Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Halle (Saale), Germany

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Number of sights 21 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 100 m
Descend 69 m

Experience Halle (Saale) in Germany in a whole new way with our free 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 Halle (Saale)

Sight 1: Neumühle

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The Neumühle in Halle (Saale) is a former grain mill that was first mentioned in 1283 and rebuilt in 1582. In the list of monuments of the city of Halle, the mill is listed under the registration number 094 04884.

Wikipedia: Neumühle (Halle (Saale)) (DE)

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Neuapostolische Kirche Halle

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Neuapostolische Kirche Halle Volker Herrmann / CC BY-SA 3.0

The building of the New Apostolic Church Halle is located on Pfälzer Straße in the northern city centre of Halle (Saale). The congregation of Halle belongs to the church district of Leipzig within the New Apostolic Church of Central Germany.

Wikipedia: Neuapostolische Kirche Halle (DE)

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Denkmalzug LKM V 10 C

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Denkmalzug LKM V 10 C

The V 10 C is a narrow-gauge diesel locomotive for factory railways and sidings. The locomotive was built from 1959 to 1975 in a series of 496 units by VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM) for gauges from 600 to 1067 mm.

Wikipedia: LKM V 10 C (DE)

784 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Moritzkirche

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St. Moritz, also St. Mauritius, is a church in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, dedicated to St. Maurice. The late-Gothic hall church was built as an Augustine Stiftskirche from 1388. It features late-Gothic stone sculptures and a notable organ from 1925.

Wikipedia: St. Moritz, Halle (EN), Website

623 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Ratshof

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RatshofRalf Lotys (Sicherlich) / CC BY 3.0

The Ratshof is a listed building on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The building, which was built at the end of the 1920s, has taken on the function of the city's town hall since the destruction of the Old Town Hall in the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Ratshof (Halle (Saale)) (DE), Website

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Roland

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The Halle Roland is a statue of Roland on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale). It is about four meters high.

Wikipedia: Hallescher Roland (DE)

5 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Roter Turm

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The Red Tower is part of the landmark of the city of Halle (Saale). It forms this together with the four towers of the Market Church of Our Lady. Halle is often referred to as the City of the Five Towers because of the striking silhouette of these two buildings. The tower burned out on 16 April 1945 due to artillery fire and lost its characteristic spire. Except for the tower reconstruction, it was restored.

Wikipedia: Roter Turm (Halle) (DE)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Marktschlößchen

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The Marktschlößchen is the name given to a representative town house on the market square of the city of Halle (Saale). The Renaissance building with the address Marktplatz 13 now houses the tourist information office of Stadtmarketing GmbH and a Halloren café on the ground floor. The building was listed in 1935.

Wikipedia: Marktschlößchen (DE)

247 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Friedemann-Bach-Haus

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The Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House is a cultural site in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The composer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, lived here during part of his career; the building now has an exhibition about W. F. Bach and other composers who lived in Halle.

Wikipedia: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House (EN)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Neue Residenz

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From 1644 onwards, Neue Residenz was the name given to the four-winged building complex in the city of Halle an der Saale, which was built in 1531 as New Gebew. The imposing building, built by Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, is the result of the early import of Italian Renaissance ideas and motifs into central and northern Germany and is one of the most important buildings of the early Renaissance in Germany. It is an unpaved building complex with the character of a residence and with a formerly close connection to an elaborate garden beyond the city wall.

Wikipedia: Neue Residenz (Halle) (DE)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Halle Cathedral

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Halle Cathedral is an Evangelical Reformed Church, and is the oldest surviving church in the old part of the city Halle, Saale. Beside it resided the Archbishop of Magdeburg, who ruled the city for a long period. Albert of Brandenburg remodelled the church's exterior from 1520 onwards and built the neighbouring Neue Residenz, aiming to make the church one of the most influential and powerful monasteries north of the Alps.

Wikipedia: Halle Cathedral (EN), Website, Url

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Alfred Willi Tilke

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A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'.

Wikipedia: Stolperstein (EN)

241 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Thalia Theater

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The Thalia Theater Halle (Saale) was founded on October 11, 1952 as the "Theater der jungen Garde". It has had its current name since 1990. Since 1977, it has been organizing the Workshop Days of Children's and Youth Theatre. From 2001, under the new direction of Annegret Hahn, the stage made greater efforts to touch on the reality of the people in the region with its productions. In 2003, the "Hotel Neustadt" project caused a nationwide sensation, in which young people temporarily converted an empty high-rise building into a hotel with a theatre festival as part of a project.

Wikipedia: Thalia Theater (Halle) (DE), Website

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Löwengebäude

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The Lion Building is the main building of the Halle campus of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. It is located on Universitätsplatz in the old town of Halle (Saale).

Wikipedia: Löwengebäude (DE)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Betsäule

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Betsäule Radler59 / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Prayer Column of Halle is a tall Gothic wayside shrine from the pre-Reformation period, which stands today on the Universitätsring.

Wikipedia: Betsäule von Halle (Saale) (DE)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Robertinum

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RobertinumRalf Lotys (Sicherlich) / CC BY 3.0

The Archaeological Museum of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, formerly the Archaeological Museum Robertinum, houses the archaeological collections of the University of Halle in Halle (Saale). It is located in the building on Universitätsplatz, which was built between 1889 and 1891; in 1922, it was given the honorary name Robertinum in memory of Carl Robert.

Wikipedia: Archäologisches Museum der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (DE), Website, Website

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Puppentheater

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The Halle Puppet Theatre was founded in Halle (Saale) in 1954 under the influence of Eastern European ensemble art.

Wikipedia: Puppentheater Halle (DE), Website

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Opernhaus

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Opernhaus Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Halle Opera House is an opera house in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. Originally named the Halle Town Theatre, the theatre was built in 1886 by Heinrich Seeling. A bomb attack on 31 March 1945 destroyed much of the original building. Restorative work ensued a few years later, and the theatre reopened in 1951 under the name Landestheater Halle. In January 1992 it was renamed to its current title. The theatre is currently used for performances of opera, ballet, and orchestral concerts. It is also the main performance venue for the annual summer Handel Festival held in the city.

Wikipedia: Halle Opera House (EN), Website

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Adolf Goldberg

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The list of stumbling stones in Halle (Saale) contains all stumbling stones that were laid in Halle (Saale) 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 Halle. By May 2024, a total of 288 stones had been laid at 131 addresses; further stones are being planned.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Halle (Saale) (DE)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Fahnenmonument

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The Flag Monument at Hansering in Halle (Saale) is a monument erected in 1967 and dedicated to the Russian October Revolution.

Wikipedia: Fahnenmonument „Flamme der Revolution“ (DE)

378 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Stadtgottesacker

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The Stadtgottesacker is a cemetery in the city of Halle an der Saale. It was built from 1557 onwards on the model of the Italian Camposanto complexes and is considered a masterpiece of the Renaissance north of the Alps.

Wikipedia: Stadtgottesacker (DE)

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