Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Nuremberg, Germany

St. Rochus Cemetery (Rochusfriedhof) is a cemetery in Nuremberg, Germany. It is located in the Gostenhof quarter.

Wikipedia: St. Rochus Cemetery, Nuremberg (EN)

The Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium in Nuremberg at the inner-city transport hub Plärrer is the only large planetarium in Bavaria. Together with the Nuremberg Education Centre (adult education centre) and the Nuremberg City Library, it forms the Nuremberg Education Campus. In 2017, 78,000 visitors were recorded.

Wikipedia: Nicolaus-Copernicus-Planetarium (DE), Website

The Forced Laborer Memorial "Transit" is a Nuremberg monument. It is located at the Plärrer, a main traffic junction of the Nuremberg city centre, just outside the city wall. The aim is to keep the memory of the fate of the Nuremberg forced laborers during the Nazi era alive.

Wikipedia: Forced Laborer Memorial Transit (EN)

The Spittlertor is an old gate in the southwest of the Nuremberg city wall. The name refers to the nearby St. Elisabeth Hospital of the Teutonic Order.

Wikipedia: Spittlertor (DE)

St. Elizabeth's is a Roman Catholic church in Nuremberg in southern Germany. It is dedicated to Elizabeth of Hungary.

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The marriage carousel, actually Hans Sachs Fountain, is a large-scale architectural fountain in Nuremberg. It is located directly in front of the White Tower in the pedestrian zone in Nuremberg's city center.

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The Peter Henlein Fountain on Hefnersplatz in Nuremberg was built in honour of the presumed inventor of the pocket watch, Peter Henlein. The fountain, donated by the city of Nuremberg and the Watchmakers' Association, was unveiled at the opening of a watch exhibition in 1905. The bronze statue was based on a model of the Berlin sculptor Max Meissner by the Nuremberg art foundry Ernst Lenz.

Wikipedia: Peter-Henlein-Brunnen (DE)

The Way of Human Rights is a monumental outdoor sculpture in Nuremberg, Germany. It was opened on 24 October 1993. It is sited on the street between the new and old buildings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, connecting Kornmarkt street and the medieval city wall.

Wikipedia: Way of Human Rights (EN), Website

The Natural History Society of Nuremberg (NHG), founded in 1801, is currently one of the largest voluntary scientific associations in Germany with about 1500 members.

Wikipedia: Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg (DE), Website

The Karl Gebhardt Clock Collection in Nuremberg is a collection of mechanical clocks.

Wikipedia: Uhrensammlung Karl Gebhardt (DE)

St. Katharina in Nuremberg, Bavaria, was an important medieval church, destroyed during the Second World War and preserved as a ruin.

Wikipedia: Katharinenkirche, Nuremberg (EN)

St. Lorenz is a medieval church of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg in southern Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence. The church was badly damaged during the Second World War and later restored. It is one of the most prominent churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

Wikipedia: St. Lorenz, Nuremberg (EN), Website

The Museum Bridge is a sandstone arch bridge that spans the Pegnitz River in Nuremberg. The road bridge is located at the beginning of Königstraße and connects the Nuremberg districts of St. Sebald and St. Lorenz. It is located between the main market square and Lorenzer Platz.

Wikipedia: Museumsbrücke (DE)

The Frauenkirche is a church in Nuremberg, Germany. It stands on the eastern side of the main market. An example of brick Gothic architecture, it was built on the initiative of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor between 1352 and 1362. The church contains many sculptures, some of them heavily restored. Numerous works of art from the Middle Ages are kept in the church, such as the so-called Tucher Altar, and two monuments by Adam Kraft. It has been a parish church of the Catholic Church since 1810.

Wikipedia: Frauenkirche, Nuremberg (EN), Website

Karl Prantl was an Austrian sculptor.

Wikipedia: Karl Prantl (sculptor) (EN)

Schöner Brunnen is a 14th-century fountain located on Nuremberg's main market next to the town hall and is considered one of the main attractions of the city's Historical Mile. The fountain is approximately 19 meters high and has the shape of a Gothic spire.

Wikipedia: Schöner Brunnen (EN), Website

The Deutsches Museum Nürnberg – The Museum of the Future is a branch of the Munich-based Deutsches Museum in Nuremberg. Since 2021, it has been located on the site of the former Augustinerhof in the northern old town district of St. Sebald.

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The Henkersteg, also known as the Langer Steg, is a wooden footbridge over the Pegnitz in Nuremberg, Germany.

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The Tower of the Senses is an interactive hands-on museum in the Mohrenturm at the west gate of the Nuremberg city wall. Visitors can try out sensory stimuli and their processing on themselves at experiment stations. Perceptual illusions are also made tangible. The owner of the operating company is the Humanist Association.

Wikipedia: Turm der Sinne (DE), Website

The Kontumazgarten is a 1.7-hectare green space with a children's playground in the Kleinweidenmühle district of Nuremberg. The simple park is located in front of the Hallertor in the west of the old town, on the left bank of the Pegnitz between the Großweidenmühlsteg and the Hallertor Bridge. Opposite on the other bank of the river stretches the Hallerwiese. Kontumazgarten is also the name of district 054 in district 05 Himpfelshof, but its area is not identical with the green corridor.

Wikipedia: Kontumazgarten (DE)

The Triton Fountain is the only Baroque fountain preserved in Nuremberg's Old Town. It is located in the middle of the elongated Maxplatz.

Wikipedia: Tritonbrunnen (Nürnberg) (DE)

The Nuremberg Toy Museum in Nuremberg, Bavaria, is a municipal museum, which was founded in 1971. It is considered to be one of the most well known toy museums in the world, depicting the cultural history of toys from antiquity to the present.

Wikipedia: Nuremberg Toy Museum (EN), Website

Henry II, also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, appointed in 995, Henry became King of the Romans following the sudden death of his second cousin, Emperor Otto III in 1002, was made King of Italy in 1004, and crowned emperor by Pope Benedict VIII in 1014.

Wikipedia: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (EN)

The German Games Archive Nuremberg is an institution of the museums of the city of Nuremberg. The collection comprises around 30,000 board games, and the focus of the collection is on board and table games from the German-speaking world after 1945. The archive also sees itself as a scientific research institute that documents and evaluates the development of board and table games throughout the German-speaking world since 1945, as well as a promoter of the cultural asset of games in society.

Wikipedia: Deutsches Spielearchiv Nürnberg (DE), Website

Johann Konrad Grübel was a Nuremberg dialect poet. Grübel was a city plumber and street captain of the city of Nuremberg.

Wikipedia: Konrad Grübel (DE)

The Hirsvogelsaal is an early Renaissance building in Hirschelgasse in Nuremberg. This is an extension of his Gothic residence carried out in 1534 by Lienhard III Hirschvogel, a Nuremberg long-distance trader. The reason for the construction was his marriage to Sabine Welser from Augsburg.

Wikipedia: Hirsvogelsaal (DE)

The Laufer Tor was a gate in the northeast of the Nuremberg city wall. Today, the term refers to the road over the former city moat.

Wikipedia: Laufer Tor (DE)

The Red Cross Museum Nuremberg is the largest of 15 museums in the Federal Republic of Germany dedicated to the history and activities of the Red Cross. In addition to various other exhibits, the museum has a vehicle hall in which Red Cross vehicles from different eras are shown.

Wikipedia: Rotkreuz-Museum Nürnberg (DE), Website

The Rechenberg is the name of District 902 in the Statistical District 9 – Eastern Outer City in the Statistical District 90. It is also the name for an approximately 338 m high elevation in the northeast of the city of Nuremberg and a surrounding park of the same name.

Wikipedia: Rechenberg (Nürnberg) (DE)