Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Dortmund, Germany

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 6.9 km
Ascend 95 m
Descend 113 m

Experience Dortmund 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.

Activities in DortmundIndividual Sights in Dortmund

Sight 1: Denkmal für Heinrich Schüchtermann

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Denkmal für Heinrich Schüchtermann

Heinrich Schüchtermann was a German entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Wikipedia: Heinrich Schüchtermann (EN)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Baukunstarchiv NRW

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The A:AI Archive for Architecture and Engineering NRW is an architecture museum in Dortmund, Germany.

Wikipedia: Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbaukunst NRW (DE), Website

427 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Sankt Marien

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Marienkirche is a church in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany, located in the inner city. Since the Reformation, it has been a Lutheran parish church of St. Marien. The church was destroyed in World War II, but rebuilt. It also serves as a concert venue for sacred music.

Wikipedia: Marienkirche, Dortmund (EN), Website

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Sankt Reinoldi-Kirche

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Sankt Reinoldi-Kirche Lucas Kaufmann / CC BY-SA 2.0 de

The Lutheran Protestant Church of St. Reinold is, according to its foundation date, the oldest extant church in Dortmund, Germany; it is dedicated to Reinold, also known as Renaud de Montauban, the patron of the city. The church was built as a palatine church in the Ottonian era. The present building is a late Romanesque church with a late gothic quire. St. Reinold's was built from 1250 to 1270, and is located in the centre of the city, directly at the crossing of the Hellweg and the historic road from Cologne to Bremen. St. Reinoldi's congregation is a member of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, an umbrella comprising Lutheran, Reformed and united Protestant congregations.

Wikipedia: St. Reinold's Church, Dortmund (EN), Website

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Konzerthaus

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Konzerthaus Hans Jürgen Landes, Fotograf, Ralf Schulte-Ladbeck, Architekt / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Dortmund Concert Hall in Dortmund's city centre was opened in September 2002. It is located in the Brückstraße district at the intersection of Brückstraße and Ludwigstraße. The hall has 1550 seats, 900 of which can be used as a small hall, and is characterized by modern steel and glass architecture. The founding director and one of the main initiators of the "Konzerthaus project" was Ulrich Andreas Vogt. From 2005 to 2018, Benedikt Stampa was artistic director and managing director. For the 2018/19 season, he was succeeded by Raphael von Hoensbroech.

Wikipedia: Konzerthaus Dortmund (DE), Website

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Alex Damm

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The list of Stumbling Stones in Dortmund contains Stumbling Stones that were laid in Dortmund as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Dortmund (DE)

336 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Volkshochschule

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The Löwenhof is a building in the city center of Dortmund. In the course of its history, it housed one of the largest concert cafés in West Germany, was the headquarters of the Heinrich August Schulte Eisenhandlung and is now the headquarters of the Dortmund Adult Education Centre.

Wikipedia: Löwenhof (Dortmund) (DE)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte

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Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Mathias Bigge / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte or MKK is a municipal museum in Dortmund, Germany. It is currently located in an Art Deco building which was formerly the Dortmund Savings Bank.

Wikipedia: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (EN)

424 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: DOC - Dortmunder Centrum für Medizin und Gesundheit

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The Deilmann Building in Dortmund is an office and commercial building built for WestLB between 1975 and 1978 near the main railway station. As with similar buildings at the headquarters of WestLB AG in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Münster, the design was created by architect Harald Deilmann.

Wikipedia: WestLB Dortmund (DE)

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Petrikirche

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St. Peter's Church in Dortmund, Westphalia, Germany, is an urban hall church in the High Gothic style. The central nave and side aisles are of the same height, coming close to the ideal type of this church form. The building is almost square in plan with a comparatively short chancel. The sacred building is an important example of the special shape of the hall churches in Westphalia.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Dortmund (EN), Website

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Propsteikirche St. Johannes Baptist

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Propsteikirche St. Johannes Baptist Mathias Bigge / CC BY-SA 2.5

Propsteikirche is the common name of a church in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the only Catholic church in the city centre. The full name is Propsteikirche St. Johannes Baptist Dortmund. It was built from 1331 as the abbey church of a Dominican monastery. Consecrated in 1458, it features a late-Gothic high altar by Derick Baegert which shows the oldest depiction of Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Propsteikirche, Dortmund (EN), Website

389 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Opernhaus Dortmund

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Opernhaus Dortmund is the opera house of Dortmund, Germany, operated by the Theater Dortmund organisation. A new opera house opened in 1966, replacing an earlier facility which opened in 1904 and was destroyed during World War II. It was built on the former site of the Old Synagogue, which was demolished by the Nazi local government in the 1930s.

Wikipedia: Opernhaus Dortmund (EN), Website

494 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Kirche der Heiligen Apostel

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The Church of the Holy Apostles in Dortmund is a parish in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany. It looks after the members primarily from the eastern Ruhr area.

Wikipedia: Kirche der Heiligen Apostel (Dortmund) (DE)

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Fletch Bizzel

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Fletch Bizzel is a theatre in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Fletch Bizzel (EN), Website

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Liebfrauenkirche

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Liebfrauenkirche Mathias Bigge / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Liebfrauenkirche is a Roman Catholic church in Dortmund, built between 1881 and 1883, Amalienstraße 21 a. It has been used as a columbarium since 2009, and until June 2009 it was a Roman Catholic parish church in the Dortmund district of Innenstadt-West. The church building is registered as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Liebfrauenkirche (Dortmund) (DE)

661 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 16: Dortmunder U – Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität

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The U-Tower or Dortmunder U is a former brewery building in the city of Dortmund, Germany. Since 2010 it has served as a centre for the arts and creativity, housing among other facilities the Museum Ostwall.

Wikipedia: Dortmund U-Tower (EN)

598 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: Gedenkstein für den ehemaligen jüdischen Friedhof

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The Medieval Jewish Cemetery Dortmund is a former Jewish cemetery in Dortmund, Germany.

Wikipedia: Jüdischer Friedhof Dortmund (Mittelalterlicher Friedhof) (DE)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Löwendenkmal

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Löwendenkmal

The Lion Monument in Dortmund is the oldest small monument in the city. It was inaugurated on October 17, 1869 in memory of the Austro-Prussian War.

Wikipedia: Löwendenkmal (Dortmund) (DE)

158 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Westpark

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Westpark is a green space in the western city centre of Dortmund.

Wikipedia: Westpark (Dortmund) (DE)

1246 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 20: St. Anna

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The Roman Catholic, listed former parish church of St. Anna is located in the inner-city west district of Dortmund in North Rhine-Westphalia. The church, which belongs to the Dortmund deanery of the Archdiocese of Paderborn, was handed over to the Polish Catholic Mission Dortmund in 2003 and the parish was dissolved in 2013.

Wikipedia: St. Anna (Dortmund) (DE), Website, Website Pl, Website

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