6 Sights in Bottrop, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Bottrop, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Bottrop. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
1. Movie Park Germany
Movie Park Germany is a theme park in Bottrop-Kirchhellen in western Germany, 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of Düsseldorf, with an area of 40 hectares. It consists of 7 areas based on movies and TV series. Nearby the park are several film studios.
2. Florian, Schutzpatron
Florian was a Christian holy man and the patron saint of chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Poland, the city of Linz, Austria, and Upper Austria, jointly with Leopold III, Margrave of Austria.
3. Berne Park
Emscherkunst.2010, self-spelled EMSCHERKUNST.2010, was, according to its own statement, the largest art project in public space in the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. Under the direction of curator Florian Matzner and a project office, more than forty artists and students from the Kunstakademie Münster dealt with the conditions of the region in the northern Ruhr area against the background of structural change.
4. Bergarena
The Haniel slag heap in Bottrop is one of the highest slag heaps in the Ruhr area with a height of 159 m. It was piled up in the form of two spirals through overburden from the Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine. In the north is the Schöttelheide slag heap.
5. Tetraeder
The Tetrahedron in Bottrop is a walkable steel structure in the form of a tetrahedron with a side length of 60m, resting on four 9m tall concrete pillars. It is located in Bottrop, Germany, on top of the mine dump Halde Beckstraße and serves as the town's landmark. It was opened on German Unity Day 3 October 1995.
6. Heilig Kreuz
The former Roman Catholic, listed parish church in Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche is in Bottrop, an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The church building, which was profaned in 2008, is used as a cultural church.
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