Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Wismar, Germany
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2.7 km
34 m
Explore Wismar 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 WismarSight 1: Baumhaus
The Baumhaus is a listed building in the Hanseatic city of Wismar, Alte Hafen, Stockholmer Straße.
Sight 2: Saint Nicolai
St Nicholas of Wismar was built from 1381 until 1487 as a church for sailors and fishermen. St Nicholas is one of the finest testaments to mediaeval brick architecture in northern Germany.
Sight 3: Alter Wasserturm
The old water tower in the Hanseatic city of Wismar was originally a defensive tower of the medieval fortifications of the city.
Sight 4: Schabbellhaus
The City History Museum of the Hanseatic City of Wismar is located in Wismar's old town in the Schabbellhaus, Schweinsbrücke No. 6 and 8.
Sight 5: Wassertor
The Water Gate in Wismar on the waterway in the northwest of the city's historic city centre is a harbour gate of the Hanseatic city in the style of brick Gothic and the last of the former five city gates of the Wismar city fortifications. The road leading to it is called Spiegelberg. It was also the only beach or harbour gate that led directly from the harbour to the city. The others, all land gates, were the Poeler Tor or Haraldstor in the north, the Mecklenburg Gate in the south, the Lübsche Tor in the west and the Altwismartor or Rostocker Tor as a counterpart in the east, each at the end of the street of the same name. To the south of the water gate there was a "water gate" as a wall passage for the pit, a canal-like artificial water arm from the 13th century running east-west and a wind gate in the southeast.
Sight 6: S.S. Wissemara
Poeler Kogge means a wreck find near Timmendorf on the island of Poel, but also a replica in interpretation as a medieval cog under the name Wissemara.
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