Essighaus
The Essighaus was an impressive gabled town house in the old town of Bremen in northern Germany. One of the city's finest examples of Renaissance architecture, it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in 1943.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: architectural structure
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roland and Saint Peter’s Cathedral.
Roland
Photo: Godewind, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Bremen Roland is a statue of Roland, erected in 1404. It stands in the market square of Bremen, Germany, facing the cathedral, and shows Roland, paladin of the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and hero of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. Roland is situated 170 metres southeast of Essighaus.
Saint Peter’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ulamm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bremen Cathedral, named after St. Peter, is a church situated in the market square in the center of Bremen. The cathedral belongs to the Bremian Evangelical Church, a member of the umbrella organization Evangelical Church in Germany. Saint Peter’s Cathedral is situated 300 metres southeast of Essighaus.
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum
Museum
The Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in Bremen, Germany, is the first museum in the world devoted to a female artist. Modersohn-Becker was one of the most important early Expressionists, and the museum features key works from each of her creative periods. Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum is situated 170 metres southeast of Essighaus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitte and Neustadt.
Viertel
Neighborhood
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Viertel is a centrally located neighborhood in the city of Bremen, Germany. It lies east of the old town on the border between two different administrative subdistricts: Ostertor and Steintor.
Essighaus
- Categories: building and tourism
- Location: Bremen, City state Bremen, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.07654° or 53° 4′ 36″ northLongitude
8.80498° or 8° 48′ 18″ eastOpen location code
9F5C3RG3+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 615892610OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1368860
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Essighaus” goes by many names.
- German: “Essighaus”
- Turkish: “Essighaus”
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