Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Meersburg, Germany
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1.1 km
45 m
Experience Meersburg in Germany in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in MeersburgSight 1: Vineum Bodensee
The vineum bodensee is a museum of the city of Meersburg and presents the cultural history of wine in Meersburg and on Lake Constance. It is located at Vorburggasse 11 in Meersburg's upper town and was opened on 29 July 2016. The building is a former Holy Spirit hospital, where the doctor and magnetiser Franz Anton Mesmer died in 1815. The vineum bodensee is entirely supported by the city of Meersburg and is assigned to the Department of Culture & Museum. The vineum bodensee is barrier-free.
Sight 2: Schlosskirche
The castle church in Meersburg is a baroque church located in the left part of the New Castle and has been used as a Protestant parish church since 1864. The state of Baden-Württemberg, as the legal successor of the Grand Duchy of Baden, is the owner of the New Palace and the Castle Church.
Sight 3: Neues Schloss
The Neues Schloss Meersburg is located in Meersburg near Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. From its construction in 1750 until the bishopric was dissolved in 1803 it was the seat of the Prince-Bishop of Constance.
Sight 4: Zeppelinmuseum
The Zeppelin Museum Meersburg was founded in 1989 as a private collection by Heinz Urban and houses components, uniforms, letters, inventory, menus and books from the time of the Zeppelins from 1900 to 1937 in the basement of an old building in Meersburg, Schloßplatz 8, on the connecting stairs between Steigstraße and Meersburg Castle. had been collected.
Sight 5: Burg Meersburg
Meersburg Castle, also known as the Alte Burg, in Meersburg on Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is considered to be one of the oldest inhabited castles in Germany. The central tower was first built during the 7th century, though the original structure is no longer visible. Burg Meersburg is known as the old castle, in the reference to the neighboring 18th century New Castle.
Sight 6: Mariä Heimsuchung
The parish church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church building in Meersburg on Lake Constance. The church is located in the north of the old town, on Stettener Straße. Together with the parish of St. Martin in Seefelden and St. Jodokus in Immenstaad, the parish forms the Meersburg pastoral care unit in the Linzgau deanery in the Archdiocese of Freiburg. The pilgrimage church of Maria zum Berge Karmel in Baitenhausen and the chapels of St. Martin in Daisendorf and St. Peter and Paul in Stetten are affiliated to it as branch churches.
Wikipedia: Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Heimsuchung (Meersburg) (DE)
Sight 7: Bibelgalerie
The Bibelgalerie Meersburg is a Bible museum in the former Dominican convent in the upper town of Meersburg on Lake Constance. The museum is closed during the winter months.
Sight 8: Droste-Museum im Fürstenhäusle
The Little House, also called the Prince's House (Fürstenhäusle), is a historic house and museum located in Meersburg, Germany, overlooking Lake Constance. It was the residence of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, to whom the museum is dedicated.
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