Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Neuss, Germany

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 1.9 km
Ascend 20 m
Descend 16 m

Experience Neuss 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 Neuss

Sight 1: Neuer Stadtgarten

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The New City Garden is a park in Neuss, Germany. It is located north of Nordkanalallee, west of the Stadthalle Neuss and south of the Blood Tower, the Windmill Tower and the Obertor. It is crossed by the Nordkanal, Erftmühlengraben and Obererft.

Wikipedia: Neuer Stadtgarten (Neuss) (DE)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Blutturm

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Blutturm

The list of monuments in Neuss (1/400–1/499) contains the listed buildings in the area of the city of Neuss in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia. These monuments are entered in the list of monuments of the city of Neuss; The basis for inclusion is the North Rhine-Westphalia Monument Protection Act. Some texts of the monument descriptions are available in abridged form (partial description). The list is sorted by sequential numbers. In the column "Monument number", the sequential number is given in brackets.

Wikipedia: Liste der Baudenkmäler in Neuss (1/400–1/499) (DE)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Windmühlenturm

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Windmühlenturm Käthe u. Bernd Limburg, www.limburg-bernd.de / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Windmühlenturm is a former defensive tower near the Obertor and the New City Garden in Neuss. It dates back to the 13th century.

Wikipedia: Windmühlenturm (Neuss) (DE)

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Clemens Sels Museum Neuss

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Clemens Sels Museum Neuss Rolf Cosar / CC BY 3.0

The Clemens Sels Museum Neuss is an art museum in Neuss, Germany. It is a modern multi-genre house where art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period and Dutch painting can be seen. The collection includes paintings by the Nazarenes, the Pre-Raphaelites and the Symbolists of France, Belgium and Holland. The art collection also includes an extensive collection of works by the Rhenish Expressionists and the Modern Primitives as well as Conceptual Color Painting.

Wikipedia: Clemens Sels Museum Neuss (DE), Facebook, Instagram, Website, Youtube

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Obertor

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Obertor Klaus Graf / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Obertor is the last surviving medieval city gate in Neuss from the 13th century, which controlled the important trade route to the episcopal city of Cologne in the south of Neuss's city fortifications. It is located in the immediate vicinity of Oberstraße.

Wikipedia: Obertor (Neuss) (DE)

14 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Obertorkapelle

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Directly adjacent to the Neuss Obertor is a small chapel, the Obertorkapelle, which is also called "Overpootz-Kapellche" in Neuss jargon.

Wikipedia: Obertorkapelle (DE)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Stadtarchiv Neuss

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Stadtarchiv Neuss

The Neuss City Archive is a municipal archive. It stores documents on the history of the city of Neuss from the Middle Ages to the present day on about 4000 meters of shelves. Since 1967, it has been housed in two listed buildings at Oberstraße 15.

Wikipedia: Stadtarchiv Neuss (DE), Facebook, Website

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Glockenspiel der Heimatvertriebenen

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Glockenspiel der Heimatvertriebenen

A carillon is a mechanical construction attached to or in historic buildings that produces melodies through bells at fixed times or on request and often has a mechanically moving figurative representation. The bells can be made of metal, porcelain, ceramics or even glass.

Wikipedia: Glockenspiel (Spieluhr) (DE)

20 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Haus Rottels

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Haus Rottels is a former monastery building in Neuss on Oberstraße, which was rebuilt around 1820 by the wealthy manufacturer and soap boiler Franz Rottels and served as a residence for the Rottels family with a soap production facility behind it.

Wikipedia: Haus Rottels (DE)

3 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Rheinisches Schützenmuseum Neuss

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The Rheinisches Schützenmuseum Neuss with the Joseph Lange Shooting Archive was founded in 2004. The sponsor is the foundation "Rheinische Schützenmuseum Neuss mit Joseph-Lange-Schützenarchiv", which is supported by the city of Neuss, the Rhein-Kreis Neuss and the Neusser Bürger-Schützen-Verein (Neuss Citizens' Shooting Association). The chairman of the foundation is the president of the Neuss Citizens' Shooting Association, Martin Flecken.

Wikipedia: Rheinisches Schützenmuseum Neuss (DE), Website

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss

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Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss is a theatre in Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wikipedia: Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss (EN), Website

473 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Quirinus-Münster

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The Quirinus-Münster also called Münster-Basilika of St. Quirinus of Neuss is a Catholic basilica that was erected in the city of Neuss in the western part of the present state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany between 1209 and 1230. The basilica is one of the best examples of Romanesque churches in Germany. It has a strong Lombard influence but in principle shows the first signs of Gothic. In its bell tower the first semicircular arches appear. This form of arch becomes centuries later in one of the marks that marked the Gothic style.

Wikipedia: Quirinus-Münster, Neuss (EN), Website

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