Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Würzburg, Germany
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5.5 km
53 m
Explore Würzburg 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.
Activities in WürzburgIndividual Sights in WürzburgSight 1: Adam Grail
This list of Stumbling Stones in Würzburg contains the Stumbling Stones that were laid as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig in Würzburg, the capital of the administrative district of Lower Franconia. On each of the concrete blocks with an edge length of ten centimeters, which are embedded in the sidewalks in front of the former homes of the victims, a brass plaque is anchored on the top. This provides information about the names, year of birth and fate of the persons to be commemorated.
Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Würzburg (DE), Website
Sight 2: Alte Mainbrücke
The Old Main Bridge is the oldest bridge over the Main River in Würzburg and a landmark of the city. Begun in the 15th century, the structure was Würzburg's only river crossing until 1886. The bridge, part of the East-West Passage, connects the old town on the right bank of the Main with the Marienberg Fortress opposite at kilometre 252.32. It is used by pedestrians and cyclists. In the 18th century, the Old Main Bridge, like Prague's Charles Bridge, continued a tradition begun in Rome with the Ponte Sant'Angelo.
Sight 3: Domschatz
The Würzburg Cathedral Treasury includes valuable, artistically crafted (liturgical) objects that were used in Würzburg Cathedral from the 11th to the 20th century.
Sight 4: Neumünster
The Neumünster Collegiate church is a former collegiate church in Würzburg, Germany. The church dates back to the 11th century.
Sight 5: Museum am Dom
The Museum am Dom (MAD) is an art museum of the Diocese of Würzburg, opened in March 2003 under Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele.
Sight 6: Würzburg Cathedral
Würzburg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to Saint Kilian. It is the seat of the Bishop of Würzburg and has served as the burial place for the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg for hundreds of years. With an overall length of 103 metres, it is the fourth largest Romanesque church building in Germany, and a masterpiece of German architecture from the Salian period. Notable later additions include work by Tilman Riemenschneider and Balthasar Neumann. The cathedral was heavily damaged by British bombs in March 1945 but rebuilt post-World War II.
Sight 7: Schönbornkapelle
The so-called Schönborn Chapel at the northern transept of Würzburg Cathedral was built from 1721 onwards mainly by Balthasar Neumann on behalf of Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn until 1724 (shell construction) and from 1731 to 1736 by Friedrich Carl von Schönborn as a burial place for the Schönborn family.
Sight 8: Lusamgärtchen
The Lusamgärtchen is a small walled courtyard, formerly called Grashof, at Martinstraße 4 on the north side of the Neumünster Church in Würzburg. It was originally built in the middle of the late Romanesque cloister of the Neumünster Abbey. Within the garden is the tomb for the minstrel Walther von der Vogelweide.
Sight 9: Augustinerkloster
The Augustinian Monastery in Würzburg is a monastery of the Augustinian Order in Würzburg, Bavaria, in the Diocese of Würzburg.
Sight 10: Falkenhaus
Book Ticket*The Haus zum Falken, also known as the Falkenhaus, is a building on the market square in the city center of Würzburg, Germany.
Sight 11: Marienkapelle
Book Ticket*The Marienkapelle is a Roman Catholic church located at the Unterer Markt of the town of Würzburg, Bavaria. It was built in the Gothic style in the 14th century. Despite its large size, it is a chapel by status, as it does not have a parish. Today it is administered by the united parishes of the Würzburg Cathedral and the Kollegiatstift Neumünster.
Sight 12: Karmelitenkloster St. Barbara
The Carmelite Monastery of St. Barbara was a monastery of the Discalced Carmelites (OCarm) in Würzburg, Bavaria, in the Diocese of Würzburg.
Wikipedia: Karmelitenkloster St. Barbara (Würzburg) (DE), Website
Sight 13: Alter Kranen
The old crane is a baroque harbor crane with a double boom from 1773 on the Kranenkai in Würzburg on the right bank of the Main west of the Julius promenade.
Sight 14: Röntgen-Gedächtnisstätte Würzburg
The Röntgen Memorial Site in Würzburg, Germany, is dedicated to the work of the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) and his discovery of X-rays, for which he was granted the Nobel Prize in physics. It contains an exhibition of historical instruments, machines and documents.
Sight 15: Stift Haug
Haug Abbey is the name given to the parish church of St. Johannes in Würzburg, located in the district of Haug, and the parish belonging to it as St. Johannes in Haug Abbey. The former collegiate church belonged to the Collegiate Abbey of Haug until secularization in 1803. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, was completed in 1691 according to plans by Antonio Petrini. With a height of 75 metres, the two towers of Haug Abbey are the second highest church towers in Würzburg.
Sight 16: Universelles Leben
Universal Life is the name of a controversial new religious movement based in Marktheidenfeld, Germany, which is described by members as a part of the new revelation movement. The group was originally called Heimholungswerk Jesu Christi, but has been known as Universal Life since 1984.
Sight 17: Berliner Meilenstein
The Berlin Milestones are small monuments with mileage to the German capital Berlin. At the time of German division in the second half of 20th century, the milestones were furnished in numerous location in former West Germany. It has the Berlin Bear on it. After the German Reunification it remained as a memorial of the history of German division. Many of the monuments are located on highways and federal roads.
Sight 18: St. Johannis
St. John's Church is the second Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Würzburg after St. Stephen's and at the same time the first to be built by the Protestant community itself. It was consecrated to John the Baptist on June 24, 1895. The church, which was rebuilt after being destroyed during the war and reconsecrated in 1957, is located in Würzburg's city centre, about 200 metres northeast of the Residenz at the junction of Hofstallstraße and Husarenstraße. Due to the road network, it is not exactly easterly, but points in a northeasterly direction.
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