Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Wrocław, Poland
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5.4 km
55 m
Explore Wrocław in Poland 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 WrocławSight 1: Muzeum Mineralogiczne
The Kazimierz Maślankiewicz Mineralogical Museum in Wrocław is a unit of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Wrocław, located at 30 Cybulskiego Street with a branch at 22 Kuźnicza Street.
Wikipedia: Muzeum Mineralogiczne im. Kazimierza Maślankiewicza we Wrocławiu (PL), Website
Sight 2: Muzeum Geologiczne
The Henryk Teisseyre Geological Museum in Wrocław is a unit of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Wrocław, 30 Cybulskiego Street.
Wikipedia: Muzeum Geologiczne im. Henryka Teisseyre we Wrocławiu (PL)
Sight 3: Pomnik Bohaterów Powstania Węgierskiego
The Monument to the Heroes of the Hungarian Uprising is a monument in Wrocław, Poland, commemorating the Hungarian insurgents of 1956. The monument is located within the Oder River, along the Sunny Boulevard running along the northern bank of the Northern Oder, and south of the Mieszczańska Route. The author of the monument is Monika Molenda. The monument was unveiled by the Mayor of Wrocław, Rafał Dutkiewicz, and the Hungarian Ambassador, Michaly Györ, on 2 November 2006, on the 50th anniversary of the events in Hungary.
Wikipedia: Pomnik Bohaterów Powstania Węgierskiego (PL), Url
Sight 4: Kościół Opieki Świętego Józefa
St. Joseph's Church of Care in Wrocław – a classicist-neo-Romanesque church designed by architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans, built in the years 1821–1823, located in Wrocław at 1 Ołbińska Street, at the intersection with Jedności Narodowej Street.
Sight 5: Wzgórze Słowiańskie
The Slavic Hill in Wrocław is an artificially built hill located in the Nadodrze housing estate in Wrocław at the Slavic Square. It covers an area of about 3 hectares. It is surrounded by a small park – a tree stand.
Sight 6: Pomnik wyzwolenia Wrocławia
The Wrocław Liberation Monument – a monument erected in Wrocław on the Slavic Hill.
Sight 7: Głaz Galla Anonima
The Boulder of Gallus Anonymus – a monument erected in Wrocław on the grounds of the First High School, the former monument of the Frisen Corps.
Sight 8: skwer Skaczącej Gwiazdy
Square of the Jumping Star (Springstern) - a square located in Wrocław within the Ołbin estate, which is the area of the urban green space, whose name was given by the resolution of the City Council of Wrocław of November 4, 2010, and applies from December 15, 2010. This name comes from From the historically located in this area of the former city walls - a street located here on Szańce, is a toponic trace of former city fortifications erected in 1771–1782 on the order of the Prussian king Fryderyk II. The very term "jumping star" is derived from the same name (Springstern) of the Bastion syndrome constituting the north-eastern fortifications of eighteenth-century Wrocław located in this area. The name Springstern comes from the layout of this fortification team. These fortifications were demolished in 1807 after the capture of the city by the French army on their order. One of the then arms of the Odra River at that time, which was overwhelmed at the same time.
Sight 9: Museum of Natural History at University of Wrocław
The Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław is a large natural history museum at the University of Wrocław, in Wrocław, Poland.
Wikipedia: Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław (EN)
Sight 10: The Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław is a botanical garden in Wrocław founded in 1811 in the area of Ostrów Tumski. The garden was established for medical students at the local university. During the Napoleonic Wars, the garden was damaged after the city fortifications were destroyed. Part of the garden featured a branch off the Odra river and was filled in during the conflict, but has since been restored as a large lily pond. It is the second oldest garden of this type in Poland, after the garden in Kraków. In 1974 it was listed as a protected monument in Lower Silesia, since 1994 it was included in the protected historical city center.
Wikipedia: University of Wrocław Botanical Garden (EN), Website, Url
Sight 11: Kościół pw. Świętego Michała Archanioła
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Wrocław-Ołbin – a neo-Gothic building located at the intersection of Bolesława Prusa and Wyszyńskiego streets in Wrocław, in the Ołbin housing estate.
Sight 12: park Świętej Edyty Stein
St. Edith Stein Park is a small park in Wrocław located entirely in the Ołbin housing estate. It was separated from the Stanisław Tołpa Park by virtue of the resolution of the Wrocław City Council of 17 March 2011 No. VIII/98/11; by virtue of this resolution, the current patron of the park is St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. The park is located within the following streets:Nowowiejska Street, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Street, Blessed Edith Stein Street.
Sight 13: Park Stanisława Tołpy
Waschteich Park is a small park in Wrocław, Poland, located entirely in the Ołbin housing estate. Until 2005, the park was called Nowowiejski Park, on the basis of § 1 point 5 of the Resolution No. LXXI/454/93 of the Wrocław City Council of 9 October 1993 on the names of parks and forest areas existing in Wrocław. The name of the park was changed by the resolution of the Wrocław City Council of 7 July 2005 No. XL/2481/05; by virtue of this resolution, the current patron of the park is Stanisław Tołpa.
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