List of sights in Wiesbaden
The following list contains sights of the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden . These are partly mentioned both officially by the city of Wiesbaden and in various travel and city guides as well as in relevant works on the city and the city history of Wiesbaden:
Buildings
See also Category: Building in Wiesbaden
Building | image | Construction year | Architectural style | Specialty |
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Old Town Hall | 1608-1610 |
Renaissance , reshaped late classicist |
The oldest still existing building in the old town, today used as a registry office | |
Former district and regional court | 1895-1897 | Neo-renaissance | Currently unused (2019). | |
Mountain church | 1879 | Neo-Gothic | Namesake of the surrounding district; Her master builder Johannes Otzen and her pastor Emil Veesenmeyer later designed the Wiesbaden program ; second Protestant church in the city after the market church | |
English church | 1863 | Neo-Gothic | Originally built for the city's British spa guests | |
Hereditary Prince Palace | 1813-1817 | classicism | Built for the Nassau heir to the throne Wilhelm I by Christian Zais | |
Central Station | 1904-1906 | Neo-baroque | Replaced three older terminal stations | |
State Library Wiesbaden | 1913 | Neoclassicism | Largest and most important library in the city | |
Hessian State Parliament (City Palace) | 1837-1842 | Late classicism | Classicist city palace as the residence of the Dukes of Nassau. It has housed the Hessian state parliament since 1946 | |
Hessian Landtag (Kavalierhaus) | 1826, (1952/53) | Late classicism | Since the construction of the city palace, the Kalbsche Haus has been included in the palace complex as a so-called cavalier house , and since 1946 it has been part of the Hessian state parliament | |
Hessian State Theater | 1893-1894 | Neo-baroque | Initiated largely by Kaiser Wilhelm II. And promoted and as new Court Theater opened | |
Hessian State Chancellery | 1896-1902 | Neo-baroque | Former Hotel Rose | |
Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme | 1910-1913 | Art Nouveau | Irish-Roman thermal baths with saunas | |
Kochbrunnen (temple) | 1888-1890 | Neo-renaissance | Southern residue of a formerly Z-shaped Kolonnaden system, significant thermal source of the city, already in 1366 as Brühborn mentioned | |
Kurhaus | 1905-1907 | Neo-renaissance | Building by Friedrich von Thiersch instead of a predecessor built in 1813, named by Kaiser Wilhelm II at its opening as "the most beautiful spa in the world "; houses the Wiesbaden casino | |
Kurhaus Colonnade | 1825 | classicism | Former foyer and longest columned hall in the world, today the small game of the casino is housed here | |
Country house | 1905-1907 | Neo-baroque | Administration building of the former Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau , today the seat of the Hessian Ministry of Economics | |
Luther Church | 1908-1910 | Art Nouveau | Fourth Protestant church in the city, built according to the principles of the Wiesbaden program | |
Market Church | 1853-1862 | Neo-Gothic | Oldest and largest Protestant church in Wiesbaden; erected by Carl Boos as " Nassauer Landesdom " | |
Ministerial building | 1838-1842 | Neo-renaissance | ||
Wiesbaden Museum | 1913-1915 | Neoclassicism | Hessian State Museum with the three sections Nassau antiquities , art collection and natural history collection | |
Nerobergbahn | 1888 | Industrial age | ||
new town hall | 1884-1887 | Neo-renaissance | Built by George of Hauberisser , who is also the New Munich City Hall designed | |
Ring Church | 1892-1894 | Neo-Romanesque | Erected by Johannes Otzen ; first Protestant church in Germany designed according to the Wiesbaden program ; second Protestant church in Wiesbaden after the market church | |
Roman gate | 1903 | Romanizing | Romanising addition by Felix Genzmer to the ancient so-called Heidenmauer (remains of a Roman wall from the 4th century AD) | |
Solmsschlösschen | 1890-1892 | Neo-Gothic | Private villa for Prince Albrecht zu Solms-Braunfels , built on the model of Braunfels Castle ; made the use of half-timbered in Wiesbaden villa construction popular again | |
St. Boniface | 1844-1849 | Neo-Gothic | Largest and oldest Catholic church in the city | |
Villa Clementine | 1878-1882 | historicism | Magnificent private villa for a Mainz factory owner, scene of the Wiesbaden prince robbery and later setting for the film adaptation of Buddenbrooks | |
Villa Söhnlein-Pabst | 1903-1906 | historicism | Built on the model of the White House in Washington for the sparkling wine manufacturer Friedrich Wilhelm Söhnlein and his American wife |
Building | district | image | Construction year | Architectural style | Specialty |
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Christophoruskirche | Schierstein | 1752-1754 | Rococo | ||
Henkell castle | Biebrich | 1907-1909 | |||
Biebrich water tower | Biebrich | 1897 | |||
State monument | Biebrich | 1909 | on Biebricher Allee | ||
Opel bath | Northeast | 1933-1934 | on the Neroberg | ||
Russian Church | Northeast | 1847-1855 | ("Greek Chapel") on the Neroberg | ||
Theodor Heuss Bridge | Kastel | 1882-1885 | Connects the Kastel district with the city of Mainz |
Palaces, castles and fortresses
- Frauenstein Castle in Frauenstein (13th century)
- Sonnenberg Castle in Sonnenberg (1384)
- Reduit fortress in Mainz-Kastel (1830–1832)
- Biebrich Castle in Biebrich (from 1700, extensions until 1827)
- Fasanerie hunting lodge
- Jagdschloss Platte (1823–1826)
- Freudenberg Castle (1904/1905)
- Sommerberg Castle in Frauenstein (around 1870)
- City Palace (today's Hessian Landtag ) (1837–1842)
Museums
- Aartalbahnmuseum of the Nassau Tourist Railway ( Dotzheim station / Dotzheim district )
- Artothek (Im Rad / Rheingauviertel district)
- Bastion of Schönborn Flößermuseum (An der Reduit (Mainz-Kastel) )
- Bellevue Hall, exhibition space for contemporary art ( Wilhelmstrasse 32 / Mitte district )
- Sonnenberg Castle Museum (Sonnenhöhe / Sonnenberg district )
- Museum Castellum (In der Reduit / Kastel district )
- German Jewish Museum (Active Museum Spiegelgasse / Mitte district )
- Field of experience for the senses (in Freudenberg Castle / Dotzheim district )
- ESWE Technikum (Klosterbruch / Northeast District)
- German TV Museum / Museum for Professional TV Technology (Fundus Wiesbadener Straße / District Amöneburg )
- Fire Brigade Museum of the Wiesbaden Professional Fire Brigade ( Fire Station 1, Kurt-Schumacher-Ring (2nd ring) / Rheingauviertel district)
- Frauen museum wiesbaden (Wörthstraße / Mitte district)
- Gallery of the Nassau Art Association ( Wilhelmstrasse / Southeast District )
- Harlequinäum, the "funniest museum in the world" ( Wandersmannstrasse / Erbenheim district )
- Biebrich Museum for Local and Industrial History (Rudolf-Dyckerhoff-Straße / Biebrich district)
- Bierstadt local history museum (Venatorstrasse / Bierstadt district)
- Local history museum Delkenheim (Rathausplatz / Delkenheim district)
- Local history museum Dotzheim (Römergasse / Dotzheim district)
- Erbenheim local history museum (Wandersmannstrasse / Erbenheim district)
- Local history museum Kloppenheim (Obergasse / Kloppenheim district)
- Heimatmuseum Kostheim (main street / Kostheim district)
- Medenbach Local History Museum (Neufeldstrasse / Medenbach District)
- Local history museum Naurod (Obergasse / Naurod district)
- Heimatmuseum Nordenstadt (Turmstrasse / Nordenstadt district)
- Schierstein Local History Museum (Zehntenhofstrasse, Old Harbor School community center / Schierstein district)
- Karlovy Vary Archive and Museum (Oranienstrasse / Mitte district )
- Roman Arch of Honor Museum (Große Kirchenstraße / Kastel district )
- Museum Wiesbaden (Friedrich-Ebert-Allee / Southeast District )
- museum reinhard ernst for abstract art (Wilhelmstrasse 1 / district southeast ) - opening 2022
- Police museum in the police headquarters (Konrad-Adenauer-Ring (2nd ring) / Southeast district)
- Roman Open Air Museum (Am Römertor / Mitte district )
- Stadtmuseum am Markt (market square / Mitte district )
Streets / ensembles
- Adolfsallee
- Bergkirchenviertel
- Bowling Green and Kurhausplatz
- Poets' quarter
- Europaviertel
- Feldherrenviertel
- Kirchgasse , car-free shopping street
- Kranzplatz and Kochbrunnenplatz
- Bohemian district
- Luisenplatz
- Nerotal
- Ringstrasse (Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring and Bismarckring)
- Rheingauviertel
- Rheinstrasse
- Palace Square
- Dern's terrain
- Taunusstrasse
- East residential area
- Wilhelmstrasse
Parks
- Old cemetery , rededicated as an amusement park
- Albrecht Dürer plant
- Spa gardens
- Nerotal systems
- North Cemetery
- Reisinger (fountain) systems / Herbert systems
- Rhine meadows Schierstein
- Richard Wagner systems (Henkell Park)
- Robert Krekel plant
- Biebrich Castle Park
- Freudenberg Castle Park
- Südfriedhof
- Animal and plant park Fasanerie
- Thorwaldsenanlage
- Dotzheim forest cemetery
- Warm dam
Web links
- Sightseeing in Wiesbaden . In: Wiesbaden.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum of Sonnenberg Castle. In: Heimatverein-Sonnenberg.de. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
- ^ Official website of the Harlequineum
- ^ Karlovy Vary Archive and Museum. In: bkge.de. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
- ^ Official website of the sam - Stadtmuseum am Markt