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New City Hall

The new town hall in Wiesbaden is not as new as it sounds. It dates back to the late 19th century, but at that time it was a new building. It is located at the Schlossplatz near the city palace, where the Hessian Parliament has its seat. Nearby you will ...

Biebrich Palace

Biebrich Palace, one of the most important baroque palaces on the banks of the Rhine. Standing in front of the impressive palace with its red and white facade, it is hard to imagine that this complex was originally designed as a garden house for Prince Georg August.

Kurhaus Wiesbaden

The Hessian capital Wiesbaden can convince with numerous sights and buildings. One of these buildings is the Kurhaus, which is one of the most magnificent festive buildings in the whole of Germany. One can say that the Kurhaus is the social centre of Wiesbaden and offers an especially representative frame ...

Ring Church

The neo-Gothic Ringkirche, built in 1894, with its twin towers visible from afar, is one of Wiesbaden's landmarks,

Market Church

The main tower of the neo-Gothic Market Church towers far above the other houses in the old town and is thus literally the highlight of a visit to the Hessian capital Wiesbaden. Built between 1853 and 1862 as the Nassau State Cathedral, the Market Church is now used as the main Protestant ...

The Nerobergbahn

The Nerobergbahn, built in 1888, leads from the Nerotal to the Neroberg in Wiesbaden. As a water-load and rack-and-pinion railway, it is the last of its kind in Germany, which is why it is a listed building. However, this does not stop it from continuing to operate for much of the ...

Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme

Anyone who enters the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme in Wiesbaden feels as if they have been transported back to ancient times. It is built in the style that fulfilled all the predicates of an incomparable bathing ambience in the Roman era. The elegant touch and the desire of the visitors to find here, ...

The Russian Orthodox Church

Wiesbaden has always been a centre of attraction for Russian immigrants who came to the Hessian capital for various reasons and left their mark. The close family ties between the House of Nassau and the Russian Tsar played a decisive role in this. The building of the Russian Orthodox church ...

Mountain Church

The Bergkirche (Mountain Church) in Wiesbaden, the capital of the state of Hesse, is located directly in the district of the same name, the Bergviertel, and is a popular tourist attraction.

Old city hall

It is indeed old - the "Old Town Hall" of Wiesbaden. It dates back to 1610 and is the oldest building in the city. Originally, the Old Town Hall was built in the Renaissance style, but over the centuries there have been so many structural corrections that the original impression has ...

Hessian State Theatre

Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, is the multifaceted cultural center of the Rhine-Main region. As one of the oldest spas in Europe, a cultural infrastructure developed here as early as the beginning of the 19th century to offer guests from the nobility, politics and other VIPs exclusive hours of entertainment. ...

Neroberg

The 245-metre high Neroberg is the city's local mountain and the heart of Wiesbaden. It is a popular destination for visitors from all over the world and offers besides a fantastic view of Wiesbaden also a lot of entertainment for the whole family.

Heidenmauer and Roman Gate

The Roman monument, which according to the ancient historian Emil Ritterling from Wiesbaden was erected at the time of Emperor Valentinian, but according to scientific chronology can now be dated to around 130 years before Emperor Valentinian, is located in the city centre of Wiesbaden. The Heidenmauer runs from the ...

City Palace Hessian Parliament

During a visit to Wiesbaden you have the opportunity to explore the eventful history of an impressive architectural monument: The city palace on the market square was once the residence of the dukes of Nassau. Since 1946, the castle has been the seat of the Hessian Parliament. This is the legislative ...

Bonifatius Church

The Bonifatiuskirche in Wiesbaden is one of the most interesting sights of the Hessian capital. It is the oldest place of worship in the city centre.

The spa gardens

The Kurpark in Wiesbaden was created during the imperial era around 1900, but construction began as early as 1852. It was intended to be created in the style of an English landscape garden. Today it covers an area of 75,000 square metres and stretches from the Kurhaus in the city centre to the ...

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Guide to Wiesbaden

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Even the Romans knew about the hot springs, which made Wiesbaden with its ideal location between the Taunus and the Rhine in the 19th century to a leading health resort in Europe .

Casino Wiesbaden

The casino in Wiesbaden is one of the most famous and traditional casinos in Germany. Since 1810, the casino is located in the magnificent old Kurhaus. Here already the famous writer Dostoyevsky gambled away his money , which inspired him to his famous novel "The Gambler".

Capital of Hesse

Since 1945 Wiesbaden has been the capital of the then newly founded state of Hesse. From 1806 until its annexation by Prussia in 1866, Wiesbaden was also the capital and seat of government of the Duchy of Nassau.

Hot springs

The Romans already used the many hot springs, but Wiesbaden only became really famous as a health resort in the 19th century. As a "world spa town" and the "Nice of the North", Wiesbaden became a popular place to stay for the European aristocracy.

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