Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Karlsruhe, Germany

Legend

Churches & Art
Nature
Water & Wind
Historical
Heritage & Space
Tourism
Paid Tours & Activities

Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 3.2 km
Ascend 39 m
Descend 37 m

Explore Karlsruhe 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 KarlsruheIndividual Sights in Karlsruhe

Sight 1: Kleine Kirche

Show sight on map

The small church is one of the oldest church buildings in the city of Karlsruhe. It stands on Karlsruhe's main business road Kaiserstrasse near the market square. The Kreuzstraße, one of the nine streets of the fan -shaped city floor, leads from Karlsruhe to the main facade of the small church.

Wikipedia: Kleine Kirche (Karlsruhe) (DE)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Pyramid

Show sight on map

The Karlsruhe Pyramid is a pyramid made of red sandstone, located in the centre of the market square of Karlsruhe, Germany. It was erected in the years 1823–1825 over the vault of the city's founder, Margrave Charles III William (1679–1738). The pyramid is regarded as Karlsruhe's second emblem, the city's absolutist layout in the shape of a folding fan being the first.

Wikipedia: Karlsruhe Pyramid (EN), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Evangelische Stadtkirche

Show sight on map
Evangelische Stadtkirche Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Evangelical City Church is a Protestant church built in the early 19th century in the city center of Karlsruhe, Germany. It is one of the two church buildings of the old and medium-sized town parish of Karlsruhe as well as the preaching place of the regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden and thus the main church of the regional church.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Stadtkirche Karlsruhe (DE), Website

391 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Landgraben

Show sight on map

The Landgraben is a former open drainage ditch in Karlsruhe, Germany, which was converted into a sewer in the late 19th century.

Wikipedia: Landgraben (Karlsruhe) (DE)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: St. Stephan

Show sight on map
St. StephanS. Finner in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch (Originaltext: Siddhartha Finner (Autor von www.badischewanderungen.de)) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The parish church of St. Stephen is a neoclassical Roman Catholic church building in Karlsruhe by Friedrich Weinbrenner.

Wikipedia: St. Stephan (Karlsruhe) (DE)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Badische Landesbibliothek

Show sight on map
Badische Landesbibliothek Badische Landesbibliothek, Stabsstelle Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Baden State Library is a large universal library in Karlsruhe. Together with the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, the BLB is the legal deposit and regional library for Baden-Württemberg.

Wikipedia: Baden State Library (EN), Website

505 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Stephaniebrunnen

Show sight on map

The Stephanienbrunnen is an ornamental fountain on Stephanplatz in Karlsruhe, Germany. It was unveiled in 1905 and is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Stephanienbrunnen (Karlsruhe) (DE), Website

536 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Erbgroßherzogliches Palais

Show sight on map

The Hereditary Grand Ducal Palace in Karlsruhe on Kriegsstraße has been the seat of the Federal Court of Justice since 1950.

Wikipedia: Hereditary Grand Ducal Palace (EN)

1238 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 9: ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst

Show sight on map

The ZKM | Museum of New Art was a museum of the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, which emerged in 1999 from the Museum of Contemporary Art. As a "collector museum", the Museum of New Art under the direction of Götz Adriani was managed as a museum that is quasi -independent. With the departure of Götz Adriani in 2004, the Museum of New Art under the direction of Ingrid Leonie Severin was reintegrated to the ZKM as a department. In 2017, the Museum of New Art and the Media Museum were formally dissolved as part of the restructuring of the ZKM and the collections of the houses were brought together.

Wikipedia: Museum für Neue Kunst (Karlsruhe) (DE)

Share

Spread the word! Share this page with your friends and family.

Disclaimer Please be aware of your surroundings and do not enter private property. We are not liable for any damages that occur during the tours.

GPX-Download For navigation apps and GPS devices you can download the tour as a GPX file.