Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Wuppertal, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 6.1 km
Ascend 102 m
Descend 101 m

Experience Wuppertal in Germany in a whole new way with our free 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: Neue Kirche

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Neue Kirche

The New Reformed Church, also known as the New Church, Second Reformed Church, popularly known as the Sophienkirche after the street on which it stands, is the second church built for the Reformed Church in today's Wuppertal district of Elberfeld.

Wikipedia: Neue reformierte Kirche (Wuppertal) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

868 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal

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Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal is a public credit institution based in Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its business area is the city of Wuppertal.

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

397 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: CityKirche Elberfeld

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The Old Reformed Church is the oldest church in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal. It is the successor to the Catholic Church of St. Laurentius until the Reformation and has been the main Protestant church of the Wuppertal church district since 2005 as the City Church of Elberfeld.

Wikipedia: Alte reformierte Kirche Elberfeld (DE), Website, Heritage Website

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Alte lutherische Kirche am Kolk

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The church on the Kolk is the second oldest church building in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld after the Old Reformed Church. The originally baroque church has been rebuilt and renovated several times, most recently in the 2020s. It was deconsecrated at the end of September 2024.

Wikipedia: Kirche am Kolk (DE), Website, Heritage Website, Youtube

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Rex Filmtheater

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Rex Filmtheater Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

Rex-Theater is a historically protected theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Rex-Theater (Wuppertal) (EN)

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Kolkmannhaus

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The Kolkmannhaus is a former commercial building or department store in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, which is now used as an office building. It is the most famous start-up centre in the city.

Wikipedia: Kolkmannhaus (DE), Heritage Website

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Köbohaus

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The Köbo-Haus is a listed building at Alte Freiheit 26 in the Elberfeld district of the city of Wuppertal. It is the only house in the city that is built over the Wupper.

Wikipedia: Köbo-Haus (DE), Heritage Website

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Dürer-Haus

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The Dürer House is a listed former school building in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal. It is located on the eastern side of Wuppertal's main railway station on Döppersberg Street.

Wikipedia: Dürer-Haus (DE), Heritage Website

658 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: Klophaus-Park

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The Klophaus-Park is a small park in the east of the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld, in the village of Kluser Höhe in the Südstadt residential district.

Wikipedia: Klophaus-Park (DE)

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Sopp'scher Pavillon

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Sopp'scher Pavillon Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Sopp'sche Pavillon is a former automobile salon and workshop from the 1950s in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, which has been a listed building since 1998.

Wikipedia: Sopp’scher Pavillon (DE), Heritage Website

544 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: Credo-Kirche

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Credo-Kirche Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

Wunderbau is the popular name of the oldest secular natural stone building in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld.

Wikipedia: Wunderbau (Wuppertal) (DE)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Landgericht

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The Regional Court of Wuppertal is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of six regional courts in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf.

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

538 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Pauluskirche

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Pauluskirche

St. Paul's Church in the Wuppertal district of Unterbarmen, the westernmost district of the old town of Barmen, today the Barmen district of the city of Wuppertal, is the second church built for the United Evangelical Community of Unterbarmen.

Wikipedia: Pauluskirche (Wuppertal) (DE)

814 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 14: Meisenburgsche Häuser

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Meisenburgsche Häuser Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Meisenburg Houses are a complex of buildings on Wuppertal's Friedrich-Engels-Allee in Unterbarmen, which are protected as residential buildings as architectural monuments.

Wikipedia: Meisenburgsche Häuser (DE)

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Gesellschaftshaus Union

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The Gesellschaftshaus Union is a listed residential building in Wuppertal-Barmen since 1993 at Friedrich-Engels-Allee 202. It was built in its original form between 1867 and 1871 in the style of classicism and since 1968 has housed the Union Society, founded in 1829.

Wikipedia: Gesellschaftshaus Union (DE)

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