Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Schweinfurt, Germany

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 36 m
Descend 37 m

Experience Schweinfurt 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 Schweinfurt

Sight 1: St. Salvator

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St. Salvator, also called Salvatorkirche, formerly Frauenkirche, is a Protestant church in Schweinfurt, Germany. The church is the only major Baroque building in the city.

Wikipedia: St. Salvator (Schweinfurt) (DE), Url

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Naturkundliches Museum

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Naturkundliches Museum

The Natural History Museum in Schweinfurt is located in the Harmonie museum building on the banks of the Main.

Wikipedia: Naturkundliches Museum (Schweinfurt) (DE)

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Museum Georg Schäfer

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The Museum Georg Schäfer is a German art museum in Schweinfurt, Bavaria. Based on the private art collection of German industrialist Georg Schäfer (1896–1975), the museum primarily collects 19th-century paintings by artists from German-speaking countries.

Wikipedia: Museum Georg Schäfer (EN)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Altes Rathaus

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The Old Town Hall of the city of Schweinfurt is located on the market (main market) in the old town and is a listed building. It is considered a masterpiece of the secular German Renaissance and is one of the most important Renaissance buildings in southern Germany.

Wikipedia: Altes Rathaus (Schweinfurt) (DE)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: St. Johannis

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St. Johannis in Schweinfurt was the main church of the former imperial city of Schweinfurt and is today an Evangelical Lutheran parish church, which is located at the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Deanery of Schweinfurt.

Wikipedia: St. Johannis (Schweinfurt) (DE), Url

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Museum Gunnar-Wester-Haus

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The Gunnar Wester House in Schweinfurt is a museum that exhibits the Graf Luxburg Collection – objects of fire generation and lighting – and the Fritz Glöckle Icon Collection – Russian icons from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Gunnar Wester was a Swedish consul and chairman of the management board of SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH in Schweinfurt.

Wikipedia: Gunnar-Wester-Haus (DE)

611 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Heilig-Geist-Kirche

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Heilig-Geist-Kirche Dr. Volkmar Rudolf|Tilman2007; shifted/cropped by Rabanus Flavus / CC BY 3.0

The Church of the Holy Spirit in Schweinfurt is the Roman Catholic parish church of the parish of the same name, which was built in 2017.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Schweinfurt) (DE)

713 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Gustav-Adolf-Kirche

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The Gustav Adolf Memorial Church is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Schweinfurt, Germany. It is named after the Protestant King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden. It was built in the course of the city's expansion in the 1920s.

Wikipedia: Gustav-Adolf-Gedächtniskirche (Schweinfurt) (DE), Url

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