Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Ludwigsburg, Germany
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7.2 km
133 m
Explore Ludwigsburg 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.
Individual Sights in LudwigsburgSight 1: Favoritepark
The Favoritepark is a park in Ludwigsburg, Germany, which surrounds Favorite Castle. Once used as a pheasantry, it is now a popular excursion destination and local recreation area with around 150,000 visitors a year. It has been a nature reserve since 1937, making it the oldest in the district of Ludwigsburg.
Sight 2: Favoriteschloss
Schloss Favorite is a Baroque maison de plaisance and hunting lodge in Ludwigsburg, Germany, which was used as a summer residence and hunting lodge. It is located on a rise, directly north of Ludwigsburg Palace to which it is connected via an avenue.
Sight 3: Schlosstheater
Schlosstheater Ludwigsburg is a theatre in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sight 4: Emichsburg
The Emichsburg is a building in the East Garden of the Blooming Baroque in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Sight 5: Blühendes Barock
The gardens around the Residenzschloss in Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg are referred to as the blooming baroque.
Sight 6: Amtsgericht Ludwigsburg - Insolvenz und Familiengericht
The Ludwigsburg District Court is a court of ordinary jurisdiction. It is one of eleven local courts in the district of the Stuttgart Regional Court.
Sight 7: Schlange
The Snake at the Crossroads is an art installation by the Dutch artist Auke de Vries in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Sight 8: Stadtkirche Ludwigsburg
The Stadtkirche Ludwigsburg is a Protestant church building in the city centre of Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Sight 9: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
The Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, located in Ludwigsburg, Germany, is a public institutional repository for roughly 680 state authorities within the District of Stuttgart, Germany.
Sight 10: Schiller-Denkmal
The Schiller Monument in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart is the work of the Ludwigsburg sculptor Ludwig von Hofer. He created the marble statue in Carrara in 1880 and donated it to his hometown, which had it erected in the center of the triangular Schillerplatz in Ludwigsburg in 1882.
Sight 11: Charlotte Schörg
In the list of Stolpersteine in Ludwigsburg are all 96 Stolpersteine that were laid in Ludwigsburg as part of the project of the artist Gunter Demnig on a total of 13 dates. The first Ludwigsburg Stolpersteine were placed on September 27, 2008, the last so far on November 15, 2022. According to the Ludwigsburg Stumbling Stone Initiative, more are to follow in April 2024.
Sight 12: Osterholzschule
The Queen Olga Barracks was a barracks in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Sight 13: Asperger Torhaus
The original at least eight gatehouses of the baroque city of Ludwigsburg were part of the former city fortifications. It consisted of a wall about 6 kilometres long and up to 3.5 m high, which was equipped with gates at its entrances and exits. Each gate complex had a gatehouse connected to the city wall, which served as a guard and customs house. However, the aim was not so much to guard the city from external enemies, but rather to prevent the soldiers, some of whom had been forcibly recruited and barracked in the city, from deserting. Of these gatehouses, six still survive today; these are listed as historical monuments.
Sight 14: Deutsch-Französisches Institut
The Deutsch-Französisches Institut (DFI) is an independent non-profit organization devoted to research on and documentation of contemporary Franco-German relations. The institute is funded by the German Foreign Office, the regional government of Baden-Württemberg and the town of Ludwigsburg. Projects are also funded by external partners.
Sight 15: Grabstein und Grabstätte Pauline von Württemberg
Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma of Württemberg was the only child of William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont to reach adulthood. Pauline was the wife of William Frederick, Prince of Wied, and worked for many years as the regional director of the German Red Cross in western Germany.
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