Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lüneburg, Germany
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1.2 km
16 m
Explore Lüneburg 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 LüneburgSight 1: Gedenkstein Johanna Stegen
Johanna Stegen, was a German heroine of the Napoleonic Wars.
Sight 2: Altes Rathaus
The Lüneburg Town Hall is the headquarters of the council and administration of the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. The building complex was built around 1230 and has been expanded over the centuries. It is an example of medieval and early modern secular architecture in northern Germany.
Sight 3: Heinrich-Heine-Haus
The Heinrich-Heine-Haus in Lüneburg is a patrician house from the 15th/16th century, in which the parents of the poet Heinrich Heine lived. It is now used by municipal authorities and cultural institutions and contains a scholarship apartment for writers.
Sight 4: St. Nicolai
St. Nicolai is a church and Lutheran parish in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is one of three main churches in the town, all built in brick Gothic style. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a basilica with three naves, built from 1407 to 1440. It features a "star" rib vault that is unique in Northern Germany. When the Reformation was introduced in Lüneburg in 1530, the church became Lutheran. The high steeple was added in the 19th century.
Wikipedia: St. Nicolai, Lüneburg (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 5: Albert Horwitz
The list of stumbling blocks in Lüneburg contains all the stumbling blocks that were laid as part of the Gunter Demnig project of the same name in Lüneburg. They are intended to think of victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Lüneburg
Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Lüneburg (DE), Website
Sight 6: Alter Kran
The Old Crane is a historic harbour crane at the former Ilmenau harbour in Lüneburg. Built in 1797, the crane, which at the time was one of the most powerful in the whole of northern Germany, still shapes the image of the water district today and is considered one of the city's landmarks.
Sight 7: Gedenkstein Standort Jüdische Synagoge
The synagogue in Lüneburg was the religious center of the local Jewish community. The foundation stone was laid in 1892 on the street Am Schifferwall, and the synagogue was consecrated in 1894.
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