Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Karlsruhe, Germany

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 7 km
Ascend 99 m
Descend 101 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: Hauptfriedhof

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Hauptfriedhof

The Hauptfriedhof in Karlsruhe is one of the oldest German communal rural cemeteries. In 1871, the first plans to build a new burial ground outside the city center began. The cemetery was laid out in 1874 by Josef Durm in the Rintheim district, east of the actual city, after the inner-city Alter Friedhof Karlsruhe in the Oststadt had become too small. The main cemetery has grown from its original size of 15.3 hectares in 1873 to over 34 hectares. The graves of more than 32,000 deceased are currently in the cemetery.

Wikipedia: Hauptfriedhof Karlsruhe (EN), Website

1433 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Großherzogliche Grabkapelle

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The Grand Ducal Baden Funeral Chapel in the Fasanengarten in Karlsruhe was built between 1889 and 1896 by Hermann Hemberger according to preliminary designs by Franz Baer and Friedrich Hemberger in Karlsruhe's Oststadt.

Wikipedia: Großherzogliche Grabkapelle Karlsruhe (DE), Website

1522 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 3: Karlsruhe Palace

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Karlsruhe Palace was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital, Durlach. The city of Karlsruhe has since grown around it. The building is now home to the main museum of the Badisches Landesmuseum.

Wikipedia: Karlsruhe Palace (EN)

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Schlossgartenbahn

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The Schlossgartenbahn Karlsruhe is a 600 mm gauge park railway, which runs on a 2.7 km long circuit with only one station through the Karlsruhe Palace Gardens.

Wikipedia: Schlossgartenbahn Karlsruhe (DE), Website

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Botanischer Garten

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Botanischer Garten Siddhartha Finner (Autor von www.badischewanderungen.de) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Botanischer Garten Karlsruhe is a municipal botanical garden located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This garden should not be confused with the nearby Botanischer Garten der Universität Karlsruhe operated by the University of Karlsruhe.

Wikipedia: Botanischer Garten Karlsruhe (EN), Website

661 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Landgraben

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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)

592 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Stephaniebrunnen

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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

456 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Museum für Literatur am Oberrhein

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The Museum of Literature on the Upper Rhine in Karlsruhe is a museum about literary life in the Upper Rhine region. It is maintained by the Literary Society of Karlsruhe. It was first opened in 1926, making it one of the oldest literature museums in Germany.

Wikipedia: Museum für Literatur am Oberrhein (DE), Website

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Prinz-Max-Palais

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Prinz-Max-Palais Rainer Lück 1RL.de / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Prinz-Max-Palais, initially Palais Schmieder, was built in Karlsruhe from 1881 to 1884 according to designs by Josef Durm in the Neo-Renaissance style. It is named after Prince Max of Baden, who lived in the palace from 1900.

Wikipedia: Prinz-Max-Palais (Karlsruhe) (DE)

615 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal

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Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Kaiser Wilhelm I Monument is an equestrian statue on the Kaiserplatz in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is located there surrounded by trees in the center of the square and faces east, so that it seems as if Kaiser Wilhelm I is riding into the city.

Wikipedia: Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmal (Karlsruhe) (DE)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Kaiserplatz

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Kaiserplatz

Kaiserplatz is a square in Karlsruhe's Innenstadt-West. It is located at the western end of Kaiserstraße in the immediate vicinity of the former Mühlburger Tor and thus stands on the border between the Weststadt and the city centre. In the middle of the square is the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument, an east-facing equestrian statue of Wilhelm I.

Wikipedia: Kaiserplatz (Karlsruhe) (DE)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Christuskirche

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The Christuskirche is a Protestant church in Karlsruhe. It was built from 1896 to 1900 by the Karlsruhe architects Curjel & Moser at the Mühlburger Tor, the beginning of the western city. Today it is of particular importance as a cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Karlsruhe) (DE)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Leibdragonerdenkmal

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The Leibdragoon Monument on Kaiserallee near the Mühlburger Tor in Karlsruhe (Baden) is dedicated to the 1st Baden Dragoon Regiment No. 20. It was created in 1926–1929 by Kurt Edzard.

Wikipedia: Leibdragonerdenkmal (DE)

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Sandkorn-Theater

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Sandkorn-Theater is a theatre in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Sandkorn-Theater (EN), Website

478 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Rechnungshof Baden-Württemberg

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The Baden-Württemberg Court of Auditors checks the invoice as well as the economy and orderly of the budget and economic management of the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a highest state authority and, as an independent organ of financial control, only subject to the law. As part of its legal duties, the Court of Auditors supports the state parliament and state government, which he reports annually and which he advises and assistant, he supports himself in the founding of the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952 and is based in Karlsruhe.

Wikipedia: Rechnungshof Baden-Württemberg (DE), Website

45 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Verwaltungsgericht Karlsruhe

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Verwaltungsgericht Karlsruhe Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Administrative Court of Karlsruhe is one of four administrative courts in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Wikipedia: Verwaltungsgericht Karlsruhe (DE)

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