Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Kiel, Germany

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 76 m
Descend 68 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: Pauluskirche

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St. Paul's Church in the Kiel district of Düsternbrook was built between 1878 and 1882 in the neo-Gothic style as a garrison church for the Prussian naval base of Kiel and was used by it until 1918. Since 1925, St. Paul's Church has belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Heiligengeist.

Wikipedia: Pauluskirche (Kiel) (DE)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: August Ch. H. Niemann

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August Christian Niemann was a German forestry engineer and political economist. He is known as a composer and collector of student songs.

Wikipedia: August Christian Niemann (EN)

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Alter Botanischer Garten

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The Old Botanical Garden in Kiel, also known as the Old Botanical Garden on the Fjord, is a former botanical garden and arboretum located at Düsternbrooker Weg 19, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is open daily without charge.

Wikipedia: Old Botanical Garden, Kiel (EN)

1092 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 4: Kieler Kloster

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The Kiel Monastery is a historic building in the city centre of Kiel. It stands on the site of a Franciscan monastery founded in 1242, which perished during the Reformation. After war destruction in the Second World War, it was rebuilt in a modified form as the Theological Study House Kiel Monastery.

Wikipedia: Kieler Kloster (DE), Website

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Hedwig Helene Hirsch

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Hedwig Helene Hirsch 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)

882 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Theater Die Komödianten

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The Comedians is a private theatre in Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1984 by actor Markus Dentler.

Wikipedia: Die Komödianten (DE), Website

690 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Niederdeutsche Bühne

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The Niederdeutsche Bühne Kiel e. V. (NBK) is a theatre in Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1921 by Otto Mensing and is a member of the Lower German Stage Association. Each season, six or seven plays are performed in Low German and a Christmas fairy tale in High German. The programme includes classic dramas and comedies as well as tabloid comedies, contemporary plays, musicals and readings. The NBK youth club regularly puts on its own play in Low German. The venue is the Theater am Wilhelmplatz.

Wikipedia: Niederdeutsche Bühne Kiel (DE), Website

785 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Lutherkirche

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Today's Luther Church is the successor to the community centre of the Protestant Luther congregation at Schrevenpark in Kiel, which was destroyed in an air raid on 4 April 1945. It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation within the Northern Church.

Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Kiel) (DE)

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