Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Kiel, Germany

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 4.4 km
Ascend 86 m
Descend 90 m

Explore Kiel 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 KielIndividual Sights in Kiel

Sight 1: Vicelinkirche

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The Vicelin Church in Kiel is a Bartning emergency church of the Friedensgemeinde Kiel in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in northern Germany. It is located at Paul-Fleming-Straße 2 in the west of the city near the city monastery and is named after the German missionary Vizelin.

Wikipedia: Vicelinkirche (Kiel) (DE)

701 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Esther Glanz geb. Buchen

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Esther Glanz geb. Buchen Christian Michelides / CC BY-SA 4.0

The list of stumbling stones in Kiel gives an overview of the stumbling stones laid by the artist Gunter Demnig in the city of Kiel. The artist's actions are supported by the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation and the City of Kiel. The first 15 stumbling stones were laid on 15 June 2006. Since then, a total of 268 stumbling stones have been laid in Kiel in annual campaigns. Since 2008, the campaigns have been accompanied by various schools in Kiel. With the support of teachers, pupils research the lives of the victims as part of sponsorships.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Kiel (DE), Website

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Sankt Nikolaus

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The Provost's Church of St. Nicholas in Kiel is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the city. Today, the parish belongs to the Archdiocese of Hamburg, which was founded in 1995, before that it was part of the Diocese of Osnabrück.

Wikipedia: St. Nikolaus (Kiel) (DE), Website

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Opernhaus

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Opernhaus Kiel is the major venue for opera, ballet, and orchestral performances in Kiel, and home to Theater Kiel. It is a Grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: Opernhaus Kiel (EN), Website

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Rathausturm

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Kiel Town Hall is the town hall of Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century and is a listed building. The 106 m high town hall tower is one of its landmarks.

Wikipedia: Kieler_Rathaus (DE)

555 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Stadtgalerie

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The Stadtgalerie Kiel was founded in 1988. On an area of around 1,000 square metres, it presents exhibitions on international art from the Baltic Sea region, on national and regional contemporary art in thematic contexts.

Wikipedia: Stadtgalerie Kiel (DE), Website

574 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Sankt Nikolai zu Kiel

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St. Nikolai is the name of a Protestant parish and its church in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the town's oldest building, at the Alter Markt. It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. In the 19th century, it was remodeled in Gothic Revival style. Destroyed in World War II, it was rebuilt with a simpler contemporary interior. It features notable artworks such as a bronze baptismal font from 1340, an altar from 1460, a triumphal cross from 1490, a wood-carved pulpit from 1705, and outside a bronze by Ernst Barlach from 1928.

Wikipedia: St. Nikolai, Kiel (EN)

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Schifffahrtsmuseum

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Kiel Maritime Museum is a museum in the German city of Kiel. It was established in 1978 in what had been the fish-auction hall in the Sartorikai area of the city. It shows the maritime history of Kiel.

Wikipedia: Kiel Maritime Museum (EN)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Hindenburg

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The Hindenburg with the DGZRS identifier Kra 101 is a former motorcycling boat from the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecker (DGZRS). The stacking of the boat in steel construction took place in 1944 at the August Pahl shipyard at the Köhlfleet in Hamburg; The 17.5 meter long ship was put into service in the same year.

Wikipedia: Hindenburg (Schiff, 1944) (DE)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Ostflügel

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Ostflügel

Kiel Castle in Kiel in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein was one of the secondary residences of the Gottorf dukes. The castle exhibited a very varied architectural history and in the more recent architectural period became one of the most important secular buildings in Schleswig-Holstein. The castle burned down during the Second World War and its ruins were largely carried away and replaced by a new building.

Wikipedia: Kiel Castle (EN), Website

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Warleberger Hof

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The Warleberger Hof is located at Dänische Straße 19 in the Schleswig-Holstein capital Kiel. The listed brick building is the last preserved nobility palace of the city and the only preserved private building from the period before 1864 in the old town of Kiel. This house has been home to the Kiel Stadtmuseum since 1970.

Wikipedia: Warleberger Hof (DE), Website

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Medizinhistorisches Museum

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The Collection of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy at Kiel University is part of the Faculty of Medicine. It emerged from the university's former Institute for the History of Medicine and Pharmacy. Since then, it has been managed by Eva Fuhry.

Wikipedia: Medizin- und Pharmaziehistorische Sammlung der Universität Kiel (DE), Website

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Zoologisches Museum

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The Zoological Museum of Kiel University is a zoological museum in Kiel, Germany. It was founded by naturalist Karl Möbius, and architect Martin Gropius designed the building. The exhibitions display systematics, evolution, tropical and German fauna, butterfly ecology and history of zoology in Kiel. The museum is part of the University of Kiel.

Wikipedia: Zoological Museum of Kiel University (EN), Website

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Kunsthalle

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The Kunsthalle zu Kiel is an art museum in the German city of Kiel. With 2,000 m2 of display space, it is the largest museum in the city. It is north of the city centre on Düsternbrooker Weg. It has a lecture hall, a small cafe and a sculpture garden.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Kiel (EN), Website

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