Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Heilbronn, Germany

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 7.1 km
Ascend 81 m
Descend 97 m

Experience Heilbronn 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 Heilbronn

Sight 1: Pfühlpark

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Pfühlpark p. schmelzle / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Pfühlpark is a park in the east of the city of Heilbronn. It is 9.3 hectares in size and is located about 1.5 kilometers east of Heilbronn city center. Together with the green areas around the nearby Trappensee, it forms a 15-hectare green area.

Wikipedia: Pfühlpark (DE)

1093 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Villa Racher

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Villa Racher p.schmelzle / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Villa Racher at Villmatstraße 17 in Heilbronn was built in expressionist style and is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Villa Racher (Heilbronn) (DE)

1403 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 3: Hafenmarktbrunnen

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The list of fountains in Heilbronn lists the fountains in the city of Heilbronn that are important and worth seeing because of their architecture or history. The list does not claim to be exhaustive and only takes into account fountains in the core city without the incorporated districts. Other art and cultural monuments or artistically designed objects in the cityscape are listed in the list of buildings, monuments or sculptures in Heilbronn.

Wikipedia: Brunnen in Heilbronn (DE)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Rathaus Ehrenhalle

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Rathaus Ehrenhalle K. Jähne / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hall of Honour in Heilbronn made of Heilbronn sandstone is located in the inner courtyard of the Heilbronn town hall. The memorial with Hiroshima mosaic by Karl Knappe, erected in the ruins of the Old City Archive, commemorates the dead of the Second World War and the victims of the Third Reich and is one of numerous important buildings in Heilbronn.

Wikipedia: Ehrenhalle (Heilbronn) (DE)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Rathaus

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The town hall in Heilbronn is located in the centre of the historic centre of Heilbronn. Its main building is the main part of the Old Town Hall, which was rebuilt after its destruction in the Second World War. A four-winged, modern building complex is attached to it, which encloses the ruins of the old city archive from the 18th century, which have been converted into a hall of honour.

Wikipedia: Rathaus (Heilbronn) (DE)

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Käthchenhaus

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Käthchenhaus

The Käthchenhaus is a private secular building of the 14th century at Marktplatz 1 in Heilbronn. The house with the striking bay window on the corner of Kaiserstraße got its current name in the 19th century from the then popular play Das Käthchen von Heilbronn.

Wikipedia: Käthchenhaus (DE)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Zehender am Markt

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The Zehender House is a baroque secular building at Marktplatz 12 in Heilbronn. The building is a listed cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Haus Zehender (DE)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Kilianskirche

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Kilian's Church on Kaiserstraße in Heilbronn is a Gothic hall church constructed from Heilbronner sandstone, whose origin dates back to the 11th century. Its western tower, constructed by Hans Schweiner, is one of the first major Renaissance buildings to be built north of the Alps. Inside the church there is an altar by Hans Seyffer from 1498, which is regarded as a masterpiece of sculpture from the Late German Gothic period. Some of the stained glass is by Charles Crodel. The Monument Foundation of Baden-Württemberg appointed the church as monument of the month in December 2016.

Wikipedia: St. Kilian's Church, Heilbronn (EN)

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Komödiantenbrunnen

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Komödiantenbrunnen p. schmelzle / CC BY-SA 3.0

The New City Fountain is a fountain designed by the sculptor Eberhard Linke in 1996 on Kiliansplatz in Heilbronn in northern Baden-Württemberg.

Wikipedia: Neuer Stadtbrunnen (Heilbronn) (DE)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Siebenröhrenbrunnen

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The Siebenröhrenbrunnen is a listed fountain in Kirchbrunnenstraße in Heilbronn. The fountain probably contained the spring that gave the city of Heilbronn its name and was moved and redesigned several times in the course of its history.

Wikipedia: Siebenröhrenbrunnen (Heilbronn) (DE)

266 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Haus der Stadtgeschichte / Otto Rettenmaier Haus

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The House of City History in Heilbronn is the seat of the Heilbronn City Archive and offers research, documentation and museum services on the history of the city of Heilbronn. The facility was opened in its current form in July 2012.

Wikipedia: Haus der Stadtgeschichte (Heilbronn) (DE), Website

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Götzenturm

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This page presents buildings in Heilbronn that are of particular historical or architectural interest. In addition to buildings that have been included in the monument topography of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments as cultural monuments, those that are considered landmarks or are often dealt with in the literature for other reasons.

Wikipedia: Liste der Bauwerke in Heilbronn (DE)

732 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 13: Schießhaus

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The Schießhaus is a rococo building in Heilbronn. The building, which was built around 1770, takes its name from its original use as a shooting house, and it was also the hall building of the Heilbronn horse market, which was founded at the same time. The building has always been owned by the city of Heilbronn and has already served a wide variety of purposes.

Wikipedia: Schießhaus (Heilbronn) (DE)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Wilhelm-Waiblinger-Haus

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Wilhelm-Waiblinger-Haus K. Jähne / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Wilhelm-Waiblinger-Haus is a building built in 1927 in Heilbronn. In its eventful history, it has already served as a youth hostel, schoolhouse, employment office and vehicle registration office. Since 1978, it has been the seat of the city and district youth council, which currently has 65 member clubs and associations. Since that time, it has been named after the poet Wilhelm Waiblinger.

Wikipedia: Wilhelm-Waiblinger-Haus (Heilbronn) (DE)

1289 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 15: Gedenkstein Landesgartenschau 1985

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The list of monuments in Heilbronn provides an overview of the monuments and memorials in Heilbronn. The list does not claim to be exhaustive and only lists the monuments and memorials in the core city. Monuments in the incorporated districts are dealt with in the district articles.

Wikipedia: Denkmäler in Heilbronn (DE)

826 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 16: Stadtkirche (Pankratiuskirche)

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The Pankratius Church in the Heilbronn district of Böckingen is a Protestant parish church, the oldest parts of which date back to the 13th century. The church was supplemented by a stair tower in 1610 and received its present appearance through a comprehensive expansion under Heinrich Dolmetsch around 1900. On the northern side of the Pankratius Church is the Old Böckingen Cemetery, which was replaced by a new cemetery on Heidelberger Straße in 1905, not least because of the operating noise of the Heilbronn marshalling yard.

Wikipedia: Pankratiuskirche (Böckingen) (DE)

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Alter Friedhof

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The Old Cemetery at the Pankratius Church in the Heilbronn district of Böckingen is the original burial ground of the village. It was abandoned in 1905 in favor of the cemetery on Heidelberger Straße and is now used as a public park and playground.

Wikipedia: Alter Friedhof (Böckingen) (DE)

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