Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Witten, Germany

The Helenenturm is a 30-metre-high observation tower in Witten, built in 1858 as a private monument of the judicial councillor Eduard Strohn in honour of his wife Helene Strohn née Lohmann. She died after a lawsuit over ferry fees between the family and the Prussian state. The construction of the tower was financed with the compensation awarded in this process.

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Villa Hanf is located at Parkweg 14 in Witten. The banker Moritz Hanf and his wife Rebecca Hanf built the house, which is characterized by Art Nouveau, and moved in here in 1903. On Kristallnacht from 9 to 10 November 1938, the Hanfs hid in the basement of their house while the Nazis devastated the house. Two months later, they fled to the Netherlands. Moritz Hanf died in the Netherlands in 1943, Rebecca Hanf was murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. In front of the house, stumbling stones have been commemorating the family since April 4, 2014. The villa has been a listed building since 19 April 1983.

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The Villa Berger is a classicist villa in Witten at Ruhrstraße 69. It is part of the Route of Industrial Heritage.

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The Märkisches Museum Witten is a museum in Witten, Germany. It mainly presents modern German painting.

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Villa Albert Lohmann is located on Ruhrstraße 70 in Witten and is part of the route of industrial culture.

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The Villa Friedrich Lohmann Jr. is located at Ruhrstraße 75 in Witten and is part of the Route of Industrial Culture.

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The Villa Gustav Lohmann is one of the representative entrepreneurial villas of the Lohmann family on Ruhrstraße in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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The Saalbau Witten is a multifunctional event hall for events for up to 1000 people. With over 250 events such as concerts, plays and conferences every year, the Saalbau reaches around 100,000 visitors. It is centrally located on the outskirts of Witten's city center.

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The Villa Friedrich Lohmann senior is one of the restored entrepreneurs' villas on Ruhrstraße in Witten.

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The German Mine and Light Railway Museum is a technical museum in Witten-Bommern in the Ruhr area. It is located below Steinhausen Castle on the site of the Theresia colliery, which closed in 1892, and is part of the Muttental mining trail.

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Steinhausen Castle is located on the Muttental mining trail in the Witten district of Bommern south of the Ruhr. Its landmark is a round tower on the east side of the castle grounds, which currently lacks a helmet.

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The Turteltaube colliery was a mine in Bommern in the Muttental. The mine belonged to the court of Herbede. The mine was built on two wings, each with a separate tunnel in the nightingale hollow, and was in operation until the middle of the 19th century.

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The LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Nachtigall is a technical museum in Witten-Bommern, Germany. The museum, a branch of the LWL Industrial Museum, is located on the old factory site of the Nachtigall colliery at Nachtigallstraße 35–37. Today it is an anchor point of the Route of Industrial Heritage and an information centre of the Ruhr Geopark.

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The Nachtigall colliery is a former coal mine in Bommern. The mine was also known as the Nachtigal colliery in the Hetberge, the Nachtigall colliery in the Hedtberge, the trade union in the Hedtberge and the coal bank in the Hettberger Holtz. The mine is located in Bommern at the entrance to the Muttental and is part of the Muttental mining trail. The colliery was one of the largest underground mines in the region. At the mine, piece-rich fatty coal was mined in underground mining, which was of good quality. Today, the LWL Industrial Museum Nachtigall Colliery is located on the factory premises.

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The Dünkelberg quarry is located in Muttental south of the Ruhr in Witten. The quarry was shown in 1984 as a natural monument and on November 25, 1986 as a ground monument. He is connected to the Muttental mining hiking trail.

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Hardenstein Castle is a ruined castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The remains lie east of Herbede on the Ruhr River, surrounded by mountains, and are not easily accessible. Nearby ruins show that the castle was once part of an important mining centre, probably dating to the Middle Ages; the earliest records, from the 16th century, support this. The castle features in the legend of the Nibelungs.

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The St.-Johannes-Erbstollen is a former Erbstollen in Witten in the districts of Hardenstein and Vormholz. The tunnel is located west of the Muttental. The tunnel was also known under the names Tiefer Johannis Stollen, St. Johannes Erbstolln, St. Johannis-Erbstollen, Johannis Erbstollen and Johannes Erbstollen. Its lower part runs in the valley of an unnamed stream, which is locally called Deipenbecke or simply Hardensteiner Bach. The St.-Johannes-Erbstollen was the most important tunnel in the region and was used to drain water and ventilate the surrounding mines, which were mining hard coal. The Erbstollen belonged to the Märkischer Bergamtsbezirk.

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The Königliche Schleusenwärterhaus is a lock keeper's house on the Ruhr in Heven, Witten, near the Herbeder Schleuse. It is a listed building.

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The Zollhaus Herbede is a former Prussian bridge keeper's house from the 19th century and is located directly on the Lake Bridge over the Ruhr on the side of Herbede, Witten. The construction of the house followed the construction of the bridge by Baron von Elverfeldt in 1844. Until 1930, a bridge toll had to be paid when crossing the Lake Bridge. The building now belongs to the company Friedr. Lohmann GmbH. A beer garden was opened in 2013, and an indoor restaurant in 2016.

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St. Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic church in the district of Herbede in Witten, Germany. It is located at Meesmannstraße 99 and belongs to the Diocese of Essen. It is the parish church of the parish of the same name.

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The Evangelical Church is a listed church building in Herbede, a district of Witten in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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The Herbede Memorial is a memorial in memory of those who died in the World War 1914/18 in Herbede, Witten. It was also intended to house the memorial plaques for the fallen of the wars of 1866 and 1870/71. It was created under the leadership of Pastor Kracht. It was built between 1932 and 1934. The inauguration took place on 21 October 1935. Later, the names of those who died at the front in the Second World War followed. The memorial is located on the Küsters Nocken on Bruno-Heide-Straße. It has been a listed building since 31 May 2002. In 20219, there was a need for renovation.

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