Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Wiesbaden, Germany
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5.6 km
210 m
Explore Wiesbaden 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.
Individual Sights in WiesbadenSight 1: Thomaskirche
The St. Thomas Church in Wiesbaden is a listed church building built by Rainer Schell in the style of post-war modernism. The congregation, named after the Apostle Thomas, belongs to the Wiesbaden deanery of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau.
Sight 2: Goethewarte
The Goethewarte is a historic, listed observation tower in the northeastern villa area above the city center of Wiesbaden. It was built in 1932 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe according to plans by the government architect Eberhard Finsterwalder on the Geisberg north of the city and inaugurated on 13 November 1932. The initiator of the construction was the beautification association of the city of Wiesbaden, which was able to win the industrialist Wilhelm von Opel as a donor.
Sight 3: Villa von Schertel
The Villa von Schertel at Rosselstrasse 19 in Wiesbaden is the listed service villa of the Hessian Prime Minister.
Sight 4: Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth in Wiesbaden
The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth in Wiesbaden is the only Russian Orthodox church in Wiesbaden, Germany, and is located on Neroberg. Besides the Russian church there is a parsonage and a Russian cemetery, which is the largest in Europe. St. Elizabeth's Church and its parishioners belong to the Diocese of Germany in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
Sight 5: Neroberg
Neroberg is a hill in Wiesbaden in Hesse, Germany. It offers a panoramic view of the city and is therefore a tourist destination, reached by the historic Nerobergbahn, a funicular railway from the Nerotalanlagen.
Sight 6: KZ Gedenkstätte Unter den Eichen
The Unter den Eichen concentration camp was a concentration camp established in Wiesbaden during the Nazi era. From March 1944 to March 1945, mostly Luxembourgish opponents of the Nazi regime were interned here.
Sight 7: Eigene Scholle
The Eigene Scholle is a listed housing estate in the Wiesbaden districts of Nordost and Rheingauviertel, Germany.
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