Churches & Towers
From the late Gothic St Mary's Church up to the keep of Osterstein Castle, then to the town hall tower, St Salvator's Church on the old town's highest point and finally the 70-metre tower of St John's Church.
- 7 stops
- 4.3 km
- approx. 2 h
- HStart: Promenaden Hotel am TheaterTheaterstraße 2–4, 07545 Gera
- 1Theater GeraTheaterplatz 1, 07548 Gera · Art Nouveau · 1900–1902
- 2St Mary's Church, UntermhausMohrenplatz 2, 07548 Gera · Late Gothic · c. 1440
- 3Osterstein CastleSchloßberg, 07548 Gera · Castle keep · lookout
- 4Town HallMarkt 1, 07545 Gera · Renaissance · 1573–1575
- 5Schreiber HouseNicolaiberg 3, 07545 Gera · Survived the fire of 1780
- 6St Salvator's ChurchNicolaiberg 4, 07545 Gera · Baroque · 1717–1720
- 7St John's ChurchZabelstraße 2, 07545 Gera · Gothic Revival · consecrated 1885