Ulm, Germany: General travel information
Ulm, area 119 km², population 121 000, federal state Baden-Wuerttemberg
Ulm was first documentary mentioned 854, declared as free imperial city of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. in 118. Situated on the river Danube, birthplace of Albert Einstein, Ulmer Muenster (=minster), tallest church in the world with 161.5 meters.
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Main sights:
- Theater Ulm, founded 1641
- Ulmer Museum, museum of arts and archaeology
- Ulmer Muenster, tallest church in the world, steeple height 161.5m, gothic architecture, worlds tallest building from 1890 - 1901, length 123.5m, width 48.8m, nave height 41.6m, built from the 14th century, steeple built from 1885 - 1890
- Dreifaltigkeitskirche, built 1616 - 1621 on the fundaments of a former abbey, gothic choir from 1321
- Pauluskirche, art nouveau architecture built 1908 - 1910
- Gaensturm, tower of the former town fortification, built 1360, heightened 1445
- Metzgerturm, fortification tower built 1345
- Town hall, built 1370, town hall since 1419
- Steinhaus, building from the 12th - 13th century
- Nikolauskapelle, chapel built around 1220
- Gasthof zur Krone, guesthouse built in the 14th and 15th century
- Kornhaus, renaissance building from 1594
- Lagerhaus, built 1585 - 1593
- Reichenauer Hof, built 1535 by Ulrich Ehinger
- Salzstadel, storage building from 1592
- Ochsenhaeuser Hof, late gothic abbey built around 1498
- Schuhaus, building from 1537
- Schwoerhaus, built 1612
- Fischer und Gerberviertel, old town living quarter, buildings from the 14th and 15th century
- Kloster Wiblingen, former abbey built in the 17th century