Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Leipzig, Germany

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 39 m
Descend 38 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: Gohliser Schlösschen

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The Gohliser Schlösschen is a Rococo building in the Gohlis district of Leipzig, Germany. It is one of the city's main attractions.

Wikipedia: Gohliser Schlösschen (DE), Website

375 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Friedenskirche/Paxkirche/Jugendkirche Leipzig

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The Friedenskirche – also known as Paxkirche since 2016 – is a Protestant church in Leipzig's Gohlis district, and has been used as a youth church since 2016.

Wikipedia: Friedenskirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website

800 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Michaeliskirche

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The Michaeliskirche in Leipzig is a Protestant church building dedicated to the Archangel Michael from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.

Wikipedia: Michaeliskirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website, Website

450 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Gasbehälter Gaswerk I

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The list of cultural monuments in Leipzig-Mitte (Zentrum-Nord) contains the cultural monuments of the Leipzig district "Zentrum-Nord", which were included in the list of monuments of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments as of 2017.

Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmale in Leipzig-Zentrum-Nord (DE)

1254 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 5: Apelstein 36

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Apelstein 36

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)

1201 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 6: Freund und Feind im Tod vereint

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The Nordfriedhof is a public cemetery run by the city of Leipzig, located at Berliner Straße 125–127 in the district of Eutritzsch between Hamburger Straße, Theresienstraße and Maximilianallee, directly adjoining the smaller Old Jewish Burial Ground.

Wikipedia: Nordfriedhof (Leipzig) (EN)

1354 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 7: Gedächtniskirche

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Gedächtniskirche Schönefeld is a Lutheran church in Schönefeld, now part of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. The former village church was built in style from 1816, replacing a previous building destroyed by fire. It was named Gedächtniskirche in 1916 when it became a memorial to fallen soldiers.

Wikipedia: Gedächtniskirche Schönefeld (EN), Website

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