Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Lüneburg, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 3.1 km
Ascend 43 m
Descend 37 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 Lüneburg

Sight 1: Alice Schmidt

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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

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Alte Ratsapotheke

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Alte Ratsapotheke Angela M. Arnold, Berlin (=44Pinguine) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Alte Ratsapotheke is a pharmacy in the historic center of the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg. The current building was completed in 1598 after extensive renovation work, it replaced a previous building from earlier centuries and is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: Alte Ratsapotheke (Lüneburg) (DE)

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: St. John's Church

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The Church of John the Baptist is the oldest Lutheran church in Lüneburg, Germany. It is located in the city centre. Lüneburg is on the European Route of Brick Gothic and the church is an example of this style. With its 108-meter high spire, it is the second tallest church tower in Lower Saxony – after St. Andrew's in Hildesheim.

Wikipedia: St. John's Church, Lüneburg (EN), Website, Heritage Website

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Orgeln von St. Johannis

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The organs of St. Johannis (Lüneburg) are the large historic main organ on the west gallery and the choir organ in the five-nave Gothic hall church of St. Johannis in Lüneburg. The large instrument received its present form mainly in 1553 and through the baroque extensions. Today, it has three manuals and 51 stops. In addition, there is a two-manual choir organ from the Kuhn company from 2010 with 23 stops in the church.

Wikipedia: Orgeln von St. Johannis (Lüneburg) (DE)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Lüneburger Wasserturm

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Lüneburger Wasserturm Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

Lüneburg Water Tower is a water tower in the southeastern part of the Lüneburg old town in Lower Saxony, Germany, built by the architect Franz Krüger (1873–1936), from designs by Richard Kampf. Its erection was initiated on 3 October 1905, and the tower was taken into use in November 1907. The water tower is 55 metres (180 ft) tall, and is the tallest building in the Lüneburg old town that is not a church. It stands between the considerably newer Nordlandhalle and the Johanneum, the latter now used as a school. The tower consists of a square base of 18 metres (59 ft) and a round portion which is walled up around a 500 cubic metres (18,000 cu ft) large water tank. The upper part is carried by 16 solid columns.

Wikipedia: Lüneburg Water Tower (EN), Website, Website

324 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Clamart-Park

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Clamart Park is a park southeast of Lüneburg's Old Town. The park was named after the French twin town of Clamart.

Wikipedia: Clamart-Park (DE)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: St. Marien

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St. Marien

Sankt Marien is a Roman Catholic church in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the parish church of the parish of St. Marien in the deanery of Lüneburg, bears the patronage of the Virgin and Mother of God, who was conceived without original sin, and stands on Friedenstraße in the Rotes Feld district.

Wikipedia: St. Marien (Lüneburg) (DE), Website

465 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Theater Lüneburg

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Theater Lüneburg Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Theater Lüneburg is a three-genre theatre in Lüneburg with its own ensembles for drama, music theatre and ballet. The venues are the Great House with 542 seats, the Studio T.NT with 99 seats and the Young Theatre T.3.

Wikipedia: Theater Lüneburg (DE), Website, Website

426 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Deutsches Salzmuseum

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The German Salt Museum in the German town of Lüneburg, on the site of the old production facilities of the Lüneburg Saltworks when it was closed in 1980. In 1991, it won the Council of Europe Museum Prize.

Wikipedia: German Salt Museum (EN), Website

806 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 10: Jüdischer Friedhof

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The Jewish cemetery in Lüneburg in the city of Lüneburg in the Lüneburg district of Lower Saxony is a protected cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Jüdischer Friedhof (Lüneburg) (DE)

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