One day in Gelsenkirchen 🇩🇪 GERMANY

Описание: One day in Gelsenkirchen! 🇩🇪

Gelsenkirchen is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies at the centre of the Ruhr, the largest urban area of Germany, of which it is the fifth largest city after Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg and Bochum. The Ruhr is located in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, one of Europe's largest urban areas. Gelsenkirchen is the fifth largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund, Bochum, Bielefeld and Münster, and it is one of the southernmost cities in the Low German dialect area. The city is home to the football club Schalke 04, which is named after Gelsenkirchen-Schalke. The club's current stadium Veltins-Arena, however, is located in Gelsenkirchen-Erle.

What to see in one day in Gelsenkirchen?

•The Gelsenkirchen Administrative Court, a court of administrative jurisdiction, is one of seven administrative courts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

•The Propsteikirche St. Augustinus is the main Catholic church in Gelsenkirchen. It is located in the city center opposite the Protestant Old Town Church.

•The Old Town Church is the main Protestant church in Gelsenkirchen. Its striking tower is a landmark of the city.

•The Hans-Sachs-Haus (HSH) is a landmark building in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, constructed between 1924 and 1927. Named after the Meistersinger Hans Sachs, the building was designed by Essen-based architect Alfred Fischer. The outside of the modernist building represents Brick Expressionism, New Objectivity and Streamline Moderne, as well as Bauhaus influences which also characterize its interior. The building covers a floor area of about 27,500 square metres (296,000 sq ft).

•Bahnhofstrasse is a street in Gelsenkirchen. Bahnhofstrasse begins in the Old Town district with house numbers 1 or 2 and is the shopping street in the Old Town.

•The St. Georg branch church is a Roman Catholic church in Gelsenkirchen. It sets an urban development accent at the intersection of the west-east and south-north axes of the city.

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