Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Pforzheim, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 3.9 km
Ascend 59 m
Descend 79 m

Explore Pforzheim 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 Pforzheim

Sight 1: Kulturhaus Osterfeld

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Kulturhaus Osterfeld unbekannt / Logo

The Kulturhaus Osterfeld is a cultural centre in the city of Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg), Osterfeldstraße 12. It was opened on 2 September 1994 in the Osterfeld building and is located in the former largest elementary school in the state of Baden, which was built by the then city architect Alfons Kern between 1904 and 1907. The building is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Kulturhaus Osterfeld (DE), Website

1175 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: Herz-Jesu-Kirche

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The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is a Roman Catholic church originally built in 1928–29 and rebuilt in 1948–1951 after being destroyed during the war. The church belongs to the Catholic parish of Pforzheim in the deanery of Pforzheim in the Archdiocese of Freiburg.

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Pforzheim) (DE)

485 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Barfüßerkirche

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Barfüßerkirche

The Barfüßerkirche in Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg dates back to the medieval Franciscan monastery in the city, which was dissolved during the Reformation. When the monastery buildings were destroyed in the town fire of 1689, only the imposing choir of the church was preserved, which from the 18th century onwards again served as a place of worship for various faiths and is now a listed cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Barfüßerkirche (Pforzheim) (DE), Website

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Schloß- und Stiftskirche St. Michael

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Schloß- und Stiftskirche St. Michael

The former castle and collegiate church of St. Michael in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, together with the neighbouring archive tower, is one of the last medieval testimonies of Pforzheim, whose medieval townscape was almost completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, the War of the Palatine Succession and most recently in the Second World War.

Wikipedia: St. Michael (Pforzheim) (DE)

534 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Franziskuskirche

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Franziskuskirche

St. Francis is a parish church in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wikipedia: St. Franziskus (Pforzheim) (DE)

1503 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 6: Gasometer Pforzheim

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Gasometer PforzheimXocolatl (Diskussion) 10:32, 26 March 2017 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Gasometer Pforzheim is a former gasometer that is now used to present round paintings. He is under monument protection.

Wikipedia: Gasometer Pforzheim (DE)

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