Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Magdeburg, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 11.9 km
Ascend 123 m
Descend 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 Magdeburg

Sight 1: Pauluskirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Pauluskirche (Magdeburg) (DE), Website

1873 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 2: Die Rettungstat des Hauptmann Igor Belikow

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The rescue deed of Captain Igor Belikow is a sculpture in Magdeburg's old town.

Wikipedia: Die Rettungstat des Hauptmann Igor Belikow (DE)

739 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Otto Joseph Dr. Schlein

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Otto Josef Schlein was a German physician and communist.

Wikipedia: Otto Josef Schlein (DE), Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Opernhaus

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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.

Wikipedia: Theater Magdeburg (EN), Website

400 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Königin-Luise-Denkmal

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The Luisen Monument is located in Geschwister-Scholl-Park, a city park in the Alte Neustadt district of Magdeburg.

Wikipedia: Luisendenkmal (Magdeburg) (DE)

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Geschwister-Scholl-Park

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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.

Wikipedia: Geschwister-Scholl-Park (DE)

893 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 7: August Wilhelm Francke

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August Wilhelm Francke

August Wilhelm Francke was a German administrative lawyer and Lord Mayor of Magdeburg.

Wikipedia: August Wilhelm Francke (DE)

552 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Unterirdische Kasematten der Bastion Hessen detachiert

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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.

Wikipedia: Bastion Hessen detachiert (DE)

463 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Festung Mark

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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.

Wikipedia: Kaserne Mark (DE), Website

545 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Otto-von-Guericke-Museum

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Otto-von-Guericke-Museum Olaf Meister (Olaf2) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Lukasklause is a late Gothic former defensive tower in Magdeburg. Today the building is used as a museum.

Wikipedia: Lukasklause (DE), Website

758 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Martin Schwantes

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Martin Paul Albert Schwantes was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism.

Wikipedia: Martin Schwantes (DE), Website

1257 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 12: Taucherschacht II

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The Taucherschacht II is a historic special ship for underwater work, which was converted into a museum ship in the commercial port of Magdeburg.

Wikipedia: Taucherschacht II (DE)

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Kettenschleppdampfer Gustav Zeuner

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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.

Wikipedia: Gustav Zeuner (Schiff) (DE)

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Hafenhubbrücke

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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.

Wikipedia: Hubbrücke Handelshafen (DE)

1852 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 15: Herrenkrugpark

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

The Herrenkrugpark is an urban park in the city of Magdeburg.

Wikipedia: Herrenkrugpark (DE)

332 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Denkmal für Graf von Schwerin

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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.

Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmale im Herrenkrug (DE)

1672 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 17: Walter Wittig

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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.

Wikipedia: Wittig-Denkmal (DE), Website

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