Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Kempten (Allgäu), Germany

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 0.5 km
Ascend 6 m
Descend 6 m

Experience Kempten (Allgäu) 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 Kempten (Allgäu)

Sight 1: Beginenhaus

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The Beguinage with its rear building, the Nonnenturm, forms a listed building ensemble from the 14th century on the Iller in Kempten (Allgäu). Since 2003, the Förderverein Beginenhaus Kempten e.V. has taken care of these buildings, researched them archaeologically and developed a renovation and use concept. The renovation and unclear future of the building ensemble has been a regular topic of city politics for over a decade.

Wikipedia: Beginenhaus (Kempten) (DE), Website

163 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Jenisch-Haus

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The Jenisch House is a listed patrician house on the church square of the St. Mang Church. The house with a high gable roof at St.-Mang-Platz 1 is directly adjacent to the Red House, which also belonged to the Jenisch family.

Wikipedia: Jenisch-Haus (Kempten) (DE)

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Rotes Haus

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The Red House is a listed building with the address St.-Mang-Platz 3 with a core that still partly dates back to the late Middle Ages. These are two houses standing next to each other opposite the Protestant St. Mang Church, which were given a uniformly designed façade with two dwarf houses and two bay windows around 1720/30.

Wikipedia: Rotes Haus (Kempten) (DE)

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Erasmuskapelle

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Churches and chapels named after St. Erasmus of Antioch:

Wikipedia: Erasmuskapelle (DE), Website

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Sankt Mang

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St. Mang is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in the town of Kempten (Allgäu). It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. The building that stands today dates largely from the 15th century. It is dedicated to Saints Magnus and Ulrich of Augsburg, the latter being rarely mentioned from the early modern period onwards. From 1527 onwards, the church was the centre of the Reformation in the Kempten area. It gives its name to St.-Mang-Platz.

Wikipedia: St. Mang (Kempten) (DE), Website

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Neubronnerhaus

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Neubronnerhaus Alofok / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Neubronner Haus is a late Gothic house with the address Rathausplatz 5 in Kempten (Allgäu). It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Neubronner Haus (DE)

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