Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Coburg, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 178 m
Descend 58 m

Experience Coburg in Germany in a whole new way with our 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 Coburg

Sight 1: Arkaden

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The arcades are a terraced building on Schlossplatz in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. They close off the Schlossplatz on the eastern side and form the transition to the Hofgarten. The arcades are registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.

Wikipedia: Arkaden (Coburg) (DE)

104 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Reithalle

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The Coburg Riding Hall is a single-storey neo-Gothic sandstone ashlar building with a gable roof on Coburg's Schlossplatz. The riding hall was built in 1852 by order of Duke Ernst II according to plans by the painter and master builder Georg Konrad Rothbart. The building replaced the riding arena at the southern end of the Marstall building, which had been demolished in 1835. The west façade facing Coburg's Schlossplatz is characterized by a wide pointed arch portal, above which is a tondo with a sculptural horse's head by Theodor Behrens, framed laterally by two crenellated towers.

Wikipedia: Reithalle (Coburg) (DE)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Marstall

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The Marstall is located in the Upper Franconian town of Coburg on Schlossplatz, east of Ehrenburg. The former stables are registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments.

Wikipedia: Marstall (Coburg) (DE)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: St. Moriz

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Morizkirche is a Protestant church dedicated to Saint Maurice in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, and is the town's oldest church. Its earliest remaining structures date back to the 14th century, which superseded a church from the 12th century. Martin Luther is known to have given several sermons there in 1530 A.D. This church currently houses the family tomb of the Dukes of Coburg. In modern times, Morizkirche serves as the main church for the congregation of St. Moriz. Due to the height of its towers, the church is one of the landmarks of Coburg. It is also one of the most important Luther memorial sites in southern Germany.

Wikipedia: Morizkirche (Coburg) (EN)

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Rathaus

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The Coburg Town Hall is located in the centre of Coburg on the market square. The four-storey mansard hipped roof building, adorned by an open lantern with a dome, is a landmark of the city.

Wikipedia: Rathaus (Coburg) (DE), Website

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Judentor

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The Judentor is one of three surviving city gates of the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. The gate tower delimited the city center to the west and belonged to the inner city wall ring.

Wikipedia: Judentor (Coburg) (DE)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Stadthaus

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The Coburg town hall, formerly a chancellery building, is located in the centre of Coburg on the northern side of the market square. The Renaissance building, built between 1597 and 1601, has three storeys with two corner oriels and a gable roof with three dwarf houses.

Wikipedia: Stadthaus (Coburg) (DE)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Spitaltor

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The hospital goal is one of three preserved city gates from the Upper Franconian city of Coburg. The torture towered the city center to the north and belonged to the inner city wall ring.

Wikipedia: Spitaltor (Coburg) (DE)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Bürglaß-Schlösschen

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On the street Oberer Bürglaß, opposite the back of the Landestheater in Coburg, stands the classicist building of the Bürglaß Castle from the 18th century, which was called the Bulgarian Castle or Augusten-Palais until the 1950s. It served as the residence of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria for 30 years after his abdication until 1948. Today the castle is used as a registry office.

Wikipedia: Bürglaß-Schlösschen (DE)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Landestheater Coburg

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Landestheater Coburg is a medium-sized three-division theatre in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany. Located on Schlossplatz, a central square, the Neoclassical building has 550 seats. In 2008, the theatre employed 250 permanent staff and 100 part-time employees.

Wikipedia: Landestheater Coburg (EN), Website

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Kyrill-Palais

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The former Kyrill Palace, also known as Villa Edinburgh, is located in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg at Oberer Bürglaß 2. It bears the name of its last host, the Russian Grand Duke Kirill.

Wikipedia: Kyrill-Palais (DE)

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: St. Augustin

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St. Augustine's Church is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg located in the Bavarian town of Coburg, Germany. It was built between 1856 and 1860. Originally designed in the Gothic Revival style, the church was remodelled in 1960 due to a liturgical reform. There is a crypt under the church that contains the remains of fifteen members of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a Roman Catholic branch of the originally Protestant ducal house.

Wikipedia: St. Augustin, Coburg (EN), Website

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Palais Edinburgh

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The Edinburgh Palace on Coburg's Schlossplatz, designed in the neo-Renaissance style, ideally closes the ensemble of historic buildings between the Landestheater and the arcades of the Hofgarten with its memorial. Located exactly opposite Ehrenburg Castle, the Edinburgh Palace, formerly known as the "Wangenheimsches Palais", is a masterpiece of the master builder Georg Konrad Rothbart. In 1865, Alfred, the son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, acquired it and used it as a residence. Today the palace belongs to the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Coburg.

Wikipedia: Edinburgh-Palais (DE)

599 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Naturkundemuseum

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The Natural History Museum Coburg is a natural history museum in the Upper Franconian town of Coburg, Germany. It is located on the grounds of the Coburg Court Garden and goes back to the Coburg dukes' passion for collecting.

Wikipedia: Naturkundemuseum Coburg (DE), Website

736 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 15: Veste Coburg

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The Veste Coburg is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany. It is situated on a hill above the town of Coburg, in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria.

Wikipedia: Veste Coburg (EN)

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