Ulm Things to Do

In the 14th to the 19th century, the wine yard was an important commercial centre, due to the wine-trade.
Its chapel survived until 1612. After this, the earlier “Small Oath House” ('Schwörhäusle'), which was built on a palace tower, was replaced by an “Oath House”. After being damaged by fire, the house was re-built in 1785.

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89073 Ulm
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Another significant church is the Holy Trinity Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche).
Martin Bantzenmacher built the “Haus der Begegnung” as a church of the Holy Trinity in 1616-21. The late renaissance building with an onion-domed tower was built on the site of a Dominican Cloister (1351) that had to be abandoned in 1531, due to the Reformation of Ulm.
Heinrich Seuse (Suso), the great German mystic and author spent his last years (1348-66) here.

After being extensively damaged in 1944, it was no longer used as a church. Following re-building and renovation, the “Haus der Begegnung” has been used for numerous events since 1984

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Georgskirche (Saint George's Catholic church) was built in 1902-1904 by Maximilian and Carl Anton Meckel. It situated on Beethovenstr. 1.

You can watch my high resolution photo of Ulm on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 48° 24' 9.81" N 9° 59' 50.44" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Saint George's Catholic church.

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The Dolphin (Delphin-Brunnen) situated to the South of the Minster. With its numerous fountains crossing over each other it can claim to be one of the most attractive fountains in Ulm.
It was built mainly in 1585. The particular fascination of this fountain, with its complex structure, stems from the 52 inter-crossing jets of water and the reflections of the wet metal. From the trophy-like centrepiece, eight dolphins cast in bronze sweep out to the edge of the basin. The eight, water-spouting, bronze masks reply from five thinner jets. Additional, irregular jets of water intersperse with this strictly geometric water display.
The charming “water display” of this fountain is particularly attractive when floodlit at night.

The “Fischkasten” or “Syrlin fountain” – such are the names for Ulm market’s fountain next to the “Rathaus” – is the oldest preserved fountain in Ulm.
The name “Fischkasten” originates from the use of the fountain by the fishermen of Ulm, who sold their freshly caught fish here.
The master sculptor who built the fountain, Jörg Syrlin the elder of Ulm, engraved his full name, his signature and the year, 1482, above one of the knights. The three original figurines of the knights can be seen in Ulm Museum.

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The Lions Fountain (Löwenbrunnen) was built before the 17th century, it shows a single column supporting a double lion, which has an imperial eagle on the one side and Ulm´s shield on the other.
Due to damage in the 2nd World War and the re-designing of the Minster Square, its location was changed several times until it was erected at its current site in 1992.
The original column can now be seen in Ulm Museum.

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In 1349 the Butchers Tower (Metzgerturm) was integrated into Ulm´s fortifications.
The 'leaning tower of Ulm” is 36 meters high and leans 2.05 meters in a north-westerly direction. This is not quite so much as its “big brother”, the leaning tower of Pisa (this slopes by 5.1°, the Metzgerturm by only 3.3°), but it is nonetheless quite considerable.

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Ulm´s Town hall (Rathaus) is situated not far from the Minster and is easily recognised by its opulently painted, early renaissance façade. The oldest part of the present building, the main South East building, was built in 1370 as a “new trading house”. It is first mentioned as a town hall in 1419.

The ornamental astronomical clock was installed around 1520. The lavish exterior murals were extended to the older part of the building and didactically illustrate virtues, commandments and vices.
The paintings visible today originate from the year 1900 when the previous paintings, which had been largely destroyed by the weather, were restored or renewed in the sprit of the surviving remains.