Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Mönchengladbach, Germany
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1.4 km
52 m
Explore Mönchengladbach 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 MönchengladbachSight 1: Georg Vollmer
The list of Stolpersteine in Mönchengladbach – Stadtbezirk Nord contains all Stolpersteine that were laid as part of the project of the same name by Gunter Demnig in Mönchengladbach in the northern district. They are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism who lived and worked here.
Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Mönchengladbach – Stadtbezirk Nord (DE), Website
Sight 2: Christuskirche
The Evangelical Christ Church is located in Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) in the district of Gladbach, Kapuzinerstraße 46.
Sight 3: Der Dicke Turm
The thick tower and the city wall of Turmstiege 16 are in Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) in the Gladbach district.
Sight 4: Joseph H. Pilates
Joseph Hubertus Pilates was a German-born physical trainer, writer, and inventor. He is credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. He patented a total of 26 apparatuses in his lifetime.
Sight 5: Rathaus Abtei
Gladbach Abbey was a Benedictine abbey founded in 974 by Archbishop Gero of Cologne and the monk Sandrad from Trier. It was named after the Gladbach, a narrow brook that now runs underground. The abbey and its adjoining villages grew into the town of Gladbach, incorporated in the 1360s, the origin of the present city of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sight 6: Münsterbasilika St. Vitus
The Basilica of St. Vitus also called Mönchengladbach Basilica Is a Catholic church in Mönchengladbach in Germany. An old Benedictine monastery, Pope Paul VI elevated it in 1973 to the rank of Minor Basilica.
Wikipedia: Basilica of St. Vitus, Mönchengladbach (EN), Website
Sight 7: Der Hoppediz
The Hoppeditz, also Hoppediz, is a fictional fool's or shelmen figure of the Düsseldorf Carnival.
Sight 8: Historische Stadtmauer
Listed remains of the Mönchengladbach city wall are located in the Geropark at the foot of the Abteiberg in the south of the Gladbach district of Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia). It was built between 1300 and 1800. On 26 August 1999, the complex was entered into the list of monuments of the city of Mönchengladbach under no. A 047.
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