Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Stuttgart, Germany

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 6.9 km
Ascend 217 m
Descend 195 m

Experience Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart

Sight 1: Carl Benz Center

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Carl Benz Center

The Carl Benz Center is an event center opened in 2006 in the Neckarpark in Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart). The investor in the 75-million-euro project is Rudolf Häussler. The Carl Benz Center offers around 20,000 square metres of usable space, of which VfB Stuttgart alone uses 4,000.

Wikipedia: Carl Benz Center (DE)

1392 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Schweinemuseum

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Schweinemuseum

The pig museum in Stuttgart is a privately managed museum that deals with the art and cultural history of the pig.

Wikipedia: Schweinemuseum (DE), Website

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Gaisburger Kirche

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The Gaisburg Church is a Protestant church in the Gaisburg district of Stuttgart-Ost. It was built from 1911 to 1913 by the architect Martin Elsaesser as a reinforced concrete structure in a mixture of late Art Nouveau, Neoclassicism and Neo-Baroque. It is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Stuttgart.

Wikipedia: Gaisburger Kirche (DE)

1210 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Lukaskirche

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The Protestant Lukaskirche is located in Ostheim, a district in Stuttgart's East district. The building is registered as an architectural monument with the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. The parish merged with the Lutherhaus parish in 2005 and with the Gaisburg parish in 2018. The new parish of Stuttgart-Ost belongs to the Stuttgart church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.

Wikipedia: Lukaskirche (Stuttgart-Ost) (DE)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien und der Dobrudscha

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Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien und der Dobrudscha Claudia Schneider, Bessarabiendeutscher Verein e.V. / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Museum of Local History of the Germans from Bessarabia and Dobruja is a local history museum of the Bessarabian Germans and the Dobruja Germans in Stuttgart. It was founded there in 1952 as a local history museum of the Bessarabian Germans and has functioned since the annexation of the Landsmannschaft der Dobrudscha- und Bulgariendeutschen 2009 also as a museum for this group of people.

Wikipedia: Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien und der Dobrudscha (DE), Website

888 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 6: Gertrud Fuld

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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), Website, Url

1320 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 7: Staatsgalerie

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Staatsgalerie Selbst fotografiert von user:Enslin / CC BY 2.5

The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart is an art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, it opened in 1843. In 1984, the opening of the Neue Staatsgalerie designed by James Stirling transformed the once provincial gallery into one of Europe's leading museums.

Wikipedia: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (EN), Url

24 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Draped Reclining Woman

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Draped Reclining WomanBoberger. Photo: Bengt Oberger / CC BY-SA 3.0

Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 is a bronze sculpture by British artist Henry Moore, with a series of six castings made by Hermann Noack in Berlin.

Wikipedia: Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 (EN), Website

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Schicksals-Brunnen

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Schicksals-Brunnen Stefan Frerichs (Stefan 13:11, 11. Mai 2008 (CEST)) / CC BY-SA 2.0 de

The Schicksalsbrunnen is a fountain in the Upper Palace Garden in Stuttgart, Germany. It was designed in 1914 by the sculptor Karl Donndorf (1870–1941) in Art Nouveau style and is considered one of the most important fountains of this style in Germany.

Wikipedia: Schicksalsbrunnen (Stuttgart) (DE), Website

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Schillerdenkmal

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The Schiller monument in front of the Great House of the Württemberg State Theatre in Stuttgart was designed by the Stuttgart sculptor Adolf von Donndorf, executed in marble by Richard Schönfeld and erected in 1913. The statue shows an idealized Schiller image, according to Donndorf's intention "the immortal Schiller, [...] descending from Olympus with the golden Leyer."

Wikipedia: Schillerdenkmal (Stuttgart 1913) (DE)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Eberhardsgruppe

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The Eberhardsgruppe is a monument in the Upper Palace Garden of Stuttgart. It shows Prince Eberhard I lying on the lap of a subject.

Wikipedia: Eberhardsgruppe (DE), Website

124 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg

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The Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg is a pedestrian bridge in Stuttgart that crosses the nine-lane Schillerstraße and connects the Schlossgarten with the Upper Schlossgarten. Its southern end is in the Upper Palace Garden near the Schauspielhaus. Its northern end forks into a footbridge to the walkway through the castle garden and a footbridge to the walkway towards the main station.

Wikipedia: Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg (DE)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium

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The Carl-Zeiss Planetarium Stuttgart is located in the middle castle garden in Stuttgart. In addition to the actual planetarium, the Stuttgart planetarium also operates the Welzheim observatory.

Wikipedia: Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium Stuttgart (DE), Website

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