaces, especially in the area of the city center of Hanover. These objects are not congruent with (cultural) monuments within the meaning of the Lower Saxony Monument Protection Act.
Sight 11: Theodor-Lessing-Haus
The Theodor Lessing House in Hanover is a building of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover. Among other things, the listed building houses the Social Sciences Library (FBS) as part of the University Library. The location is Welfengarten 2C in the Nordstadt district.
Sight 12: Lavesbrücke
The Laves Bridge in the Welfengarten in Hanover is one of originally two pedestrian bridges in the Welfengarten in the Nordstadt. The bridges were constructed in 1843–46 with the participation of the leading architect of the Kingdom of Hanover – Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves – to cross the former Graft. The bridge was built during the existence of Montbrillant Castle, the predecessor of the Guelph Castle.
Sight 13: Welfengarten
The Welfengarten in the Hanover district of Nordstadt is a city park in the style of English landscape gardens. Together with the Great Garden, the Berggarten and the Georgengarten, it belongs to the Herrenhausen Gardens.
Sight 14: Johann Gerhard Helmcke
The Helmcke Monument in Hanover honours the master baker and grain merchant Johann Gerhard Helmcke (1750–1824), who saved Herrenhäuser Allee in the Georgengarten from deforestation at the beginning of the 19th century. The location of the monument is Nienburger Straße in the Georgengarten at the level of Schneiderberg Street at the corner of the Franziusinstitut.
Sight 15: Georgenpalais
The Georgenpalais is a palace in the Georgengarten in Hanover, Germany. The palace was built between 1780 and 1782 by master builder Tänzel and was initially part of the Wallmodengärten as Wallmodenpalais or Wallmodenschlösschen. The client for the construction was Count Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, who laid the foundation stone for today's Georgengarten with his plans.
Sight 16: Wilhelm-Busch Deutsches Museum für Karikatur und Zeichenkunst
The Wilhelm Busch Museum is a museum in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. It features the world's largest collection of works by Wilhelm Busch, as well as contemporary comic art, illustrations and drawings.
Sight 17: 20. Geburtstag Kronprinz Georg von Hannover 1839
The Georgsstein in Hanover and the associated Georgseichen in the Georgengarten date back to the time of the Kingdom of Hanover. The trees with memorial stones were planted in 1839 on the 20th birthday of the heir to the throne, George of Hanover, on the western edge of the lawn oval in front of the Georgenpalais.
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