Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Saarbrücken, Germany
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10.9 km
480 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: Saarbrücker Zoo
The Saarbrücken Zoo is with over 200.000 visitors annually, and over 1.700 animals from 160 Species the largest Zoo in Saarland. The Zoo is specialized in African animals.
Sight 2: Kaninchenberg
With an area of 228 hectares, the Saarbrücken district of Kaninchenberg is by far the second largest district within the district of St. Johann in Saarbrücken.
Sight 3: St. Elisabeth
The Church of St. Elisabeth is a Roman Catholic branch and youth church of the Diocese of Trier in Saarbrücken. It is located on Hellwigstrasse in the St. Johann an der Saar. The Patrozinium Day is the church commemorative day of the Elisabeth of Thuringia on November 19.
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Sight 4: Villa Sehmer
Villa Sehmer is a listed building at Mainzer Straße 95 in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Sight 5: Saarlandmuseum / Moderne Galerie
The Saarland Museum is an art museum in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It is spread across three sites, each with a different specialism.
Sight 6: Saarbrücker Schloss
Saarbrücken Castle is a Baroque château in Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland. It is located in the district of Alt-Saarbrücken on the left bank of the Saar. Earlier, a medieval castle and a Renaissance castle stood on the same site.
Sight 7: Historisches Museum Saar
The Saar Historical Museum is the museum for the history of the Saarland and is located on Saarbrücken's Schlossplatz. The aim of the museum is to process and present the history of the state on the Saar over a period of 100 years until about 1959 from the point of view of cultural, social, economic, industrial and technical history. In addition, excavations of Saarbrücken Castle with its casemates can be used to trace the development from the castle to today's castle. The permanent exhibition is complemented by temporary exhibitions.
Sight 8: Grabkapelle der Familie Röchling
The Röchling Chapel is a private chapel of the Röchling family in Saarbrücken, Germany. It is listed as an individual monument.
Sight 9: Villa Obenauer
The Villa Obenauer is an upper-middle-class villa built between 1905 and 1907 according to a design by Peter Behrens in Saarbrücken, Trillerweg 58. It is located in the Saarbrücken residential area of Triller on the south-eastern slope above the road, the hillside location characterises the architecture. As an important testimony to the development history of modern architecture in the 20th century, the building is a listed building.
Sight 10: Notkirche der evangelischen Gemeinde Alt-Saarbrücken
The Notkirche am 40er Grab is a Protestant church in Saarbrücken, Germany. It is located in Spichererbergstraße in the district of Alt-Saarbrücken. The church is a listed building.
Sight 11: Nußberger Hof
The Nußberger Hof is a listed building at Lohmeyerstraße 20 in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Sight 12: Christkönigkirche
The Church of Christ King is a Roman Catholic parish church in St. Arnual, a district of Saarland. Patrozinium is Christ King. In the monument list of the Saarland, the church is listed as an individual monument to the Ensemble An der Christ-König-Church. With regard to the Christological intention of his iconography, the sacred buildings, designed in an expressionist and Byzantine language of form, are of particular theology and art-historical significance. The parish belongs to the diocese of Trier.
Sight 13: 4560
The 4560 is a so -called Graffiti Hall of Fame in Saarbrücken. On this graffiti wall, the city allows graffiti to spray, and in this way wants to promote the creativity of youth culture. The wall extends over 450 meters and has 1800 square meters of area.
Sight 14: ehem. Winterbergdenkmal
The Winterberg Monument was a war memorial on the Winterberg in Saarbrücken, Germany. Built on an artificial hill, the 30-metre-high tower monument with a surrounding foyer commemorated Prussia's victory at the Battle of Spichern on 6 August 1870. Today, only the reconstructed plinth with staircase remains, which is a listed building. The name Winterberg itself is a corruption of Wingert-Berg, as wine was grown here.
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