Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bernau bei Berlin, Germany

The Kantorhaus is the oldest surviving half-timbered house in Bernau near Berlin, Barnim. The listed building was built in 1583 in Tuchmachergasse, today's Tuchmacherstraße, by the Bernau citizens Pieper, Henzen and Kogge. An inscription that follows the entire length of the house, which reads: "Anno Domini 1582 these stalls of the churches were freely requested by R. Johann Pipern and anno 1583 were built in honour of Got by ime and Matthias Henzen and Lorentz Koggen as box lords. Amen."

Wikipedia: Kantorhaus Bernau (DE), Website

The cemetery of honour for fallen soldiers of the Red Army in Bernau near Berlin (Brandenburg) was built in 1947 in the ramparts in front of the northern city wall opposite the war memorial. The complex was designed in the art workshops of Professor Lauermann.

Wikipedia: Ehrenfriedhof für Gefallene der Roten Armee (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Heritage Website

The war memorial of the city of Bernau near Berlin was erected in 1890. It shows a statue of Victoria, the goddess of victory, standing on a column. It was built according to plans by the sculptor Friedrich Thiele in the Wilhelmine style and was given its location at the northern passage of the historic city wall at the inauguration on 19 October 1890. Originally, the monument commemorated the city's fallen soldiers from the German-Danish War of 1864, the Prussian-Austrian War of 1866 and the Franco-German War of 1870/71. Later, the commemoration of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig was also included in the memorial.

Wikipedia: Kriegerdenkmal (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Heritage Website

The Deserter Monument in Bernau near Berlin is a bronze relief by the Biesenthal sculptor Friedrich Schötschel. It was installed on May 15, 1998, the "Day of Conscientious Objectors", at the northern culvert of the town's historic city wall.

Wikipedia: Deserteurdenkmal (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE)

The Henkerhaus is a listed residential building in the centre of Bernau near Berlin (Brandenburg). It was built in the first half of the 18th century as a half-timbered house in stud construction. When the building was rebuilt in the 19th century, it was given its plaster façade, which still exists today.

Wikipedia: Henkerhaus (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE)

The Latin School is a listed building from the 16th century in Bernau near Berlin.

Wikipedia: Lateinschule (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Heritage Website

The Church of St. Mary is the Protestant parish church of Bernau near Berlin in Brandenburg, Germany. The late Gothic church building is the dominant building in the historic old town of Bernau and has a remarkably rich historical interior.

Wikipedia: St. Marien (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Goethepark is a green space in Bernau near Berlin. It is named after the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Wikipedia: Goethepark (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE)

The monument to the victims of fascism in Bernau near Berlin commemorates the liberation of the city from the National Socialists on April 20/21, 1945 and the victims of fascism.

Wikipedia: Denkmal für die Opfer des Faschismus (Bernau bei Berlin) (DE)

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Bernau bei Berlin (Brandenburg) in the Archdiocese of Berlin. It was built in 1907/1908 according to plans by the architect Paul Ueberholz as a single-nave hall church near the railway station.

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Bernau) (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Steintor is the only surviving of what used to be three city gates in Bernau near Berlin.

Wikipedia: Steintor (Bernau) (DE)