Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
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Explore Kempten (Allgäu) 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.
Individual Sights in Kempten (Allgäu)Sight 1: Besenkapelle
The Brooms Chapel is a monumental building of the Catholics on Memminger Strasse in Kempten, built around 1740 for Franz Georg Hermann. Hermann's residence, called Catholic Orphanage, is located right next to the chapel. The pilast-divided construction points in east-west direction and has a longitudinal pendentiff dome.
Sight 2: Kunsthalle Kempten
The Stiftsmälzerei is a building in Kempten (Allgäu) that was completed in 1788 under Prince Abbot Rupert von Neuenstein after a fire in the Old Brewery. In addition to the Marstall and Kornhaus, it was another part of the large economic area of the Princely Abbey of Kempten. Originally, this listed building was to be built as a single unit with the stables and to form a three-courtyard farm area of the monastery.
Sight 3: Basilika St. Lorenz
St. Lorenz Basilica is a baroque minor Basilica in Kempten, Bavaria, named after the Christian martyr Lawrence of Rome. It is the former abbey church of the Benedictine Kempten Abbey. It is currently used as the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Lawrence in the Diocese of Augsburg.
Sight 4: Kempten-Museum im Zumsteinhaus
The Zumsteinhaus is a listed building with the address Residenzplatz 31 in Kempten (Allgäu). It was built in 1802 for the Zumstein de la Pierre merchant family from Savoy and restored in 1959. Owned by the city since 1951, the building housed a Roman Museum and a Natural History Museum until 2015. From 2003 to 2015, the building was used as an Advent calendar during the Advent season. Since 2015, the building has been closed for extensive renovations and the establishment of the new city museum. On 6 to 8 December 2019, the Kempten Museum was opened in the Zumsteinhaus.
Sight 5: Zumsteinhaus
The Zumsteinhaus is a listed building with the address Residenzplatz 31 in Kempten (Allgäu). It was built in 1802 for the Zumstein de la Pierre merchant family from Savoy and restored in 1959. Owned by the city since 1951, the building housed a Roman Museum and a Natural History Museum until 2015. From 2003 to 2015, the building was used as an Advent calendar during the Advent season. Since 2015, the building has been closed for extensive renovations and the establishment of the new city museum. On 6 to 8 December 2019, the Kempten Museum was opened in the Zumsteinhaus.
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