Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Wuppertal, Germany

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 10.6 km
Ascend 270 m
Descend 313 m

Experience Wuppertal in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Wuppertal

Sight 1: Jüdischer Friedhof am Weinberg

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The Jewish Cemetery at Weinberg is a Jewish cemetery on the flank of the Stübchensberg in the Wuppertal district of Uellendahl-Katernberg, the address is Weinberg 4. It was laid out in 1896 as the successor to the Old Jewish Cemetery on Weißenburgstraße.

Wikipedia: Jüdischer Friedhof am Weinberg (DE)

1380 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Johnson Controls IFM Industrie GmbH

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The consumer cooperative "Vorwärts-Befreiung" was a large consumer cooperative in Wuppertal. It emerged from the merger of the cooperatives "Befreiung" and "Vorwärts" as well as "Haushalt" in Velbert in 1924. Previously, several attempts to unite the Elberfeld and Barmer cooperatives had failed.

Wikipedia: Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung (DE)

910 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Lego-Brücke

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The Lego-Brücke is a concrete beam bridge which crosses over the Schwesterstraße in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Wuppertal, Germany. In 2011, graffiti and street artist Martin Heuwold repainted the bridge in the style of Lego bricks, receiving national and international media attention for his work. The work was awarded the Deutscher Fassadenpreis in 2012.

Wikipedia: Lego-Brücke (EN), Website

829 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 4: Thomaskirche

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Thomaskirche

St. Thomas' Church is a Protestant church in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal, Germany.

Wikipedia: Thomaskirche (Wuppertal) (DE), Website

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Engelnberg

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The Engelnberg is an approximately 197-metre-high elevation in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the urban area of Wuppertal in the Elberfeld district and is also the namesake for the street Am Engelnberg.

Wikipedia: Engelnberg (DE)

533 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Zwirnerei Hebebrand

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The Hebebrand twisting mill is a listed factory building in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal, Germany. The Rhineland Regional Association calls the building, along with two other Wuppertal buildings, "one of the most important buildings of the textile industry in Germany". The factory building is one of the stops on the "Textiles in Wuppertal" route.

Wikipedia: Zwirnerei Hebebrand (DE), Heritage Website

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Bahnhof Wuppertal-Mirke

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Wuppertal-Mirke station is a historic railway station in Wuppertal, Germany. The station building (reception building) was entered in the list of architectural monuments in 1987.

Wikipedia: Bahnhof Wuppertal-Mirke (DE), Heritage Website

573 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Bandwebermuseum

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The Ribbon Weaving Museum is a museum of technical and cultural history in Wuppertal, Germany.

Wikipedia: Bandwebermuseum (Wuppertal) (DE), Website

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Sight 9: Wiesenwerke

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Gold-Zack-Werke AG was a stock corporation from the textile industry, whose shell was converted into an issuing house towards the end of the 20th century. In the second half of the 20th century, Gold-Zack-Werke AG was the market leader in the field of strands, rubber and textile straps, so-called Barmer articles.

Wikipedia: Gold-Zack Werke (DE), Website, Heritage Website

913 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 10: Diakoniekirche

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The Diakoniekirche in Friedrichstraße is the oldest church building in Elberfeld's Nordstadt in Wuppertal.

Wikipedia: Diakoniekirche (Wuppertal) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Herz Jesu

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Herz Jesu, popularly known as Nordstadt-Dom, in Elberfeld's Nordstadt district is the third Catholic church in the district built in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Herz Jesu (Elberfeld) (DE), Website

452 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Friedhofskirche

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Friedhofskirche Die Autorenschaft wurde nicht in einer maschinell lesbaren Form angegeben. Es wird Thomas Wtal als Autor angenommen (basierend auf den Rechteinhaber-Angaben). / CC BY-SA 2.5

The cemetery church in Elberfeld is one of the largest churches in Wuppertal and the third oldest church built for the Reformed Church in Elberfeld. Important Reformed pastors such as the moderator of the Reformed Federation, Hermann Albert Hesse, and the church historian Hermann Klugkist Hesse officiated at the church. With 1,020 seats, it is the second largest Protestant church in the Rhineland after the Basilica of Constantine in Trier.

Wikipedia: Friedhofskirche (Wuppertal) (DE), Website

694 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 13: Villa Amalia

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Villa Amalia is a villa in the Briller Viertel in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld-West in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building has been registered as an architectural monument together with the coach house of the villa in the list of monuments of the city of Wuppertal since 1986.

Wikipedia: Villa Amalia (Wuppertal) (DE), Heritage Website

987 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Friedhof der Niederländisch-reformierten Gemeinde

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The Katernberger Straße cemetery is a Protestant Reformed cemetery in the Katernberg district of Wuppertal, Germany. As the rose cemetery of the Dutch Reformed community, it is known far beyond the city limits of Wuppertal due to its design according to the concept of the Herrnhut cemetery.

Wikipedia: Friedhof Katernberger Straße (DE), Website, Heritage Website

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Haus Noetzlin

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Haus Noetzlin is a listed villa in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal, Germany.

Wikipedia: Haus Noetzlin (DE), Heritage Website

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Gut Am Schaffstal

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Gut Am Schaffstal is a listed manor house in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld-West. It was recognized as an architectural monument on May 28, 1993.

Wikipedia: Gut Am Schaffstal (DE), Heritage Website

628 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Bahnhof Wuppertal-Ottenbruch

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Wuppertal-Ottenbruch station is a former railway station in Wuppertal, Germany. It is located on the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd line, which was opened in 1879 but largely closed in this section and converted into a railway line cycle path. It is striking due to its half-timbered construction, which is partly clad in slate, and was most recently used for gastronomy. It is named after the village of Ottenbruch.

Wikipedia: Bahnhof Wuppertal-Ottenbruch (DE), Heritage Website

1458 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 18: Kalktrichterofen

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The lime funnel kiln on the Eskesberg in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld-West is an industrial monument from the 19th century and one of the last remaining industrial lime kilns in the Niederberg region. The lime funnel kiln is a location of the Museum of Industrial Culture Wuppertal.

Wikipedia: Kalktrichterofen Wuppertal (DE)

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