Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Hattingen, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 194 m
Descend 146 m

Explore Hattingen 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 Hattingen

Sight 1: Sankt-Georg

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Sankt-Georg Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Evangelical Church of St. Georg is a church building in Hattingen. It is located in the historic city center on the church square. The municipality belongs to the Hattingen-Witten church district, Evangelical Church of Westphalia.

Wikipedia: St. Georg (Hattingen) (DE), Website

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Heilig-Geist-Spital

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Heilig-Geist-Spital Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Heilig-Geist-Spital was a poorhouse and orphanage in the city center of Hattingen at Emschestraße 38. It is located on the eastern part of the church square of the church of St. George. In 1474, the Hospital Order of the Holy Spirit built a hospital and inn here on the basis of donations "in honour of God and the Holy Spirit and the patrons of St. George and Margaret". It was administered by two guest masters who assessed the need and encouraged those who were able to work to cooperate. The operating costs were covered by public collections and pious foundations.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Spital (Hattingen) (DE)

1285 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 3: Moritz Bruchsteiner

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In Hattingen, too, the art project stumbling blocks of Gunter Demnig are reminiscent of the fate of people who were pursued, deported, driven out, murdered or driven into suicide. In the meantime, Demnig has laid a total of 25 stumbling blocks in the urban area. The relocations took place on three dates.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Hattingen (DE), Website

1286 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Russischer Ehrenfriedhof

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The Russian Cemetery Ludwigstal is a Soviet cemetery of honour in Hattingen-Blankenstein on the road Zur Maasbeck near Welper. Only the dead from the Second World War are buried there. Of the 155 graves, 151 belong to Russian prisoners of war. A memorial at the entrance to the cemetery commemorates the victims of forced labour in Hattingen.

Wikipedia: Russischer Friedhof Ludwigstal (DE)

1576 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 5: Gethmannscher Garten

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Gethmannscher Garten Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Gethmannsche Garten is a public park in the Blankenstein district of Hattingen, Germany.

Wikipedia: Gethmannscher Garten (DE)

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Stammhaus Gethmann

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Stammhaus Gethmann Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The parent house Gehmann is a half -timbered house at Hauptstraße 12 in the Blankenstein district of Hattingen. It is a two -storey shelved half -timbered building. The Gethmann family, who made a name for themselves and later as an entrepreneur family, have lived here since 1730.

Wikipedia: Stammhaus Gethmann (DE)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Stadtmuseum Hattingen

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Stadtmuseum Hattingen Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hattingen City Museum was opened in 2001 in the Blankenstein district in the old office buildings in the heart of the village in the immediate vicinity of Blankenstein Castle and the Gethmann Garden. The collection was previously located in the Old Town Hall in the old town of Hattingen.

Wikipedia: Stadtmuseum Hattingen (DE), Website

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: St. Johannes Baptist

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The Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist is a listed church building in the Hattingen district of Blankenstein. Its namesake is John the Baptist.

Wikipedia: St. Johannes Baptist (Blankenstein) (DE)

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Evangelische Kirche Blankenstein

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The Evangelical Church of Blankenstein is a church building from the 18th century in the Hattingen district of Blankenstein.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Kirche Blankenstein (DE), Website

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Burg Blankenstein

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Blankenstein Castle is a castle located on the south side of the river Ruhr in Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Blankenstein Castle (EN)

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