10 Sights in Friedrichshafen, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Friedrichshafen, 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 Friedrichshafen. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Friedrichshafen
The Evangelical Lutheran Castle Church is located at the end of Klosterstraße in Friedrichshafen and on the Lake Constance circular route and is an important building in the course of the Upper Swabian Baroque Road. Its two 55 m high towers are a striking landmark of the city of Friedrichshafen. At the time of its construction in 1702, it was the largest baroque church building on Lake Constance.
2. Hüni-Leuthold zu Ehren
Hüni GmbH + Co. KG is a tannery founded in 1859 by Hans Heinrich Hüni in Friedrichshafen. In the course of its history, the sixth-generation family business has specialised in coatings with organic plastics and offers surface and corrosion protection in almost all areas of process engineering throughout Europe under the brand name Proco-Kunststoffbeschichtungen. It is Germany's oldest company for plastic coatings and the first and oldest industrial company in the city of Friedrichshafen.
3. Zeppelin Museum
The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen is a museum in Friedrichshafen in Germany, the birthplace of the Zeppelin airship. The museum houses the largest collection on airship travel in the world, and chronicles the history of the Zeppelin airships. In addition, it is the only museum in Germany that combines technology and art. The museum has been in its current location at the Hafenbahnhof since it was reopened in 1996. The exhibition was designed by HG Merz.
4. Marinefliegergeschwader 3 Graf Zeppelin
Naval Aviation Squadron 3 "Graf Zeppelin" is a flying squadron of the German Navy, which is based at Nordholz Air Base and is subordinate to the Naval Aviation Command. The squadron is equipped with Lockheed P-3C Orion and Dornier 228 LM aircraft.
5. Schloss Friedrichshafen
Hofen Abbey, also known as Friedrichshafen Castle, is a former Benedictine monastery on Lake Constance in the area of today's city of Friedrichshafen. It bears the name castle because it fell into the possession of the House of Württemberg after secularization in the 19th century.
6. Schussen - Grillhaus am See
The Schussen motor ferry was a railway and automobile ferry on Lake Constance, which was used from 1929 to 1983 on the ferry line between Friedrichshafen and Romanshorn. After the ferry was retired, the superstructures were set up on land and serve as the clubhouse of the Sailing Motor Boat Club Friedrichshafen.
7. St. Gangolf
The parish church of St. Gangolf is the Roman Catholic parish church of the Friedrichshafen district of Kluftern. It belongs to the pastoral care unit (SE) Markdorf in the Linzgau deanery of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. The patron saint of the church is St. Gangolf, whose feast day is May 11.
8. St. Nikolaus
The Catholic Church of St. Nicholas is a cultural monument and stands in Schanzstraße or at Adenauerplatz in the city of Friedrichshafen. Due to its proximity to Lake Constance, its bell tower is a landmark of the city.
9. Schulmuseum
The School Museum at Friedrichstraße 14 in Friedrichshafen is one of the largest school museums in Germany. It shows the history of the school in Germany on three floors. A special feature of the museum are the three original classrooms from 1850, 1900 and 1930, which were saved from demolition from old schoolhouses and were built into the museum rooms. In the classrooms, you can take a seat in the pews, experience for yourself how the equipment has changed over the centuries and try out a few things, for example writing on slates. There are also themed rooms such as the punishment room, the collection of teaching materials and a room on schools under National Socialism. Annual temporary exhibitions show new things from the history of childhood.
10. St. Peter und Paul
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul is located in Schnetzenhausen, a district of Friedrichshafen in the Lake Constance district in Baden-Württemberg. The parish belongs to the deanery of Friedrichshafen in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The building is registered as an architectural monument with the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments.
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