Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Wuppertal, Germany
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9.2 km
410 m
Explore Wuppertal 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 WuppertalSight 1: Villa Espenlaub
Villa Fischer is a listed villa in the Barmen district of Wuppertal, Germany.
Sight 2: Jahrhunderteiche
The Centennial Oak is a commemorative tree on the southeastern edge of the Barmer Forest in Wuppertal near the Villa Foresta. The oak was planted on 1 April 1908 to celebrate the centenary of the then independent town of Barmen.
Sight 3: Dicke-Ibach-Treppe
The Dicke-Ibach-Treppen is a listed Wilhelminian staircase in Wuppertal-Barmen and the entrance to the Ringeltal in the Barmer Anlagen. The staircase, which leads to the higher Joseph-Haydn-Straße and to the country houses on the east side of the Ringeltal, was donated in 1897 by the board members of the Barmen Beautification Association from 1878 to 1897, Friedrich Wilhelm Dicke and Peter Adolph Rudolph Ibach. The construction of the sophisticatedly designed staircase, which harks back to the forms of castle architecture and Gothic, is typical of buildings in public parks of the time.
Sight 4: Lutherkirche Heidt
The Luther Church is a Protestant church on Obere Sehlhofstraße am Heidt in the Heckinghausen district of Wuppertal, Germany. After the closures of the Old Wupperfeld Church and the Hatzfeld Church, it is one of the last two remaining places of worship of the Evangelical Parish of Gemarke-Wupperfeld in the Wuppertal Church District of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.
Sight 5: St.-Elisabeth-Kirche
The Church of St. Elisabeth is a Roman Catholic church on Hebbelstraße in the Heckinghausen district of Wuppertal, Germany.
Sight 6: Kirchsaal Ackerstraße
The Kirchsaal Ackerstraße is a Protestant church building in the Heckinghausen district of Wuppertal and was until 2016 the largest place of worship of the United Evangelical Parish of Heckinghausen. As an example of the neo-Gothic architecture of the time, the building, which was built in 1893/1894, has been a listed building since 15 July 1994.
Sight 7: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe
The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Höhe, also Deisemannskopf, is the summit of the Norrenberg in the Barmer Forest in the Heckinghausen district of Wuppertal. From the viewpoint there you have a wide view of the eastern Wuppertal districts of Heckinghausen and Langerfeld.
Sight 8: Alte Zollbrücke
The Heckinghauser Zollbrücke is a stone bridge built in 1775 over the Wupper River in the Heckinghausen district of Wuppertal. It is the oldest surviving bridge in the city and today connects Lenneper Straße with Rauental Street, near the mouth of the Murmelbach.
Sight 9: Haus Vedder
The two-storey residential and commercial building at Odoakerstraße 1 in Wuppertal-Langerfeld was built around 1740. The half-timbered house is only slate on the western side towards the Langerfelder Markt and covered with a gable roof. The northern side, towards Schwelmer Straße, was later extended by an extension with a sliding roof. The building has a floor area of around 158 m².
Sight 10: Haus Goebel
The Haus Goebel is a two-storey house with the address on top road 5 in Wuppertal-Langerfeld and was built in 1785 on the courtyard of the former HEILENBECK. The client was Friedrich Keggemann, the first surgeon Langerfeld. It has been owned by the Goebel family since 1849. In 1870 the Goebel bookbindery was founded and the later Goebel cardboard box factory.
Sight 11: Altes Amtshaus
The old office building, also known as the old guard, is a historic office in the Langerfeld district of Wuppertal, which is independent until 1922. Since the incorporation of Langerfeld, the building has been used as a residential building.
Sight 12: Alte Kirche Langerfeld
The Alte Kirche is a Protestant church in the district Langerfeld of Wuppertal. It is one of two churches of the Protestant congregation Langerfeld and is located between the Odoakerstraße and the Schwelmer Straße. It was built from 1768 to 1786; the first service took place on 24 September 1786, and was celebrated to the memory of Frederick II of Prussia.
Sight 13: Hist. Grabstätte
The old Evangelical Cemetery Langerfeld was built in 1785 on the eastern edge of the then village of Langerfeld, now a district of Wuppertal.
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