Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Leipzig, Germany
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3.3 km
33 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 LeipzigSight 1: Dr.-Güntz-Park
The Güntz-Park is a park of about three hectares in the southeast of Leipzig between Güntzstraße and Schönbachstraße. According to the municipal city structure of 1992, the park belongs to the district of Stötteritz, but is located on the former Thonberg corridor. That's why another name is Thonberg Park.
Sight 2: St. Laurentius
St. Laurentius is the Roman Catholic Church in Leipzig's district of Reudnitz. It stands in Stötteritzer Straße 47 and is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Maria Magdalena Leipzig-Ost in the Deanery Leipzig.
Sight 3: Erlöserkirche
The Erlöserkirche is the Evangelical sacred building in Leipzig's district of Reudnitz-Thonberg and Thonberg. The church was built from 2004 to 2006, the foundation stone was laid on May 12, 2005.
Sight 4: Russische Gedächtniskirche
The St. Alexi Memorial Church of the Russian Honor is the Russian Orthodox Church in Leipzig, corner of Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 51a/Semmelweissstraße near the Deutsche Bücherei. It was built in 1912/13.
Sight 5: Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum
The German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum of its kind, dedicated to collecting and preserving objects and documents as well as literature connected with the history of books, including paper, printing techniques, the art of illustration, and bookbinding. The museum is housed in a modern €60 million annex to the German National Library in Leipzig built in 2011.
Sight 6: Stadtarchiv Leipzig
The Leipzig City Archive documents the history of Leipzig with evidence since the Middle Ages in the form of documents, files, business books, newspapers and pamphlets, maps and plans, as well as photos and postcards. With its holdings, it is one of the most important municipal archives in Germany. His duties also include keeping the city chronicle.
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