Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Wetzlar, Germany

In 1901, the Garbenheimer Warte, a medieval watchtower of the municipal Landwehr in Wetzlar, was completely redesigned. The tower, which was then renamed the Bismarck Tower, is one of 146 Bismarck Towers still in existence in Germany. These towers were built or rebuilt in honour of Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898).

Wikipedia: Bismarckturm (Wetzlar) (DE)

Wetzlar Cathedral is a large church in the town of Wetzlar, located on the Lahn river some 50 km north of Frankfurt. Construction began in 1230 and is still unfinished, since the western front is still missing its northern belfry. Because of its long period of construction, the church combines romanesque, gothic and baroque architecture.

Wikipedia: Wetzlar Cathedral (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The historic old town in Wetzlar is the city centre of the former imperial city, which was built in the early Middle Ages and is a registered cultural monument as a whole. It has a wide variety of historical traces and urban structures that make the old town area particularly worthy of protection. Even though some of the historic buildings were lost as a result of the renovation of the old town in the 1960s, the historic streets and in many cases still late medieval street cross-sections remain almost unchanged in the entire area within the medieval ring of walls.

Wikipedia: Historische Altstadt Wetzlar (DE)

The Imperial Chamber Court Museum shows an exhibition on the structure, working methods and history of the Imperial Chamber Court during the entire period of its activity. The museum, which opened in 1987, is located in Hofstatt 19 in Wetzlar, a Kameralenpalais built by the chamber court assessor Franz von Pape. It is supported by the Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung e.V., supported by a scientific advisory board. Original sculptures, furniture, sculptures and contemporary printed works are on display. The research centre located in the same building deals with the working principles and history of the impact of the Imperial Chamber Court as well as its role in the constitutional structure of the early modern empire. Another focus is the court's staff.

Wikipedia: Reichskammergerichtsmuseum (DE), Website

The ruins of Kalsmunt Castle, an old imperial castle, can still be seen today on a 256 m high basalt cone above the town of Wetzlar in Hesse.

Wikipedia: Burg Kalsmunt (DE)