Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Sankt Goar, Germany

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 246 m
Descend 187 m

Explore Sankt Goar 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.

Sight 1: Katholische Kirche St. Goar und St. Elisabeth

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The Catholic Church of St. Goar and St. Elisabeth is a listed building in Sankt Goar in the Rhein-Hunsrück district. The neo-Gothic basilica was built between 1887 and 1891 according to plans by the architects Heinrich Wiethase and Eduard Endler from Cologne.

Wikipedia: Katholische Kirche St. Goar und St. Elisabeth (DE)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Stiftskirche St. Goar

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The Collegiate Church of St. Goar is a Protestant parish church in the town of Sankt Goar in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The former collegiate church is one of the most prominent representatives of medieval church buildings in the Rhine-Hunsrück district. With its Romanesque crypt, late Romanesque choir and late Gothic nave, it bears vivid witness to the building traditions and architectural developments on the Middle Rhine.

Wikipedia: Stiftskirche St. Goar (DE), Website

1639 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 3: Evangelische Kirche

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Evangelische Kirche

Sankt Goarshausen Evangelical Church is a Protestant church in Sankt Goarshausen in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Kirche (Sankt Goarshausen) (DE)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: St. Johannes der Täufer

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St. John the Baptist is a Catholic parish church in St. Goarshausen am Rhein, Germany. She has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Oberes Mittelrheintal since 2002.

Wikipedia: St. Johannes (Sankt Goarshausen) (DE)

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Häusener Kran

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Häusener Kran Marion Halft / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Kran houses is a portal crane in St. Goarshausen in the Rhein-Lahn district. The listed crane is located in the UNESCO World Heritage Oberes Mittelrheintal.

Wikipedia: Häuser Kran (DE), Website

942 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Katz Castle

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Katz Castle is a castle above the German town of Sankt Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at Sankt Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.

Wikipedia: Katz Castle (EN), Website

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