Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Munich, Germany
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9 km
148 m
Explore Munich 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.
Activities in MunichIndividual Sights in MunichSight 1: Seehundbrunnen
The Seehundbrunnen is a listed fountain in the Schwabing-West district in Munich. It was created by the sculptor Emil Manz in 1936.
Sight 2: Märchenbrunnen
The Märchenbrunnen is a fountain in Munich, Germany, located on Ernst-Toller-Platz in the district of Schwabing, in front of the Oskar-von-Miller-Gymnasium.
Sight 3: Kirche St. Ursula
The Catholic parish church of St. Ursula is the second parish church of the Schwabing district of Munich, in the Schwabing-Freimann district. At the same time, St. Ursula is the first sacred building in Munich, which turned away from the medieval architectural models and thereby taking a bridge function between historicism and Art Nouveau/modernity.
Sight 4: Heppel & Ettlich
Heppel & Ettlich is a theatre in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Sight 5: Schloss Suresnes
Suresnes Castle, also known as Werneckschlößl, is a castle in the Schwabing district of Munich, Germany. The complex is listed under the file number D-1-62-000-7428 as a listed architectural monument of Schwabing.
Sight 6: Rationaltheater
Rationaltheater is a theater in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Sight 7: Helmut Fischer
Helmut Fischer was a popular, award-winning German actor.
Sight 8: Mahnmal Antonienheim
The Antonienheim of the Israelitische Jugendhilfe e. V. Munich was a children's home that was originally built for orphans and children living in poor conditions from the Jewish community of Munich and beyond.
Sight 9: St. Sylvester
St. Sylvester is a Catholic church and parish in Schwabing, now part of Munich, in the German state (Bundesland) of Bavaria. It began with a village church in the 14th century, first documented in 1315, and dedicated to John the Baptist. A Gothic church was remodelled in Baroque style in the 17th century, and received furnishings such as sculpture attributed to Ignaz Günther or his school.
Sight 10: Willi Graf
Wilhelm "Willi" Graf was a German member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th century. In 2017, his cause for beatification was opened. He was given the title Servant of God, the first step toward possible sainthood.
Sight 11: English Garden
The Englischer Garten is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford, for Prince Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Thompson's successors, Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842) and Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823), advisers on the project from its beginning, both extended and improved the park.
Sight 12: St. Lorenz
The Catholic parish church of St. Lorenz in Oberföhring in the Munich district of Bogenhausen is a baroque church building from the late 17th century. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is one of the protected monuments in Bavaria.
Sight 13: Gedächtniskapelle St. Emmeram
The Memorial Chapel of St. Emmeram is a listed church building in the Munich district of Bogenhausen, dedicated to St. Emmeram of Regensburg and located near the St. Emmeramsmühle in the Oberföhring district of St. Emmeram.
Sight 14: St. Thomas Apostel
The Catholic Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Munich's Johanneskirchen district was consecrated on 2 December 1973 by Cardinal Julius Döpfner. It is part of a parish centre, which was planned by the architect C. F. Raue as a multi-purpose building and includes the church as well as the St. Thomas Chapel, the parish office, the parish hall, various meeting rooms and the apartments of the priest and the sacristan family. The interior of the church is characterised by its simple, clear architecture: it is consistently oriented towards the centre, towards the altar. The artistic design of the church was in the hands of the sculptor Max Faller, Munich. The organ was built by Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau, Hamburg. It has 18 stops on two manuals and pedal. Between 1987 and 1989, four monumental paintings by the painter Karl Köhler were added. In 2010, Köhler's paintings were replaced in favor of a simple body of Christ on the wall behind the altar.
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