Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Leipzig, Germany

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 8.3 km
Ascend 100 m
Descend 120 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: Marienkirche

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St. Mary's Church in Leipzig-Stötteritz is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the district of Stötteritz in Leipzig, Germany. It was built in 1702/03 as a single-nave hall church in the Baroque style, making it the oldest building in the district. Inside the listed church is a triptych created around 1480 in the environment of Hans Pleydenwurff, which is considered the most important work of late Gothic panel painting in Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Marienkirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website

948 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Dr.-Güntz-Park

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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.

Wikipedia: Güntz-Park (DE)

767 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Apelstein 45

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Apelstein 45

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)

1618 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 4: Erlöserkirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Erlöserkirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website

790 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: Stadtarchiv Leipzig

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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.

Wikipedia: Stadtarchiv Leipzig (DE), Facebook, Website

578 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Eventpalast

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Eventpalast

The Betonhalle is a building on the Old Exhibition Grounds in Leipzig, Germany. It was created for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in 1913 and already bore this name at that time. In its seventy-year history as the exhibition hall of the Technical Fair, it was given the number 12 in the 1930s and the number 16 in the last numbering. Used as a venue from 2006, it was called Volkspalast until 2010 and Pantheon Leipzig until 2012. Since then, it has been the event palace. It is the oldest building on the site and is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Eventpalast (DE), Website

1741 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 7: Panometer

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Panometer Radler59 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Leipzig Panometer is an attraction in Leipzig, Germany. It is a visual panorama displayed inside a former gasometer, accompanied by a thematic exhibition. The current theme is "New York 9/11". The Panometer was created in 2003 by the Austrian-born artist Yadegar Asisi, who coined the name as a portmanteau of "panorama" and "gasometer". He opened another Panometer in Dresden in 2006. His panoramas are also displayed in Berlin, Pforzheim, Wittenberg, Hanover and Rouen.

Wikipedia: Leipzig Panometer (EN), Website

1878 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 8: UT Connewitz

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UT Connewitz

The UT Connewitz is the oldest still preserved lighting theater in Leipzig and one of the oldest Germany. It is located at Wolfgang-Heinze-Straße 12 in Connewitz. The first film demonstration took place on Christmas Day in 1912: The crime film was given the black cat, 2nd part, a short silent film directed by Viggo Larsen.

Wikipedia: UT Connewitz (DE), Facebook, Website

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