Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Leipzig, Germany

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 42 m
Descend 50 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: Taborkirche

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The Tabor Church is the church of the Protestant community in the Leipzig district of Kleinzschocher. It is the only church in Leipzig to have a double tower façade.

Wikipedia: Taborkirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website

1027 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Apelstein 26

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Apelstein 26

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), Url

566 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Fritz Schulz jun. AG Chemische Fabriken; Globuswerke

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Fritz Schulz Jr. AG Chemical Factories and Silica Cretaceous Mines, Sheet Metal Packaging and Cardboard Factories was a manufacturer of cleaning, care and pest control products and packaging in Leipzig, Germany. it was founded in 1878 as oHG Fritz Schulz Jr., Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Fritz Schulz jun. AG (DE)

1515 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 4: Riverboat

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Riverboat is a talk show of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk as well as a building in Leipzig, from which the program was previously broadcast.

Wikipedia: Riverboat (DE), Website

386 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Museum für Druckkunst

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Museum für Druckkunst Wolfgang Stief / CC BY 2.0

The Museum of the Printing Arts Leipzig, the traditional city of books and publishing, is a museum that documents older printing techniques. It is located on Nonnenstraße in Leipzig's Plagwitz district.

Wikipedia: Museum für Druckkunst (DE), Website

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Könneritzbrücke

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The Könneritz Bridge spans the White Elster and connects the Leipzig districts of Plagwitz and Schleußig along the course of Ernst-Mey-Straße. It is named after the former Saxon Minister of Finance Leonce von Könneritz.

Wikipedia: Könneritzbrücke (DE)

1208 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 7: Bethanienkirche

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The Bethanienkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leipzig-Schleußig, Stieglitzstraße 42, directly on the Leipzig Auwald. It was built in 1931–1933 and is listed.

Wikipedia: Bethanienkirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website

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