Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Wuppertal, Germany
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10 km
273 m
Experience Wuppertal 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 WuppertalSight 1: Familien- und Begegnungshaus
The Wichlinghausen Church in the Wuppertal district of Oberbarmen is a traditional church building in the district of Wichlinghausen. Until its deconsecration in 2014, it was a church of the Protestant parish of Wichlinghausen-Nächstebreck in the church district of Wuppertal, and since 2015 it has been used as a district centre.
Sight 2: Alpha e.V.
The property Kleiner Werth 17 is a villa in the Wuppertal residential district of Oberbarmen-Schwarzbach in the district of Barmen.
Sight 3: Knopffabrik PSW
The PSW button factory is a factory building in the Sedansberg residential district of Wuppertal and is a listed building according to § 2 para. 1 DSchG NRW. It is the production site of the Bielefeld-based companies Union Knopf GmbH and PSW-Knopf GmbH. The latter company is also responsible for the common name Knopffabrik PSW.
Sight 4: Rotter Kirche
The Rotter Church is a Protestant church in the district of Rott in Wuppertal-Barmen and, together with the Unterbarmer Hauptkirche and the Pauluskirche, was the place of preaching of the United Evangelical Church of Unterbarmen.
Sight 5: Rott-Tunnel
The Rott Tunnel is a 351 m long, listed former railway tunnel in Wuppertal. It is located on the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, which opened in 1879 and has since been closed, between Wuppertal-Loh station and Wuppertal-Rott station. Rott station was located directly at the eastern tunnel portal. It is one of seven tunnels on the section between Mettmann and Gevelsberg West station.
Sight 6: Hohenstein
The Hohenstein is a dolomite rock cliff in the Wuppertal city area, which is located in a city park of the same name, around 4,450 m² in size.
Sight 7: Johnson Controls IFM Industrie GmbH
The consumer cooperative "Vorwärts-Befreiung" was a large consumer cooperative in Wuppertal. It emerged from the merger of the cooperatives "Befreiung" and "Vorwärts" as well as "Haushalt" in Velbert in 1924. Previously, several attempts to unite the Elberfeld and Barmer cooperatives had failed.
Sight 8: Lego-Brücke
The Lego-Brücke is a concrete beam bridge which crosses over the Schwesterstraße in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Wuppertal, Germany. In 2011, graffiti and street artist Martin Heuwold repainted the bridge in the style of Lego bricks, receiving national and international media attention for his work. The work was awarded the Deutscher Fassadenpreis in 2012.
Sight 9: Thomaskirche
St. Thomas' Church is a Protestant church in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal, Germany.
Sight 10: Engelnberg
The Engelnberg is an approximately 197-metre-high elevation in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the urban area of Wuppertal in the Elberfeld district and is also the namesake for the street Am Engelnberg.
Sight 11: Engelnburg
The Engelnburg is a residential complex with a restaurant in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld, on the Engelnberg hill in the Ostersbaum residential district and is a listed building.
Sight 12: Platz der Republik
Platz der Republik is an inner-city square in the Ostersbaum residential district of Wuppertal.
Sight 13: Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen
The Fountain of Justice is a fountain in Wuppertal-Elberfeld designed by the sculptor Bernhard Hoetger, which was inaugurated in 1910 during the festival week for the 300th anniversary of Elberfeld on the former "parade ground".
Sight 14: Zwirnerei Hebebrand
The Hebebrand twisting mill is a listed factory building in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal, Germany. The Rhineland Regional Association calls the building, along with two other Wuppertal buildings, "one of the most important buildings of the textile industry in Germany". The factory building is one of the stops on the "Textiles in Wuppertal" route.
Sight 15: Wiesenwerke
Gold-Zack-Werke AG was a stock corporation from the textile industry, whose shell was converted into an issuing house towards the end of the 20th century. In the second half of the 20th century, Gold-Zack-Werke AG was the market leader in the field of strands, rubber and textile straps, so-called Barmer articles.
Sight 16: Bandwebermuseum
The Ribbon Weaving Museum is a museum of technical and cultural history in Wuppertal, Germany.
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