You are here: Wetzlar International Discovering Sightseeing Historical Walk in the old town Secondary navigation Discovering Sightseeing Historical Walk in the old town The Cathedral Goethe in Wetzlar Wetzlar in... Historical Walk in the old town Domplatz © Dominik Ketz Follow us on a trip back in the history of Wetzlar: Altstadtrundgang Historical Walk in the Old Town PDF-File, 1,34 MB Domplatz The Cathedral The Cathedral, formerly the collegiate parish Church of Our Lady of Adoration, has remained unfinished. On the site of the current… read more Domplatz/Goethestrasse Michaelskapelle (Chapel of the Archangel Michael) A part of the former cemetery south of the cathedral had to make way for the expansion of the Gothic church. A chapel dedicated to the archangel Michael was then built as an ossuary. read more Brodschirm 6 Wetzlar`s oldest half-timbered structure It has three stories and is characterized by vertical beams spanning the entire height of the building and by the hanging trusses. read more Brodschirm 2 Former residential house of August Bebel August Bebel, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party in Germany in 1869, lived in Wetzlar as a youth and did his apprenticeship here. His mother was a native of Wetzlar… read more Fischmarkt 13 Former seat of the Imperial Chamber of Justice Originally the town hall, dating from the mid-14th century and fundamentally altered a number of times, it became the seat of the highest German court,... read more Schwarzadlergasse 2 Apothecary When the apothecary first opened in 1703, it bore the name “Zum Goldenen Haupt”. In 1779, a fire destroyed almost... read more Domplatz 8 Today's Tourist-Information In the first half of the 14th century, a municipal customhouse was erected here in which all merchants who were passing through Wetzlar were required to have their wares weighed and taxed. read more Domplatz 3 The Hauptwache The Hauptwache, or the main guardhouse, was built in 1861, an example of late classical style from Wetzlar’s Prussian period. read more Domplatz 17 The inn “Zum Kronprinz” During his sojourn in the summer of 1772, Johann Wolfgang Goethe often lunched here in the inn “Zum Kronprinz.” read more Lottestrasse 8-10 Home of the museums Lottehouse, town and industrial museum as well as Viseum A branch of the Knights of the Teutonic Order was established in Wetzlar in 1285 to administer the order’s local properties. The main building was used to accommodate knights of the order... read more Park near the civic center Lapidarium of boundary stones When leaving Wetzlar in days gone by, there were numerous borders to be crossed. For centuries, stones marking boundary lines had an important function. read more Turmstrasse “Säuturm” (sow tower) In the Middle Ages, the Säuturm, or sow tower, was known as the Schneiderturm, or tailors’ tower. The tailors’ guild was responsible for maintaining and manning this section of the town wall. read more Kormmarkt 5 Baroque ballroom, theatre and inn “Zum Römischen Kaiser” The inn’s sign depicts an emperor who may be the Emperor Franz I, the consort of Empress Maria Theresa. read more Kornmarkt 7 House where Goethe lived in the summer of 1772 In the summer of 1772, Goethe lived in a small apartment in the house of the Imperial Chamber of Justice procurator Georg Wilhelm von Ludolf. read more Engelsgasse 2 Half-timbered house named “Zum Reichsapfel” (To the Imperial Apple) This half-timbered house dating from 1607 has distinctive jutting windows. According to the inscription to the left below the window,... read more Engelsgasse 3 Engelsgasse 3: Noble town house This house with several steps leading up to it was built in 1766. read more Kornblumengasse 1 Palais Papius Wilhelm Heeser von Lilienthal, procurator at the Imperial Chamber of Justice, built this mansion in 1717/1718. read more Hofstatt 19 The Imperial Chamber of Justice Museum Known as the Avemann House, it was built in the mid-18th century by the assessor Baron Johann Hermann Franz von Pape, commonly known as Papius. read more Schillerplatz Former Franciscan Church The earliest document mentioning Franciscan monks in Wetzlar dates from 1248. The Gothic church, built around 1300, has 3 naves and a choir with three bays and a fivesided apse. read more Schillerplatz Museum dedicated to Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem (Jerusalemhaus) This house was built at the end of the 17th century. Wetzlar printer and publisher Georg Ernst Winckler and his family moved into this house in 1694. read more Steighausplatz The old Jewish cemetery The old Jewish cemetery, located between the town wall and the Wetzbach embankment at the site of the earlier Silhof Gate, was used from the late 17th century up to the time of the new municipal... read more Pfannenstielsgasse 8 Synagogue Memorial Plaque A plaque marks the site of the synagogue of Wetzlar’s Jewish community which stood here from 1756 to 1958. read more Eisenmarkt 9 “Zur Alten Münz” (To the Old Mint) Called “Zur Alten Münz” or “To the Old Mint,” this building dates from 1599 and was probably built on the site of a mediaeval mint. read more Lahnstrasse 35 Former seat of a mediaeval brewery The current building was erected in 1716. Before that, one of Wetzlar’s five mediaeval breweries… read more Brauhausgasse/Mühlgrabenstrasse “Am Lahnpförtchen” (The Small Gate to the Lahn River) The “Lahnpförtchen” or small gate to the Lahn River, also known as the Tränkpforte or Trough Gate, was a small passageway through the mediaeval town wall… read more Lahnstrasse/Langgasse Old Lahn Bridge The old bridge over the Lahn River was built in the second half of the 13th century and first documented in 1288. It was on the trade route from Frankfurt to Cologne in the Middle Ages. read more Haarplatz Hospital Church The hospital Church of the Holy Spirit was first documented in 1262. A public charity, it gave shelter to the poor and accommodated passing pilgrims. read more Hauser Gasse 17 Old town hall The cornerstone of the Imperial Chamber of Justice archives building was laid in 1782. The building had not yet been completed when the court was dissolved in 1806. read more Hauser Gasse Town Wall The mediaeval wall encircling Wetzlar was built section by section between 1250 and 1300. It was 1.7 kilometres long and reached a height of up to 11 meters. read more Hauser Gasse/Wöllbachertorstrasse „Rosengärtchen“ (Rose Garden) The Rosengärtchen, or Rose Garden, today a park with an open-air stage, was once a cemetery (1757-1881). read more Haarbachstrasse Goethe Well In the 18th century, two springs fed two wells just beyond Wöllbach Gate, one for drinking water and the other for washing. Goethe was often at the Wildbach/Wollbach Well. read more Recommend this page: Seite auf Facebook empfehlen Seite auf Twitter empfehlen Seite empfehlen More like this: Wetzlar in... ...two hours, four hours, a day or two days. Have a look on most interesting sights of Wetzlar. read more Old town hall The cornerstone of the Imperial Chamber of Justice archives building was laid in 1782. The building had not yet been completed when the court was dissolved in 1806. read more Former seat of the Imperial Chamber of Justice Originally the town hall, dating from the mid-14th century and fundamentally altered a number of times, it became the seat of the highest German court,... read more
Historical Walk in the old town Domplatz © Dominik Ketz Follow us on a trip back in the history of Wetzlar: Altstadtrundgang Historical Walk in the Old Town PDF-File, 1,34 MB Domplatz The Cathedral The Cathedral, formerly the collegiate parish Church of Our Lady of Adoration, has remained unfinished. On the site of the current… read more Domplatz/Goethestrasse Michaelskapelle (Chapel of the Archangel Michael) A part of the former cemetery south of the cathedral had to make way for the expansion of the Gothic church. A chapel dedicated to the archangel Michael was then built as an ossuary. read more Brodschirm 6 Wetzlar`s oldest half-timbered structure It has three stories and is characterized by vertical beams spanning the entire height of the building and by the hanging trusses. read more Brodschirm 2 Former residential house of August Bebel August Bebel, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party in Germany in 1869, lived in Wetzlar as a youth and did his apprenticeship here. His mother was a native of Wetzlar… read more Fischmarkt 13 Former seat of the Imperial Chamber of Justice Originally the town hall, dating from the mid-14th century and fundamentally altered a number of times, it became the seat of the highest German court,... read more Schwarzadlergasse 2 Apothecary When the apothecary first opened in 1703, it bore the name “Zum Goldenen Haupt”. In 1779, a fire destroyed almost... read more Domplatz 8 Today's Tourist-Information In the first half of the 14th century, a municipal customhouse was erected here in which all merchants who were passing through Wetzlar were required to have their wares weighed and taxed. read more Domplatz 3 The Hauptwache The Hauptwache, or the main guardhouse, was built in 1861, an example of late classical style from Wetzlar’s Prussian period. read more Domplatz 17 The inn “Zum Kronprinz” During his sojourn in the summer of 1772, Johann Wolfgang Goethe often lunched here in the inn “Zum Kronprinz.” read more Lottestrasse 8-10 Home of the museums Lottehouse, town and industrial museum as well as Viseum A branch of the Knights of the Teutonic Order was established in Wetzlar in 1285 to administer the order’s local properties. The main building was used to accommodate knights of the order... read more Park near the civic center Lapidarium of boundary stones When leaving Wetzlar in days gone by, there were numerous borders to be crossed. For centuries, stones marking boundary lines had an important function. read more Turmstrasse “Säuturm” (sow tower) In the Middle Ages, the Säuturm, or sow tower, was known as the Schneiderturm, or tailors’ tower. The tailors’ guild was responsible for maintaining and manning this section of the town wall. read more Kormmarkt 5 Baroque ballroom, theatre and inn “Zum Römischen Kaiser” The inn’s sign depicts an emperor who may be the Emperor Franz I, the consort of Empress Maria Theresa. read more Kornmarkt 7 House where Goethe lived in the summer of 1772 In the summer of 1772, Goethe lived in a small apartment in the house of the Imperial Chamber of Justice procurator Georg Wilhelm von Ludolf. read more Engelsgasse 2 Half-timbered house named “Zum Reichsapfel” (To the Imperial Apple) This half-timbered house dating from 1607 has distinctive jutting windows. According to the inscription to the left below the window,... read more Engelsgasse 3 Engelsgasse 3: Noble town house This house with several steps leading up to it was built in 1766. read more Kornblumengasse 1 Palais Papius Wilhelm Heeser von Lilienthal, procurator at the Imperial Chamber of Justice, built this mansion in 1717/1718. read more Hofstatt 19 The Imperial Chamber of Justice Museum Known as the Avemann House, it was built in the mid-18th century by the assessor Baron Johann Hermann Franz von Pape, commonly known as Papius. read more Schillerplatz Former Franciscan Church The earliest document mentioning Franciscan monks in Wetzlar dates from 1248. The Gothic church, built around 1300, has 3 naves and a choir with three bays and a fivesided apse. read more Schillerplatz Museum dedicated to Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem (Jerusalemhaus) This house was built at the end of the 17th century. Wetzlar printer and publisher Georg Ernst Winckler and his family moved into this house in 1694. read more Steighausplatz The old Jewish cemetery The old Jewish cemetery, located between the town wall and the Wetzbach embankment at the site of the earlier Silhof Gate, was used from the late 17th century up to the time of the new municipal... read more Pfannenstielsgasse 8 Synagogue Memorial Plaque A plaque marks the site of the synagogue of Wetzlar’s Jewish community which stood here from 1756 to 1958. read more Eisenmarkt 9 “Zur Alten Münz” (To the Old Mint) Called “Zur Alten Münz” or “To the Old Mint,” this building dates from 1599 and was probably built on the site of a mediaeval mint. read more Lahnstrasse 35 Former seat of a mediaeval brewery The current building was erected in 1716. Before that, one of Wetzlar’s five mediaeval breweries… read more Brauhausgasse/Mühlgrabenstrasse “Am Lahnpförtchen” (The Small Gate to the Lahn River) The “Lahnpförtchen” or small gate to the Lahn River, also known as the Tränkpforte or Trough Gate, was a small passageway through the mediaeval town wall… read more Lahnstrasse/Langgasse Old Lahn Bridge The old bridge over the Lahn River was built in the second half of the 13th century and first documented in 1288. It was on the trade route from Frankfurt to Cologne in the Middle Ages. read more Haarplatz Hospital Church The hospital Church of the Holy Spirit was first documented in 1262. A public charity, it gave shelter to the poor and accommodated passing pilgrims. read more Hauser Gasse 17 Old town hall The cornerstone of the Imperial Chamber of Justice archives building was laid in 1782. The building had not yet been completed when the court was dissolved in 1806. read more Hauser Gasse Town Wall The mediaeval wall encircling Wetzlar was built section by section between 1250 and 1300. It was 1.7 kilometres long and reached a height of up to 11 meters. read more Hauser Gasse/Wöllbachertorstrasse „Rosengärtchen“ (Rose Garden) The Rosengärtchen, or Rose Garden, today a park with an open-air stage, was once a cemetery (1757-1881). read more Haarbachstrasse Goethe Well In the 18th century, two springs fed two wells just beyond Wöllbach Gate, one for drinking water and the other for washing. Goethe was often at the Wildbach/Wollbach Well. read more
Domplatz The Cathedral The Cathedral, formerly the collegiate parish Church of Our Lady of Adoration, has remained unfinished. On the site of the current… read more
Domplatz/Goethestrasse Michaelskapelle (Chapel of the Archangel Michael) A part of the former cemetery south of the cathedral had to make way for the expansion of the Gothic church. A chapel dedicated to the archangel Michael was then built as an ossuary. read more
Brodschirm 6 Wetzlar`s oldest half-timbered structure It has three stories and is characterized by vertical beams spanning the entire height of the building and by the hanging trusses. read more
Brodschirm 2 Former residential house of August Bebel August Bebel, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party in Germany in 1869, lived in Wetzlar as a youth and did his apprenticeship here. His mother was a native of Wetzlar… read more
Fischmarkt 13 Former seat of the Imperial Chamber of Justice Originally the town hall, dating from the mid-14th century and fundamentally altered a number of times, it became the seat of the highest German court,... read more
Schwarzadlergasse 2 Apothecary When the apothecary first opened in 1703, it bore the name “Zum Goldenen Haupt”. In 1779, a fire destroyed almost... read more
Domplatz 8 Today's Tourist-Information In the first half of the 14th century, a municipal customhouse was erected here in which all merchants who were passing through Wetzlar were required to have their wares weighed and taxed. read more
Domplatz 3 The Hauptwache The Hauptwache, or the main guardhouse, was built in 1861, an example of late classical style from Wetzlar’s Prussian period. read more
Domplatz 17 The inn “Zum Kronprinz” During his sojourn in the summer of 1772, Johann Wolfgang Goethe often lunched here in the inn “Zum Kronprinz.” read more
Lottestrasse 8-10 Home of the museums Lottehouse, town and industrial museum as well as Viseum A branch of the Knights of the Teutonic Order was established in Wetzlar in 1285 to administer the order’s local properties. The main building was used to accommodate knights of the order... read more
Park near the civic center Lapidarium of boundary stones When leaving Wetzlar in days gone by, there were numerous borders to be crossed. For centuries, stones marking boundary lines had an important function. read more
Turmstrasse “Säuturm” (sow tower) In the Middle Ages, the Säuturm, or sow tower, was known as the Schneiderturm, or tailors’ tower. The tailors’ guild was responsible for maintaining and manning this section of the town wall. read more
Kormmarkt 5 Baroque ballroom, theatre and inn “Zum Römischen Kaiser” The inn’s sign depicts an emperor who may be the Emperor Franz I, the consort of Empress Maria Theresa. read more
Kornmarkt 7 House where Goethe lived in the summer of 1772 In the summer of 1772, Goethe lived in a small apartment in the house of the Imperial Chamber of Justice procurator Georg Wilhelm von Ludolf. read more
Engelsgasse 2 Half-timbered house named “Zum Reichsapfel” (To the Imperial Apple) This half-timbered house dating from 1607 has distinctive jutting windows. According to the inscription to the left below the window,... read more
Engelsgasse 3 Engelsgasse 3: Noble town house This house with several steps leading up to it was built in 1766. read more
Kornblumengasse 1 Palais Papius Wilhelm Heeser von Lilienthal, procurator at the Imperial Chamber of Justice, built this mansion in 1717/1718. read more
Hofstatt 19 The Imperial Chamber of Justice Museum Known as the Avemann House, it was built in the mid-18th century by the assessor Baron Johann Hermann Franz von Pape, commonly known as Papius. read more
Schillerplatz Former Franciscan Church The earliest document mentioning Franciscan monks in Wetzlar dates from 1248. The Gothic church, built around 1300, has 3 naves and a choir with three bays and a fivesided apse. read more
Schillerplatz Museum dedicated to Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem (Jerusalemhaus) This house was built at the end of the 17th century. Wetzlar printer and publisher Georg Ernst Winckler and his family moved into this house in 1694. read more
Steighausplatz The old Jewish cemetery The old Jewish cemetery, located between the town wall and the Wetzbach embankment at the site of the earlier Silhof Gate, was used from the late 17th century up to the time of the new municipal... read more
Pfannenstielsgasse 8 Synagogue Memorial Plaque A plaque marks the site of the synagogue of Wetzlar’s Jewish community which stood here from 1756 to 1958. read more
Eisenmarkt 9 “Zur Alten Münz” (To the Old Mint) Called “Zur Alten Münz” or “To the Old Mint,” this building dates from 1599 and was probably built on the site of a mediaeval mint. read more
Lahnstrasse 35 Former seat of a mediaeval brewery The current building was erected in 1716. Before that, one of Wetzlar’s five mediaeval breweries… read more
Brauhausgasse/Mühlgrabenstrasse “Am Lahnpförtchen” (The Small Gate to the Lahn River) The “Lahnpförtchen” or small gate to the Lahn River, also known as the Tränkpforte or Trough Gate, was a small passageway through the mediaeval town wall… read more
Lahnstrasse/Langgasse Old Lahn Bridge The old bridge over the Lahn River was built in the second half of the 13th century and first documented in 1288. It was on the trade route from Frankfurt to Cologne in the Middle Ages. read more
Haarplatz Hospital Church The hospital Church of the Holy Spirit was first documented in 1262. A public charity, it gave shelter to the poor and accommodated passing pilgrims. read more
Hauser Gasse 17 Old town hall The cornerstone of the Imperial Chamber of Justice archives building was laid in 1782. The building had not yet been completed when the court was dissolved in 1806. read more
Hauser Gasse Town Wall The mediaeval wall encircling Wetzlar was built section by section between 1250 and 1300. It was 1.7 kilometres long and reached a height of up to 11 meters. read more
Hauser Gasse/Wöllbachertorstrasse „Rosengärtchen“ (Rose Garden) The Rosengärtchen, or Rose Garden, today a park with an open-air stage, was once a cemetery (1757-1881). read more
Haarbachstrasse Goethe Well In the 18th century, two springs fed two wells just beyond Wöllbach Gate, one for drinking water and the other for washing. Goethe was often at the Wildbach/Wollbach Well. read more
Wetzlar in... ...two hours, four hours, a day or two days. Have a look on most interesting sights of Wetzlar. read more
Old town hall The cornerstone of the Imperial Chamber of Justice archives building was laid in 1782. The building had not yet been completed when the court was dissolved in 1806. read more
Former seat of the Imperial Chamber of Justice Originally the town hall, dating from the mid-14th century and fundamentally altered a number of times, it became the seat of the highest German court,... read more