Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Kulmbach, Germany
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3.7 km
137 m
Explore Kulmbach 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 KulmbachSight 1: Kreuzkirche
The Kreuzkirche in Kulmbach is an Evangelical Lutheran church. It was designed by architect Olaf Andreas Gulbransson and inaugurated in 1962. The church is a listed building.
Sight 2: Nikolaikirche
The Protestant, listed former cemetery chapel of St. Nikolai stands on the edge of the old church cemetery, today a park of Kulmbach, a large district town in the district of Kulmbach. The building is registered under the monument number D-4-77-128-127 as an architectural monument in the Bavarian list of monuments. The church belongs to the deanery of Kulmbach in the church district of Bayreuth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
Sight 3: Rathaus
The town hall in Kulmbach, a town in the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach in Bavaria, was built in 1752 by Johann Georg Hoffmann. The town hall with the address Marktplatz 1, at the south-east corner of the market square, is a protected architectural monument.
Sight 4: Spitalkirche Hl. Geist
The Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit is a church in the old town of Kulmbach, Germany.
Sight 5: St. Petri
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church is probably the oldest church in Kulmbach in Upper Franconia. It is a Gothic, three-nave church on the castle hill of the Plassenburg.
Sight 6: Plassenburg
Plassenburg is a castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria. It is one of the most impressive castles in Germany and a symbol of the city. It was first mentioned in 1135. The Plassenberg family were ministerial of the counts of Andechs and used as their seat the Plassenburg. The House of Guttenberg, a prominent Franconian noble family, traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh v. Blassenberg (Plassenberg). The name Guttenberg is derived from Guttenberg and was adopted by a Heinrich von Blassenberg around 1310. From 1340, the Hohenzollerns governed from Plassenburg castle their territories in Franconia till 1604. The Plassenburg was fortress and residence for the Hohenzollerns.
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