Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Königswinter, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.1 km
Ascend 14 m
Descend 23 m

Experience Königswinter in Germany in a whole new way with our 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.

Individual Sights in Königswinter

Sight 1: Kunstforum Palastweiher

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The Wilhelm-Auguste-Viktoria-Haus is a villa with an adjoining gymnasium in Königswinter, a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, built in 1908 and 1910/11. The building is located on Winzerstraße east of the railway line on the right bank of the Rhine. It is considered a monument and today serves as a municipal event and cultural building.

Wikipedia: Wilhelm-Auguste-Viktoria-Haus (DE), Url

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Dampflok Nr.2

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The Drachenfels Railway is a rack railway line in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. The line runs from Königswinter, on the east bank of the Rhine, to the summit of the Drachenfels mountain at an altitude of 289 m (948 ft). Besides the two terminal stations, an intermediate station serves the Schloss Drachenburg.

Wikipedia: Drachenfels Railway (EN)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Christuskirche

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The Christuskirche is a Protestant church built in the neo-Gothic style in the years 1863 and 1864 in the old town of Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg district (North Rhine-Westphalia) and, together with the Old Evangelical Church in Oberkassel and the Dollendorf community center, one of the three preaching sites of the Oberkassel-Königswinter parish in the An Sieg and Rhein church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Königswinter) (DE), Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: St. Remigius-Kirche

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The Catholic parish church of St. Remigius in Königswinter, a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, was built in 1779/80. It is located in the south of the old town on the main street at the corner of Drachenfelsstraße. The church building is a listed building.

Wikipedia: St. Remigius (Königswinter) (DE)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Weinbrunnen

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The Weinbrunnen is a fountain in Königswinter, a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was built in its present form in 1938. It is located on the market square on Drachenfelsstraße, which leads down from the main street to the banks of the Rhine, in front of the town hall. The fountain is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Weinbrunnen (Königswinter) (DE)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Siebengebirgsmuseum

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The Siebengebirgsmuseum is a regional museum and specialist museum for Rhine Romanticism in Königswinter, a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Wikipedia: Siebengebirgsmuseum (DE), Website

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