Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Ilsenburg (Harz), Germany

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.6 km
Ascend 185 m
Descend 76 m

Explore Ilsenburg (Harz) 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.

Sight 1: St Benedikt

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St Benedikt

The Church of St. Benedict is a Roman Catholic church in Ilsenburg (Harz), a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It belongs to the parish of St. Boniface, with its seat in Wernigerode, in the deanery of Halberstadt, and is the westernmost church in the diocese of Magdeburg.

Wikipedia: St. Benedikt (Ilsenburg) (DE)

560 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Marienkirche

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St. Mary's Church is the Protestant parish church of Ilsenburg in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It dates back to the founding of the neighbouring Benedictine Abbey of Ilsenburg in the 12th century. Most of the current exterior dates from the late 19th century.

Wikipedia: Marienkirche (Ilsenburg) (DE), Website

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Klosterkirche St. Peter und Paul / Schlosskirche

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Ilsenburg Abbey was a monastery of the Benedictine Order located at Ilsenburg near Wernigerode, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. The former abbey is a stop on the Romanesque Road.

Wikipedia: Ilsenburg Abbey (EN), Website

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Schloss Ilsenburg

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Schloss Ilsenburg Original uploader was Grahmannc. / CC BY-SA 2.0 de

Ilsenburg House stands in the town of Ilsenburg (Harz) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and was given its present appearance in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The structure was built from 1860 onwards on the west and north sides of the Romanesque monastery of Ilsenburg Abbey. The stately home, designed in the Neo-Romanesque style, was the seat of the princes of Stolberg-Wernigerode until 1945. Since 2005, it has been owned by the Ilsenburg Abbey Foundation.

Wikipedia: Ilsenburg House (EN)

1685 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 5: Bäumlersklippe

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The Bäumlersklippe is a crag and one of the so-called Harzklippen in the Harz National Park southwest of Ilsenburg.

Wikipedia: Bäumlersklippe (EN)

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