Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kassel, Germany

The Friedenskirche is a Protestant church building in the Vorderer West district of Kassel, Germany. It is the first place of worship of the eponymous congregation of the Friedenskirche Kassel.

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The linear watch (Kasseler clock) is a light kinetic sculpture from 1977 constructed by Peter Hertha.

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The Obelisk is a monument designed for documenta 14 by Nigerian-American artist Olu Oguibe. In June 2017, it was erected at Kassel's Königsplatz; since April 2019, the obelisk has been located in Treppenstraße. The 16.20 m high monument entitled The Strangers and Refugees Monument bears the inscription "I was a stranger and you sheltered me", a quote from the Gospel of Matthew, in the four languages most commonly spoken in Kassel Arabic, German, English and Turkish.

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The Fridericianum is a museum in Kassel, Germany. Built in 1779, it is one of the oldest public museums in Europe. Since 1955 the quinquennial art festival documenta has been centred on the site, with some artworks displayed on Friedrichsplatz, in front of the building.

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St Martin's Church is a Protestant parish church in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. It is also the preaching-church of the bishop of the Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck. It is in the Gothic style and was begun in 1364 and completed in 1462, dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. It became a Protestant church in 1524, when Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse converted to Protestantism. From the 16th century until the end of the 18th century it was the burial place for the landgraves of Hesse.

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Lutherkirche named after Martin Luther in downtown Kassel is the highest building in the city at 76 meters. The Evangelical Church inaugurated in 1897 was badly damaged in the Second World War and then removed to the tower. In 1970 a new building was built in the immediate vicinity.

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The institution Caricatura was founded in Kassel in 1984 as a non-profit association. Since 1995 she has been running the Caricatura – Gallery for Comic Art in the KulturBahnhof Kassel.

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Man walking to the sky is a sculpture by the American artist Jonathan Borofsky. The figure stands on the forecourt of the Kulturbahnhof Kassel. The "Himmelsstürmer", as the sculpture is called by the citizens of Kassel, was designed by Borofsky for documenta IX in 1992. The production costs amounted to about 70,000 Deutschmarks.

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The Spohr Museum is a museum in Kassel that presents the life and work of composer, violinist and conductor Louis Spohr (1784–1859).

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