Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Magdeburg, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 11.2 km
Ascend 156 m
Descend 122 m

Explore Magdeburg 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 Magdeburg

Sight 1: Sankt Andreas

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Sankt Andreas

St. Andreas is the Roman Catholic Church in the Magdeburg district of Cracau. The church, which is designated as a monument No. 094 82483, is located on Bassermannstraße, it is the seat of the parish of St. Augustine in the Deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg.

Wikipedia: St. Andreas (Magdeburg) (DE)

1589 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 2: Rotehornpark

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Rotehornpark, also known as Stadtpark Rotehorn, is the largest city park in the city of Magdeburg with an area of 200 hectares. The park is located on an island on the Elbe and is part of the Saxony-Anhalt Garden Dreams network.

Wikipedia: Rotehornpark (DE)

716 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Albinmüller-Turm

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The Albinmüller tower is a lookout tower in the Rotehornpark in Magdeburg and is one of the symbols of the city. The observation tower shapes the Magdeburg city silhouette and is located near the Elbe on the Elbinsel Werder next to the Magdeburg town hall. With its elegance and functionality, the tower is an important example of the new building of the 1920s.

Wikipedia: Albinmüller-Turm (DE), Website

179 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Schaufelrad-Schleppdampfer Württemberg

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The Württemberg is a former paddle steam tug that has been converted into a ship museum in Magdeburg. The Württemberg was built in 1908/1909 at the Roßlau shipyard Gebrüder Sachsenberg.

Wikipedia: Württemberg (Schiff, 1909) (DE)

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Hubbrücke

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The Magdeburg lift bridge is a lift bridge that spans the Elbe in Magdeburg at river kilometre 325.47. It was built in 1848 as a single-track railway bridge and can now be used as a pedestrian bridge. It is one of the oldest and largest lift bridges in Germany and is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Hubbrücke Magdeburg (DE)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Akkumulatorenturm der Hubbrücke Magdeburg

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The water tower of the Magdeburg lift bridge is a listed accumulator tower of the Magdeburg lift bridge on the west bank of the Elbe in Magdeburg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm der Hubbrücke Magdeburg (DE)

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Domfelsen

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The Domfelsen is a rock formation near Magdeburg Cathedral, part of which juts out into the River Elbe in Germany. The name means "Cathedral Rocks"

Wikipedia: Domfelsen (EN)

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Altes Leipziger Tor

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The Old Leipzig Gate was a railway fortress gate of the Magdeburg Fortress and has been preserved in parts.

Wikipedia: Altes Leipziger Tor (DE)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Bastion Cleve

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The Bastion Cleve is the southeastern end of the former Magdeburg Fortress.

Wikipedia: Bastion Cleve (DE)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Friesendenkmal

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Friesendenkmal

Karl Friedrich Friesen was a German gymnast and soldier, one of the principal promoters of gymnastics in Germany.

Wikipedia: Friedrich Friesen (EN)

996 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 11: Mahnmal für Magdeburger Widerstandskämpfer

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The Memorial to the Magdeburg Resistance Fighters is a memorial in Magdeburg to commemorate those who died here during the resistance against National Socialism.

Wikipedia: Mahnmal für die Magdeburger Widerstandskämpfer (DE)

1092 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 12: Neuapostolische Kirche

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The New Apostolic Church Magdeburg-Leipziger Straße is a New Apostolic Church in the Magdeburg district of Leipziger Strasse.

Wikipedia: Neuapostolische Kirche Magdeburg-Leipziger Straße (DE)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Kristall-Palast

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Kristall-Palast Olaf Meister (Olaf2) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Kristall-Palast was a large concert and ballroom in Magdeburg, Germany. The building, located in the Magdeburg-Leipziger Strasse district, now exists only as a ruin.

Wikipedia: Kristall-Palast Magdeburg (DE)

1154 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 14: Schneidersgarten

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Schneidersgarten is a 1.3 hectare urban park in the Magdeburg district of Sudenburg. It is the only park in the district. It is enclosed in the south by the Schneidersgarten street, in the east from Jordanstrasse, in the north of Dürerstrasse and in the west from Brunnerstrasse.

Wikipedia: Schneidersgarten (DE)

918 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 15: Sankt Marien

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Sankt Marien

St. Mary's Church is the Roman Catholic church in Sudenburg, a district of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. It belongs to the parish of St. Maria, which has its seat at the Church of Mary Help of Christians in the Magdeburg district of Ottersleben, and to the deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg. The church named after St. Mary on Rottersdorfer Straße is a listed building and is one of the cultural monuments in Sudenburg.

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

400 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Sankt-Ambrosius-Kirche

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Sankt-Ambrosius-Kirche Der ursprünglich hochladende Benutzer war Olaf2 in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Ambrosius Church is a Protestant church in the Sudenburg district of Magdeburg, Germany. It is named after St. Ambrose of Milan.

Wikipedia: Sankt-Ambrosius-Kirche (Magdeburg) (DE), Website

339 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Museumsdepot Sudenburg

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The Sudenburg Museum Depot is home to a collection of historic tram vehicles in the Sudenburg district of Magdeburg. It is located in a former depot of the Magdeburg tramway, right next to the Ambrosiusplatz stop. It is supervised by the Association of Historical Local Transport & Trams at MVB e.V. (IGNah) on behalf of the Magdeburg Transport Authority (MVB).

Wikipedia: Museumsdepot Sudenburg (DE)

1314 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 18: Großsteingrab Kroatenhügel

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The Megalithic Tomb Croatenhügel is a ruined Neolithic burial complex in the Sudenburg district of Magdeburg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Großsteingrab Kroatenhügel (DE)

679 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 19: Hochbehälter Kroatenberg

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The Croatian mountain tank is a listed elevator in Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt. It served the Magdeburg drinking water supply.

Wikipedia: Hochbehälter Kroatenberg (DE)

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