Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Worms, Germany
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4.6 km
52 m
Explore Worms 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 WormsSight 1: Magnuskirche
The Magnuskirche is a small church in Worms, Germany, to the south of Worms Cathedral. It is the city's smallest church. Archaeological evidence and its dedication suggest it originated in the 8th century - part of that building survives in the nave's north wall.
Sight 2: Dom St. Peter
St Peter's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Worms, southern Germany.
Sight 3: Siegfriedbrunnen
The Siegfried Fountain is a fountain in the city of Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is reminiscent of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer, one of the main characters of the Nibelung saga.
Sight 4: Mahnmal für die Opfer des Faschismus
The memorial to the victims of fascism is located on Otto-Wels-Platz in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Worms.
Wikipedia: Mahnmal für die Opfer des Faschismus (Worms) (DE)
Sight 5: Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen
The Fountain of Justice is a listed fountain in the city of Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sight 6: Nibelungenmuseum
The Nibelungen Museum Worms in Worms, Germany, started in 2001 and is dedicated to the Nibelungensage. The museum integrates a part of the historical city wall of Worms as well as two towers from the 12th century. The audiovisual permanent exhibition examines the mythical character of the Nibelungensage. The premises of the museum are also used for cultural events, talks and symposiums.
Sight 7: Küchler-Denkmal
The Küchler monument in honour of the former Lord Mayor of Worms and honorary citizen Wilhelm Küchler stands on Küchlerplatz in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Worms. It is the first monument erected in Worms in the 20th century that was erected without a military context.
Sight 8: Nibelungenturm
The Nibelungen Bridge connects the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Worms across the Rhine with the Hessian cities of Lampertheim and Bürstadt.
Sight 9: Wasserturm ehem. Schlachthof Worms
The site of the former municipal slaughterhouse in Worms forms a monument zone. The slaughterhouse was planned by city architect Georg Metzler and inaugurated on 12 August 1912. It was built south of the Rhine bridge on an area of 25,000 square meters. In the 1950s and 1960s, sheds and extensions were added to the Art Nouveau buildings on the east side of the site facing the Rhine, which were later demolished.
Sight 10: Wäldchen
The Bürgerweide is a local recreation area south of the city center of Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Between 1999 and 2002, a part of the area in the south-east of the Bürgerweide was converted into an uncontrolled flood plain by relocating the main Rhine dike.
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