Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Königswinter, Germany
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6.7 km
117 m
Explore Königswinter 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 KönigswinterSight 1: St. Laurentius
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Oberdollendorf, a district of Königswinter, consists of a Romanesque east tower, a nave from 1792 and extensions from the post-war period. It is a listed building.
Sight 2: Frieda Marx
The list of stumbling stones in Königswinter contains stumbling stones that were laid in Königswinter as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate the victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Königswinter.
Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Königswinter (DE), Website
Sight 3: Brückenhofmuseum
The Brückenhofmuseum is a local history museum in Oberdollendorf, a district of the town of Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It began operations in 1991 in the former winery "Brückenhof", a half-timbered house from the 17th century. The museum is run by the Heimatverein Oberdollendorf und Römlinghoven e.V. with over 1100 members.
Sight 4: Gedenkstein Synagoge
The synagogue in Oberdollendorf, today's district of the city of Königswinter in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, was built in 1871/72. In the course of the November pogroms in 1938, it was robbed and damaged by National Socialists and then demolished in the spring of 1939. She was on Heisterbacher Strasse.
Sight 5: Geburtshaus Dr. Ferdinand Schmitz
Ferdinand Schmitz was a German teacher, journalist and local historian.
Sight 6: St. Michael-Kirche
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Michael in Niederdollendorf, a district of Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, dates back to 1911. It is a listed building. The church is located at the junction of Heisterbacher Straße and Hauptstraße.
Sight 7: Leserpark
The small readers' park in the Bonn district of Plittersdorf in Bad Godesberg extends over an area of around 40,000 square metres along the Rhine between the Von-Sandt-Ufer and the new development Am Büchel. To the north of the forest park is the historic Villa Cahn, whose owner at the turn of the 20th century, the Leser family, gave the park its name. Originally, the park was considerably more extensive to the west, but in the 1980s it was greatly reduced in size by the development of apartment buildings on today's Am Büchel street. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the Godesberg municipal administration had tried to develop the park for development towards the Rhine. At that time, however, the legally experienced Higher Regional Court Councillor Wilhelm Leser was able to prevent the development plans.
Sight 8: Villa Deichmann
The building at Basteistraße 18 is a villa in Rüngsdorf, a district of the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, which was built between 1900 and 1902. It is located above the banks of the Rhine (Von-Sandt-Ufer) at the end of a cul-de-sac starting from Basteistraße. The villa, as well as the adjoining gardener's house and the neighbouring former Deichmann carriage house, are listed as historical monuments.
Sight 9: Villa Cappell
The building Heisterbachstraße 39 is a villa in Rüngsdorf, a district of the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg, which was built in 1904/05. It is located above the banks of the Rhine (Von-Sandt-Ufer) at the end of Heisterbachstraße. Until the end of the 1990s, the villa was the residence of the British ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and is a listed building.
Sight 10: Alter Kirchturm
The Rüngsdorf church tower, a Romanesque choir tower, is the only remnant of the old parish church of St. Andreas in the Bonn district of Rüngsdorf, which belongs to the district of Bad Godesberg. Together with grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries and a stone cross, it is a listed building.
Sight 11: Villa Camphausen
The Villa Camphausen is a villa in Mehlem, a district of the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg, which dates back to the second half of the 19th century. It is located on the east side of Mainzer Strasse with a park that extends to the banks of the Rhine. Together with the park and a Prussian landmark, the villa is a listed building.
Sight 12: Eva Kahn
The list of Stolpersteine in Bonn contains Stolpersteine that were laid in Bonn as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig.
Sight 13: Michaelkapelle
St. Michael's Chapel is a church building in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn, Germany. The building is located about 60 meters northwest of the keep of Godesburg, which was built from 1210 onwards. It is a listed building.
Sight 14: Godesburg
The Godesburg is a castle in Bad Godesberg, a formerly independent part of Bonn, Germany.
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