Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Magdeburg, Germany
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11.9 km
130 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 MagdeburgSight 1: Pauluskirche
The Pauluskirche is the Evangelical Community Church of the Magdeburg district of Stadtfeld Ost, built in 1894-1896 and is named after the Apostle Paul.
Sight 2: Die Rettungstat des Hauptmann Igor Belikow
The rescue deed of Captain Igor Belikow is a sculpture in Magdeburg's old town.
Sight 3: Otto Joseph Dr. Schlein
Otto Josef Schlein was a German physician and communist.
Sight 4: Opernhaus
Theater Magdeburg is the principal theatre organization in Magdeburg, Germany, the capital of the state Saxony-Anhalt. It was formed in 2004 with the merger of two theatres, the Theater der Landeshauptstadt and the Freie Kammerspiele. It presents performances of opera, ballet, musical theatre, concerts, and plays. Theater Magdeburg has its own opera, ballet, and theatre companies and is the home of the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra. It has three main performing venues. the Opernhaus, the Schauspielhaus (Playhouse), and the DomplatzOpenAir, which is set up each summer near Magdeburg Cathedral.
Sight 5: Königin-Luise-Denkmal
The Luisen Monument is located in Geschwister-Scholl-Park, a city park in the Alte Neustadt district of Magdeburg.
Sight 6: Geschwister-Scholl-Park
Geschwister-Scholl-Park is a park in the Alte Neustadt district of Magdeburg, Germany. Located on the outskirts of the city centre, the park, together with other former facilities of the Magdeburg Fortress, forms the green ring of the city.
Sight 7: August Wilhelm Francke
August Wilhelm Francke was a German administrative lawyer and Lord Mayor of Magdeburg.
Sight 8: Unterirdische Kasematten der Bastion Hessen detachiert
The Bastion of Hesse is a former bastion of the Magdeburg Fortress in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The remaining parts of the bastion are listed as historical monuments.
Sight 9: Festung Mark
Mark Fortress, formerly known as Kaserne Mark, is a former "defensive barracks" of Magdeburg Fortress. Today it is used as a centre for cultural events in Magdeburg. The building is now a listed building. Due to the few surviving defence barracks in Germany, the Mark Fortress has a supra-regional significance for the history of military construction in the 19th century.
Sight 10: Otto-von-Guericke-Museum
The Lukasklause is a late Gothic former defensive tower in Magdeburg. Today the building is used as a museum.
Sight 11: Martin Schwantes
Martin Paul Albert Schwantes was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism.
Sight 12: Taucherschacht II
The Taucherschacht II is a historic special ship for underwater work, which was converted into a museum ship in the commercial port of Magdeburg.
Sight 13: Kettenschleppdampfer Gustav Zeuner
The chain tug Gustav Zeuner was built in 1894 as the first chain tug steamer of the second generation at the Übigau shipyard near Dresden. The ship is the only almost completely preserved relic of chain shipping on the Elbe. The ship was in service on the Elbe from 1895 to 1931 and is now a museum ship in the commercial port of Magdeburg. It is named after the German engineer Gustav Zeuner.
Sight 14: Hafenhubbrücke
The Handelshafen lift bridge is a lift bridge in the Magdeburg commercial port in the Alte Neustadt district of Magdeburg, Germany. Today it is a technical monument.
Sight 15: Herrenkrugpark
The Herrenkrugpark is an urban park in the city of Magdeburg.
Sight 16: Denkmal für Graf von Schwerin
The list of cultural monuments in the Herrenkrug lists all cultural monuments in the Herrenkrug district, which belongs to the city of Magdeburg. It is based on the Monument Directory of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, which was compiled on the basis of the Monument Protection Act of 21 October 1991 and has been continuously updated since then.
Sight 17: Walter Wittig
The Wittig Monument is a memorial to the driver Walter Wittig, who was murdered in the vicinity of today's monument in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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