Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Leipzig, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 6.3 km
Ascend 58 m
Descend 61 m

Explore Leipzig 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 LeipzigIndividual Sights in Leipzig

Sight 1: St. Lukas-Kirche

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St. Luke's Church is a Protestant church in the east of Leipzig in the center of the district of Volkmarsdorf. The 71-metre-high tower, crowned with a pointed helmet, is the district's landmark, which can be seen from afar. Since 2015, the Old Lutheran St. Trinitatis parish in Leipzig has been using the sacred building of the SELK.

Wikipedia: Lukaskirche (Leipzig) (DE)

1018 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Apelstein 42

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Apelstein 42

The Apel-stones, named after the writer Theodor Apel from Leipzig who commissioned them, mark important events during the Battle of Leipzig. There are 50 in total. They were sculpted by A. F. Aster, and put up between 1861 and 1865.

Wikipedia: Apel-stones (EN)

782 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Reclam-Museum

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Reclam-Museum Dipl.-Des. Michael Kewitsch, Leipzig / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Reclam Museum is a book museum in the Leipzig Graphic Quarter, Kreuzstraße 12. It includes an exhibition of around 10,000 booklets, books etc. from Reclams Universal Library from its beginnings in 1867 to the present. It is the only museum and the most comprehensive collection of its kind on publications by the Reclam publishing house.

Wikipedia: Reclam-Museum (DE), Website

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Rabensteinplatz

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Rabensteinplatz is a green space in the eastern suburbs of Leipzig, Germany. Historically a place of execution, it was transformed into a green space in the 19th century. Rabensteinplatz is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Rabensteinplatz (DE)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University

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The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is located on Johannisplatz, near the city centre. The museum belongs to the University of Leipzig and is also part of the Grassi Museum, whose other members are the Museum of Ethnography and the Museum of Applied Arts.

Wikipedia: Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University (EN), Website

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Alter Johannisfriedhof

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Alter Johannisfriedhof

The Alter Johannisfriedhof is the oldest burial ground in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It began in 1278, as part of the Johannishospital in Leipzig, a leper hospital. It was later attached to the Johanniskirche, which was destroyed in World War II. In 1536 it became the common burial ground for the city of Leipzig, and expanded several times. It was also re-modeled in the style of the Camposanto in Pisa, a popular style of cemetery in Germany. In 1680 and 1805 the graveyard was expanded by the additions of sections three and four respectively, then the fifth and the final extension took place between 1827 and 1863. 1883 saw its last burial.

Wikipedia: Alter Johannisfriedhof (EN)

638 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Lincks Gartenhaus

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Linck's garden house is a reconstructed garden house in the Leipzig Seeburg district. It was built by the Leipzig pharmacist Johann Heinrich Linck to the younger. It is currently used by a law firm.

Wikipedia: Lincks Gartenhaus (DE)

1123 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 8: Landgericht Leipzig

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The Regional Court of Leipzig is a court of ordinary jurisdiction in the federal state of Saxony.

Wikipedia: Landgericht Leipzig (DE)

683 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig - Bibliotheca Albertina

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Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig - Bibliotheca Albertina

Leipzig University Library, known also as Bibliotheca Albertina, is the central library of the University of Leipzig. It is one of the oldest German university libraries.

Wikipedia: Leipzig University Library (EN), Website

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Villa S. Sieskind

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The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official name was Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Theaterhochschule Leipzig (EN)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: HTWK Leipzig Wiener Bau Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

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HTWK Leipzig Wiener Bau Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

The Städtische Gewerbeschule Leipzig was a higher part-time school. Numerous name changes, connections with other institutions as well as level increases and profile adjustments finally led to today's Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK).

Wikipedia: Städtische Gewerbeschule Leipzig (DE), Website

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Academy for Visual Arts

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Academy for Visual Arts

The Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) or Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the oldest art schools in Germany, dating back to 1764. The school has four colleges specializing in fine arts, graphic design, photography and new media art.

Wikipedia: Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (EN), Website

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Neubau

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The Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GfZK) is an exhibition center for contemporary art and a museum for art post 1945 in Leipzig, Germany, in a beautiful location opposite Johannapark.

Wikipedia: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (EN), Website

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst

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The Herfurthsche Villa at Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 11 in Leipzig is a three-storey villa.

Wikipedia: Herfurthsche Villa (Leipzig) (DE), Website

338 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Lutherkirche

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The Luther Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church located at Johannapark in Leipzig's Bach district. It is part of the Forum Thomanum educational campus.

Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Leipzig) (DE), Url

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