Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Herne, Germany

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 37 m
Descend 38 m

Explore Herne 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 Herne

Sight 1: Heimatmuseum Unser Fritz

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The Museum of Local History Unser Fritz is one of the three locations of the Emschertal Museum on the social history of Herne and Wanne-Eickel. In 1926, the year the town of Wanne-Eickel was founded, it was established as a local history museum. After several changes of location, it is now housed in the former elementary school of the now Herne district Unser Fritz.

Wikipedia: Heimatmuseum Unser Fritz (DE), Website

918 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Lutherkirche Wanne

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The Lutherkirche is a Protestant church in the Herne district of Wanne, which was consecrated in 1908. With the Cranger Church, it belongs to the district of the Wanne-Eickel parish, in the Herne church district of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia.

Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Herne-Wanne) (DE), Website

1050 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: Cranger Kirmes

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The Cranger Kirmes is a funfair in Germany, located near the Rhine–Herne Canal in Crange in the city of Herne located in Metro Ruhr. It is the biggest funfair in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest fair in Germany, only behind the Munich Oktoberfest. In 2008 there were 4.7 million visitors. At an area of only 110,000 square metres (1,200,000 sq ft) and 500 show businesses it is called the "most overcrowded fair of the world".

Wikipedia: Cranger Kirmes (EN), Website, Opening Hours

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Cranger Kirche

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The Cranger Church in Herne-Crange is the oldest church in the former Wanne-Eickel and a place of worship of the Protestant parish of Wanne-Eickel in the district of Crange.

Wikipedia: Cranger Kirche (DE), Website

900 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 5: Haus Crange

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Haus Crange Arnoldius / CC BY-SA 2.5

Haus Crange was a former water castle in today's Herne district of Crange.

Wikipedia: Haus Crange (DE)

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