Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Nuremberg, Germany
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Experience Nuremberg in Germany in a whole new way with our 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.
Activities in NurembergIndividual Sights in NurembergSight 1: Ludwig-Eisenbahn-Denkmalbrunnen
The Ludwig Railway Monument is a monument with a fountain in the Gostenhof district of Nuremberg, Germany.
Sight 2: St. Rochusfriedhof
St. Rochus Cemetery (Rochusfriedhof) is a cemetery in Nuremberg, Germany. It is located in the Gostenhof quarter.
Sight 3: Rosenau
The Rosenaupark or the Rosenau is a park of about 3 hectares in Nuremberg. It lies in the Kleinweidenmühle district west of the Fürth Gate in front of the walls of the old town in a depression that geologically appears as a dry oxbow of the nearby Pegnitz.
Sight 4: turmdersinne
The Tower of the Senses is an interactive hands-on museum in the Mohrenturm at the west gate of the Nuremberg city wall. Visitors can try out sensory stimuli and their processing on themselves at experiment stations. Perceptual illusions are also made tangible. The owner of the operating company is the Humanist Association.
Sight 5: Kontumazgarten
The Kontumazgarten is a 1.7-hectare green space with a children's playground in the Kleinweidenmühle district of Nuremberg. The simple park is located in front of the Hallertor in the west of the old town, on the left bank of the Pegnitz between the Großweidenmühlsteg and the Hallertor Bridge. Opposite on the other bank of the river stretches the Hallerwiese. Kontumazgarten is also the name of district 054 in district 05 Himpfelshof, but its area is not identical with the green corridor.
Sight 6: Hallerwiese
The Hallerwiese is a 1.7-hectare park in the St. Johannis district of Nuremberg, Germany. The Hallerwiese is located west of the Hallertor and thus outside the old town. It stretches along the right bank of the Pegnitz between the Hallertor Bridge and the Großweidenmühlsteg. To the left bank of the river is the Kontumazgarten. A footpath and cycle path leads east through the Hallertürlein into Sebald's old town. Hallerwiese is also the name of district 070 in district 07 St. Johannis, but its area is not identical with the park.
Sight 7: Weißgerbergasse
Weißgerbergasse is a street in Nuremberg, Germany. It is one of the few predominantly preserved architectural monument ensembles in Nuremberg's old town. It is lined with bars, restaurants and galleries.
Sight 8: Tritonbrunnen
The Triton Fountain is the only Baroque fountain preserved in Nuremberg's Old Town. It is located in the middle of the elongated Maxplatz.
Sight 9: Dudelsackpfeiferbrunnen
Bagpiper fountains are two fountains in the Franconian former imperial city of Nuremberg, whose bronze fountain figures each have a bagpiper. One of them is located on the Unschlittplatz in the southwest of the old town, the other is a wall fountain in Lammsgasse No. 14 in the northwestern part of the old town.
Sight 10: St. Rochus
Roch, also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506.
Sight 11: Hangman's Bridge
The Henkersteg, also known as the Langer Steg, is a wooden footbridge over the Pegnitz in Nuremberg, Germany.
Sight 12: hangman's house
The association Geschichte für Alle e.V. was founded in 1985 by a group of history students from Erlangen to "promote young historians" – as the original subtitle was. From a student initiative, which from the beginning pursued the goal of researching regional history and communicating it to different target groups, an association with over 1400 members and professional structures has grown to this day, which now employs 17 people and over 350 freelancers. The association's headquarters are in Nuremberg, but the field of activity covers the entire region of Nuremberg, Fürth, Erlangen and Bamberg.
Wikipedia: Geschichte Für Alle – Institut für Regionalgeschichte (DE), Website
Sight 13: Deutsches Museum Nürnberg
The Deutsches Museum Nürnberg – The Museum of the Future is a branch of the Munich-based Deutsches Museum in Nuremberg. Since 2021, it has been located on the site of the former Augustinerhof in the northern old town district of St. Sebald.
Sight 14: Weinstadel
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The Weinstadel is a medieval building in Nuremberg, Germany. It is one of the most famous monuments in Nuremberg's northern old town and is a stop on the Nuremberg Historic Mile. The name Weinstadel derives from its function as a former imperial city wine warehouse, which was established around 1571 on the ground floor of the main building.
Sight 15: Toy Museum Nuremberg
The Nuremberg Toy Museum in Nuremberg, Bavaria, is a municipal museum, which was founded in 1971. It is considered to be one of the most well known toy museums in the world, depicting the cultural history of toys from antiquity to the present.
Sight 16: Cramer-Klett-Park
Cramer-Klett-Park is a small park in Nuremberg, Germany.
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