Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Saarbrücken, Germany
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10.1 km
238 m
Explore Saarbrücken 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 SaarbrückenSight 1: Friedenskirche
The Friedenskirche is a church building on Wilhelm-Heinrich-Straße in Saarbrücken, which is used by the old Catholic faith community. The church building is under monument protection.
Sight 2: Ludwigskirche
Ludwigskirche in Old Saarbrücken, Germany, is a Lutheran Baroque-style church. It is the symbol of the city and is considered to be one of the most important Protestant churches in Germany, along with the Dresden Frauenkirche and the St. Michael's Church, Hamburg.
Sight 3: Evangelisch-Lutherische Immanuelgemeinde Saarbrücken
The Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saarbrücken is a Protestant church in Saarbrücken, Germany. It belongs to the Southern Germany church district of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK). The parish includes Saarbrücken and Walpershofen.
Sight 4: Alter Friedhof Alt-Saarbrücken
Sight 5: Alter Jüdischer Friedhof
The old Jewish cemetery in Saarbrücken, the state capital of the Saarland, was created in 1841. The Jewish cemetery is located on Graf-Simon-Straße/corner of Komturstraße and is a protected cultural monument.
Sight 6: Deutschherrenkapelle
The Kommende St. Elisabeth in Saarbrücken is the former branch of the Teutonic Order in Saarbrücken. They was founded at the end of the life of Count Simon III, who had taken part in the Fifth Crusade. In common parlance, it was formerly referred to as the "Deutschhaus" or today mostly subsumed as the "Deutschherrenkapelle", but strictly speaking this refers only to parts of the ensemble.
Sight 7: Evangelische Kirche Malstatt
The Evangelical Church of Malstatt in the Saarbrücken district of Malstatt is one of the two churches of the parish of Malstatt in the Saar-West church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. It is listed as an individual monument.
Sight 8: Bürgerpark
Bürgerpark Hafeninsel is an inner-city park in Saarbrücken, Germany. In 1989 he was awarded the Landscape Architecture Prize of the Association of German Landscape Architects (BDLA).
Sight 9: ehemalige Bergwerksdirektion
The former mine directorate is a listed building in the center of the Saarbrücken district of St. Johann.
Sight 10: Johanneskirche
The Johanneskirche is a Protestant church in Saarbrücken, Germany, completed in 1898. It is located in the district of St. Johann, opposite the town hall of St. Johann. The neo-Gothic church survived the Second World War almost unscathed, although the air raids on Saarbrücken had largely destroyed the city. The church underwent a purifying redesign in the post-war period. Today, the St. John's Church is not only used for church services, but also for rallies and cultural events. In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is listed as an individual monument. The church is assigned to the Saar-West church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. The tower of St. John's Church with its height of 74 m is currently the highest church tower in Saarland after the destruction of the tower of Saarbrücken's St. Joseph's Church with its original height of 75 m.
Sight 11: Pfarrkirche St. Michael
St. Michael is a Roman Catholic church in the Saarbrücken district of St. Johann, which was built from 1923 to 1924 according to plans by the architect Hans Herkommer. Since then it has been the largest church building in the Saarland state capital in front of the Evangelische Ludwigskirche from the base area of the interior. In addition to the so -called Saardom in Dillingen/Saar, the St. Ingberter Josefskirche and the painting store Josefskirche, the Michaelskirche is one of the largest churches in the Saarland. The church is assigned to the diocese of Trier. Patrozin day of the church is the festival of Holy Archangel Michael on September 29th.
Sight 12: Echelmeyerpark
Echelmeyerpark is a park in Saarbrücken, Germany. It is named after the pastor Alois Echelmeyer.
Sight 13: Oblatenkloster
The Oblate Monastery of Saarbrücken, a former Roman Catholic monastery of the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. It is located in the residential district of Rotenbühl, which is why it was sometimes referred to as the Rotenbühl Monastery.
Sight 14: Christuskirche
The Christuskirche is a church building of the Protestant church at Rotenbühler Weg 64 in the Rotenbühl district of Saarbrücken, Germany. It is listed as an individual monument.
Sight 15: Wildpark Saarbrücken
The Saarbrücken Wildlife Park is the wildlife park of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, Germany. It is located in the St. Johann city forest on the Meerwiesertalweg opposite the Hermann-Neuberger-Sportschule.
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