Fagus Factory
A shoe last factory in Alfeld on the Leine river, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer from 1911. Its glass curtain walls made it a forerunner of modern architecture, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Where
- Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.9837, 9.8126
Get the Fagus Factory stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Fagus Factory. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Lower Saxony volume with your photos and a note.
Near Fagus Factory
Hildesheim Cathedral and St Michael's Church 21 km
Two churches in Hildesheim that show early Romanesque art around the year 1000. St Michael's, with its painted wooden ceiling, was built under Bishop Bernward, and the cathedral holds his bronze doors. Both are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Corvey Abbey 36 km
A former Benedictine abbey on the Weser near Höxter, founded in 822. Its westwork, finished in 885, is a rare surviving Carolingian church front. The monastery was turned into a princely residence and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Rammelsberg Mines and Goslar 41 km
A silver, copper and lead mine on the Rammelsberg hill above Goslar in the Harz, worked for about a thousand years until 1988. With the old town of Goslar and the Upper Harz water system, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Imperial Palace of Goslar 43 km
A historical building complex at the foot of the Rammelsberg hill in the south of Goslar, north of the Harz mountains. It covers an area of about 340 by 180 metres. Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire held court here from the 11th century, and the great hall is among the largest secular Romanesque buildings.
Herrenhausen Gardens 46 km
The gardens of Herrenhausen Palace in the Herrenhausen district of Hanover. They date to the era of the prince-electors and kings of Hanover and include the Great Garden and the Hill Garden among others.
Brocken 59 km
The highest peak of the Harz at 1,141 metres, a bare granite summit often wrapped in fog. In German legend witches gather here on Walpurgis Night, and a steam railway runs to the top.
Harz 62 km
A highland area in northern Germany, spreading across Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. It is a landscape of forests, granite outcrops and old mining towns, with narrow gauge steam trains running to the Brocken, its highest summit.
Externsteine 63 km
A group of tall sandstone rock pillars in the Teutoburg Forest, reaching about 40 metres. A medieval rock relief of the Descent from the Cross is carved into one, and steps lead to a chapel and viewing platform on top.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lower Saxony
Questions
Where is Fagus Factory?
Fagus Factory is in Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hildesheim Cathedral and St Michael's Church (21 km), Corvey Abbey (36 km), Rammelsberg Mines and Goslar (41 km).
How do I get the Fagus Factory stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Fagus Factory and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Lower Saxony volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Fagus Factory before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Lower Saxony volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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