Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
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4.4 km
115 m
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: Sankt Anton
St. Anton is a Catholic parish church of the Capuchins in the southern part of the city of Kempten. The patron saint of the church is Anthony of Padua. In a niche in the wall are the mortal remains of his brother Jörg (1696–1762). These were brought from Italy over the Alps to Kempten 160 years after his death.
Sight 2: Neuapostolische Kirche
The listed New Apostolic Church in Kempten (Allgäu) is an elongated hall building with a transverse end building in the form of a two-storey gable-roofed building with a dwarf house. The church was built by the Heydecker brothers in 1927 and completed in 1928.
Sight 3: Claude Dornier
Claude (Claudius) Honoré Désiré Dornier was a German-French airplane designer and founder of Dornier GmbH. His notable designs include the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat, for decades the world's largest and most powerful airplane. He also made several other successful aircraft.
Sight 4: BigBox
The BigBox Allgäu is a multifunctional event hall at Kotterner Straße 64 in the city center of Kempten (Allgäu) opened on October 10, 2003. It is operated by the Feneberg family. In it there are concerts, trade fairs, exhibitions, theater and cabaret.
Sight 5: Burghalde
The Burghalde is an elevation located in the city centre of Kempten (Allgäu), on which the ruins of the fortress of the same name are located.
Sight 6: Stadttheater Kempten
The Stadttheater is a listed theatre in Kempten (Allgäu).
Sight 7: Neubronnerhaus
The Neubronner Haus is a late Gothic house with the address Rathausplatz 5 in Kempten (Allgäu). It is a listed building.
Sight 8: Sankt Mang
St. Mang is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Kempten, Germany. She is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. Most of the building standing today dates back to the 15th century. It is dedicated to Saints Magnus and Ulrich of Augsburg, the latter of which is rarely mentioned from the early modern period. From 1527 onwards, the church was the centre of the Reformation in the Kempten area. It gives its name to St. Mang Square.
Sight 9: Erasmuskapelle
Churches and chapels named after St. Erasmus of Antioch:
Sight 10: Rotes Haus
The red house is a listed building with the address St.-Mang-Platz 3 with a core that still comes from the late Middle Ages. These are two houses next to each other compared to the Evangelical St. Mang Church, which around 1720/30 received a uniformly designed facade with two diaphragms and two Erkers.
Sight 11: Jenisch-Haus
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.
Sight 12: Beginenhaus
The beguinage and its rear building, the Nun's Tower, form 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.
Sight 13: Landschaftspark Engelhalde
Engelhaldepark or Landschaftspark Engelhalde is a park in Kempten, Germany. It was created by the recultivation of a gravel pit.
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