Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Ulm, Germany

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 43 m
Descend 38 m

Experience Ulm in Germany in a whole new way with our free 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.

Individual Sights in Ulm

Sight 1: Schwörhaus

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The Schwörhaus in Ulm is an imperial city representative building built at the beginning of the 17th century. After several destructions and reconstructions, it is now used by the Ulm City Archive as the House of Ulm's City History. From his balcony, the mayor of Ulm gives an annual public account on Oath Monday.

Wikipedia: Schwörhaus (Ulm) (DE)

293 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Stadthaus

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Stadthaus Peter Berger / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Stadthaus Ulm is in the centre of Ulm (Germany), located on the Münsterplatz. Primarily, the building is used to present exhibitions of photography and modern and contemporary art. A lecture hall is used for a variety of events, activities, and workshops, including a festival of modern music. It houses the city's tourist information centre and other public services on the ground floor. A permanent exhibition of the archaeology and history of the Münsterplatz is located on the lower level.

Wikipedia: Stadthaus Ulm (EN)

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Löwenbrunnen

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The Ulm Lion's Fountain is located in the northwestern area of Münsterplatz.

Wikipedia: Löwenbrunnen (Ulm) (DE)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Ulm Minster

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Ulm Minster

Ulm Minster is a Lutheran church located in Ulm, State of Baden-Württemberg (Germany). It is the tallest church in the world. The church is the fifth-tallest structure built before the 20th century, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres.

Wikipedia: Ulm Minster (EN), Website, Wikipedia En, Wikipedia Fr, Wikipedia It, Wikipedia Es

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Valentinskapelle

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The Valentine's Chapel is a small Russian Orthodox church named after St. Valentine of Terni on the Münsterplatz in Ulm, Germany. The listed building was built around 1458 as the burial place of the noble Rembold family.

Wikipedia: Valentinskapelle (Ulm) (DE)

664 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Gänsturm

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The 37.5 m high Gänsturm in Ulm is a preserved city gate in the east of the medieval city fortifications not far from the Danube. Its name comes from the fact that geese used to be driven through the gate to the goose meadows.

Wikipedia: Gänsturm (Ulm) (DE)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Zeughaus

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Zeughaus Schloessermagazin / CC-by-sa 3.0

The Ulmer Zeughaus is a former armoury on the eastern edge of the city centre of Ulm.

Wikipedia: Zeughaus (Ulm) (DE)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Seelturm

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Seelturm Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Seelturm, sometimes also called Zundeltorturm or Zundeltortürmchen, is a tower in Ulm, Germany.

Wikipedia: Seelturm (DE)

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: August Nathan

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August Nathan Christian Michelides / CC BY-SA 4.0

The list of Stumbling Stones in Ulm lists the Stumbling Stones that have existed in Ulm so far. They are part of the Europe-wide project "Stolpersteine" by the artist Gunter Demnig. These are decentralised memorials that are intended to commemorate the fate of those people who lived in Ulm and were deported by the National Socialists and murdered in concentration camps and extermination camps, among other places, or forced to flee their homeland.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Ulm (DE), Website

601 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Büchsenstadel

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The Büchsenstadel in Ulm is a former municipal warehouse dating back to the 15th century.

Wikipedia: Büchsenstadel (DE), Website

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Museum Brot und Kunst

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The Museum of Bread and Art – Forum World Food is a knowledge museum in Ulm that presents the importance of grain, bread and culture for the development of humanity. This includes natural, technical and social historical aspects of bread making as well as the understanding of bread as a symbol of life in the Judeo-Christian world of ideas. Particular emphasis is placed on dealing with the lack of bread and food in the past and present. High-ranking works of art from the 15th to 21st centuries are intended to show how deeply and multi-layered the motif of bread and grain is anchored in our culture.

Wikipedia: Museum Brot und Kunst (DE), Website

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: St. Michael zu den Wengen

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The Church of St. Michael zu den Wengen, also known as the Wengen Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the centre of Ulm, which emerged from the historic Wengen Monastery. The epithet to the Wengen means "in the meadows". The church originally belonged to the Ulm convent of the Augustinian canons and has a long and eventful history behind it.

Wikipedia: St. Michael zu den Wengen (Ulm) (DE)

488 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Theater Ulm

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Theater Ulm is the municipal theater in the Baden-Württemberg city of Ulm in Germany. Founded in 1641, it is the oldest municipal theater in Germany. Today, it operates distinct ensembles for opera/operetta, acting, and ballet. Until 2006, it operated as Ulmer Theater.

Wikipedia: Theater Ulm (EN)

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