Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Stuttgart, Germany
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8.3 km
246 m
Experience Stuttgart 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 StuttgartIndividual Sights in StuttgartSight 1: Robert-Bosch-Haus
The Robert Bosch House in Stuttgart was the former residence of the manufacturer Robert Bosch until his death in 1942. After the Second World War, it served as a guest house for the Americans and later as a consulate for the French. The Robert Bosch Stiftung has had its headquarters here since 1986. The house is located in the middle of a park at Heidehofstraße 31 in the Gänsheide district of Stuttgart's East district.
Sight 2: Berta Reif
A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'.
Sight 3: StadtPalais
The Stadtmuseum Stuttgart is a museum about the history of Stuttgart. It was opened in April of 2018 in the Wilhelm Palais, the former residence of Württembergs last King William II. The Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, the public library of the city of Stuttgart, was also housed there from 1965 until 2011.
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Sight 4: Schellenturm
The Schellenturm is one of the sparse remains of Stuttgart's city fortifications. It was named after the bell workers, convicted convicts who were used for public labor service and wore bells on their clothes.
Sight 5: Saint Catherine’s Church
The list of religious buildings in Stuttgart lists church buildings and other religious buildings in Stuttgart.
Sight 6: Leonhardskirche
The Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart is the second oldest church foundation in the old town of Stuttgart and today the centre of the Evangelical Leonhard parish of Stuttgart within the Stuttgart church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.
Sight 7: Museum Hotel Silber
Hotel Silber, also known as the Hotel Silber Memorial Site or the Hotel Silver Learning and Memorial Site, is a permanent exhibition on the political persecution by the police from 1928 to 1984 in the Hotel Silber, as well as on the persecution and deportation of the Sinti and Roma and the persecution of homosexuals by the police during the Nazi era in the Hospitalhof. The exhibition Police, Gestapo and Persecution is housed in the Hotel Silber in Stuttgart.
Sight 8: Markthalle
The Stuttgart Market Hall was opened in 1914 in the city centre of Stuttgart. Today, the market hall is a food market in the upper price segment. It offers a total of 6800 square meters of usable space for service providers and retailers, of which 3500 square meters are on the ground floor for sales stands. In 2010, there were 37 different stalls. The column-free space of the hall is 60 meters long and 25 meters wide. There are several restaurants on Sporerstraße and in the market hall.
Sight 9: St. Maria
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Maria is located in the Stuttgart-Süd district of the state capital Stuttgart of Baden-Württemberg. The building is registered as an architectural monument with the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. The parish belongs to the Stuttgart city deanery of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
Sight 10: Städtisches Lapidarium
The municipal sanctarium Stuttgart is an open-air museum in the park of the former Villa Ostertag-Siegle in Stuttgart. In the lapidarium, over 200 mostly stone testimonies from five centuries of Stuttgart city history are exhibited, as well as the Roman antique collection of Carl von Ostag-Siegle (1860–1924).
Sight 11: Matthäuskirche
The Protestant St. Matthew's Church is located in Heslach, a district in the Stuttgart-Süd district of the Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart. The building is registered as an architectural monument with the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. The parish of Stuttgart-Heslach belongs to the Stuttgart church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg. The church is named after Matthew the Evangelist.
Sight 12: Stadtbad Heslach
The Heslach indoor swimming pool is a cultural monument in Stuttgart-Heslach.
Sight 13: Skulpturenpark Hajek
Otto Herbert Hajek was a German abstract painter, graphic artist and sculptor. His architecture-related estate and his photo archive are located in the Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering.
Sight 14: Hasenberg
The Hasenberg is a district of the Stuttgart-West district and at the same time one of the highest elevations in Stuttgart at 458.8 m above sea level. The mountain rises from the southwest into the Stuttgart basin and forms the upper part of a ridge that forms the border between the Nesenbach valley to the south and the Vogelsangbach basin to the north. In front of the city centre, separated by a saddle, is the Karlshöhe. Behind the Karlshöhe, the two valleys unite. In the western connection of the Hasenberg begins the Red and Wild Boar Park, the largest contiguous forest area in the state capital.
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