Sightseeing:

 

 

Sightseeing: upper rhine

rhine map basel - strasbourg

Breisach

Open air theater

St. Stephansmünster, romanesque minster built from 1200 to 1230, choir built from 1275, medieval interior, paintings from Martin Schongauer, main altar transition of gothic and renaissance

Radbrunnenturm and Hagenbachturm, remaining towers of the former town fortification walls


Strasbourg

The magnificent old town of Strasbourg is an UNESCO World Heritage Site

Cathedral Notre Dame, Liebfrauenmünster, built from 1176 to 1439 on the fundaments of a former church from 1015, built in romanesque architecture, later in gothic architecture, tallest structure in the world from 1625 to 1874, southern spire unfinished, height of northern spire 142m, remarkable interior, stained glass windows from the 12th to 14th century, burial place of Konrad von Lichtenberg, baptismal font from 1443, pulpit from 1486, sculptures from 1498, organ from the 14th century (mechanic and interior from 1981), choir organ from 1878, wall hangings from the 17th century, magnificent portal astronomic clock, with a height of 18 meters one of the most important medieval astronomic clocks

Musee des Beaux Arts, museum of fine arts

Musee archeologique, archaeological museum

Musee historique, historic museum


Speyer

Centre of the Salian dynasty, largest romanesque cathedral worldwide

Speyer cathedral, burial place of 6 emperors and kings, built from 1030

Judenbad, jewish mikvah, oldest mikvah of middle europe, built from 1100

Altpörtel, remaining tower of the former town fortification wall, one of the highest town gates in germany, built from the 12th century

Worms

Worms Cathedral, Imperial cathedral, built on fundaments of former churches from 1130 to 1181, burial place of Duke Conrad of Lorraine

Jewish Cemetery Worms (Heiliger Sand; literally "holy sand"); beside roman catacombs the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe, established late 10th century, oldest tombstone from 1076, burial place of Meir of Rothenburg, Alexander den Salomon Wimpfen, Rabbi Nathan ben Isaak and Rabbi Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin

 

Mainz

St. Martin Cathedral, romanesque church built from 1009, consecrated 1036, medieval place of coronation ceremony

St. Johannis, church consecrated 910

St. Quintin, gothic architecture, built in the 13th century

St. Stephan, built from 1267 to 1341, several reconstructions and expansions

Electoral Palace, Kurfuerstliches Schloss, residence of the Archbishop of Mainz, renaissance architecture built in the 17th century

Zitadelle Mainz, fortification, built from 1650

Holzturm, gothic town gate built in the 15th century

Eisenturm, oldest town gate of the medieval town fortification walls, built in the 13th century, extensions from the 15th century

Römersteine, remnants of a roman aqueduct

Schillerplatz, central square in the city

Botanical garden