Sittard Heritage Walk: The Market Still Runs the Town
39 min
1.2 km
10 stops
About this tour
Sittard sat on the road between the Maas and Cologne and kept a market square that still works as the town's living room. A self-guided heritage walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Markt
Public square. No ticket. Markt, 6131 EL Sittard. Civic floor on the old Maas-to-Cologne road. Town rights 1243 under Walram the Good. Market days still use th…
Sint-Michielskerk
Public Markt front. Church rooms on service and procession days. Markt 24, 6131 EL. Dominican monastery church, built 1659-1661 on the old hospital chapel site…
Oude Markt
Public square. No ticket. Oude Markt, 6131 ER Sittard. Older civic floor around the lord's motte at Huis op de Berg, about 1100. Bailey later became the chapte…
Sint-Petruskerk
Public Kerkplein. Church rooms on service and concert days. Kerkplein, 6131 CR Sittard. Maasgothic hall. Chapter of 12 canons, 10 June 1299. Tower about 83 m,…
Kloosterplein
Public square. No ticket. Kloosterplein, 6131 ER Sittard. Chapter immunity after 1299. Twelve canons had houses and a school here. Town government had no say i…
Dominicanenwal
Public wall path. No ticket. Dominicanenwal, 6131 Sittard. North earth wall named for the Dominican monastery. About three quarters of the ring remains. South-…
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