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Fulda - city attractions

What is worth seeing when visiting Fulda and where can you find the most Baroque buildings? It's certainly worth starting with the center and the old town itself, the Baroque quarter stretching near the city palace.

Fulda City Palace

The palace was built between 1708 and 1714 as a residence for the ducal abbots of Fulda. It was built on the site of a previous castle from the 17th century. It now houses the city government, also houses a museum and hosts concerts or other cultural events. Take a stroll through the baroque garden surrounding the palace, where you can see, among other things, an orangery and a baroque garden sculpture depicting the goddess of flowers, Flora.

Cathedral of the Holy Savior and St. Sebastian in Fulda

This cathedral represents the Italian Baroque, and its internal layout is reminiscent of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. It was built between 1704 and 1712 on the foundations of its predecessor, the ninth-century monastic abbey church of Fulda. Its interiors are decorated in white with a richly decorated main altar. In the chancel, under the western altar, is the tomb of St. Boniface, the patron saint of Germany. There is a beautiful garden next to the cathedral, which is well worth a visit.

St. Michael's Church Fulda

Originally, St. Michael's Church was a monastery cemetery chapel. This temple is not too conspicuous from the outside, but it is worth going inside. It is one of the oldest churches in the country - it was built in the first half of the 9th century in the Carolingian style. Despite numerous changes and alterations over the centuries, its crypt has been preserved almost unchanged.

The Old City Hall of Fulda

The Old City Hall in Fulda is actually a faithful reconstruction of a medieval municipal building. Since the end of the 18th century it has ceased to serve as a town hall and has become a commercial building, nevertheless it has not lost its charm and is a much photographed landmark in the city.

The Witch Tower(Hexenturm)in Fulda

This tower is the best-preserved part of the city's ancient fortifications. It was built in the 12th century as a watchtower. At the time of the 17th-century witch-hunt, it served as a prison for women, although the name "Hexenturm" only became established in the 19th century. Today it can only be viewed from the outside.

Fuld Fire Museum

The Fulda Fire Museum consists of two interconnected halls, where firefighting vehicles and accessories from different eras are gathered in a large space. This gives visitors the opportunity to see what firefighting was like in ancient times and how much it has changed since then. There is the world's oldest manual portable fire extinguisher from 1624 or the oldest known horse-drawn ladder truck. One of the attractions of the site is the opportunity to try out the operation of a hand-held haystack.