Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Hanover, Germany
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8.2 km
73 m
Explore Hanover 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.
Activities in HanoverIndividual Sights in HanoverSight 1: St. Johannis Kirche
The St. Johannis Church is the main church of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Johannis church community in Bemerode-Kronsberg-Wülferode in Hanover-Bemerode.
Sight 2: Privatmuseum Walter Reinhardt – Villa Potzlach
The Potzlach Museum in Hanover-Bemerode presents works by the outsider artist Walter Reinhardt. It is named after the character of "Potz" invented by Reinhardt. The museum is managed and directed by his widow Birgit Jahn-Reinhardt. The façade of her private residence was designed in a colourful and sculptural manner based on motifs by the painter.
Sight 3: Heinemanhof
The Heinemanhof in Hanover is a former Jewish convent built by architect Henry van de Velde in the early 1930s. The Bauhaus-style building, which is classified as a "nationally valuable cultural monument", now serves as a non-denominational care and "dementia competence centre" in the capital of Lower Saxony. The location is located in the street Heinemanhof on the Brabeckstraße in the district of Kirchrode.
Sight 4: Zu den heiligen Engeln
Zu den heiligen Engeln is a Catholic parish and church in Hanover-Kirchrode, Lower Saxony, Germany. The church was built in 1964 on a design by Josef Bieling, and was remodeled in 2014. It is now the parish church of a larger parish, serving the district Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode. It belongs to the deanery of Hanover and the Diocese of Hildesheim. The church is dedicated to the angels.
Sight 5: Kirchröder Friedhof
The Kirchröder Cemetery is a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, which was built in the 19th century and is now a listed building. It is maintained by the Evangelical Lutheran congregation of the Jakobikirche in Hannover-Kirchrode and is called the cemetery of the Jakobikirchengemeinde zu Hannover-Kirchrode, also known as the cemetery of the Jakobi parish in Hanover-Kirchrode. It is located on the street Kleiner Hillen 5 at the corner of Pastor-Gerhard-Dittrich-Weg.
Sight 6: St. Maria Angelica
The Parish Church of St. Maria Angelica in Hanover, Germany, is the church of the Old Catholic Parish of Hanover/Southern Lower Saxony. The church, which has been in use since 2010 and was consecrated on 3 September 2011, is located on a property that originally belonged to the neighbouring Lutheran parish of St. James (Jakobikirche). The land was purchased in 2003 by the Old Catholic parish.
Sight 7: Stadtteilfriedhof Anderten
The Anderten District Cemetery in Hanover, also known as the Anderten Cemetery or Anderten Cemetery, is a former church and now municipal cemetery laid out in the 19th century with an area of around 1.66 hectares. The location of the listed green space in today's Hanover district of Kirchrode is Ostfeldstraße 12.
Sight 8: Tiergarten
The Hanover Zoo is a 112-hectare park and wooded area in the district of Kirchrode in the southeast of Hanover. In the fenced area, visitors can move along paths between free-roaming wildlife. The zoo is one of the oldest game reserves in Germany and was fenced in at the end of the 17th century as a stately hunting ground. Since it became accessible to the population in 1799, it has been a popular recreation and excursion destination for the Hanoverian city population.
Sight 9: ehem. Verwaltungsgebäude der Anderter Brauerei
The Anderter Brewery in Hanover was founded at the beginning of the 18th century and was one of the oldest breweries in the capital of Lower Saxony. The location of the company was the area between the (today's) streets Am Tiergarten, Oisseler Straße and An der Brauerei in the district of Anderten, where, among other things, a listed administration building built by Fritz Höger has been preserved.
Sight 10: St. Martin
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Martin in Hanover is a church building in the district of Anderten. The choir end of the former chapel is the oldest surviving building in the district and is now a listed building.
Sight 11: Anderter Windmühle
The Anderter Windmill in Hanover is a Dutch windmill built in the 19th century and now a listed building. The location of the building, which was converted for residential purposes, at Zur Mühle 33, is the Kronsberg in today's district of Anderten.
Sight 12: Schleuse Anderten
The Anderten lock, also known as the Hindenburg lock, in Hanover-Anderten overcomes a height difference of 14.70 m between the western and the apex of the Mittelland Canal. At the time of its inauguration in 1928, it was the largest inland lock in Europe.
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