Romanesque Road Saxony

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Discover
the Northern
Route
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
“ROMANESQUE ROAD” (SELECTION)*
CASTLE FESTIVALS /
KNIGHT TOURNAMENTS
Whitsuntide
OVERVIEW MAP /// THE MIDDELAGES YOU CAN GRASP
ROMANESQUE ROAD
SAXONY-ANHALT
Whitsun “Pfingstrose” Knight
Tournament at Neuenburg Castle
www.schloss-neuenburg.de
Mai
VOCAL ROMANESQUE ERA
Summer
Concerts along the
“Romanesque Road”
June
montalbâne – International
Festival of Medieval Music
at Neuenburg Castle and at
the Freyburg Parish Church of
St Mary
[email protected]
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You can find attractive excursions
into the “Heartland of German
History”, along the “Sky Paths”
and into the “Garden Dreams”
in the brochure “Heartland of
German History” and in the
leaflets “Sky Paths” and
“Garden Dreams – Historic Parks
in Saxony-Anhalt”.
Garden Dream
Historic Parks s –
in Saxony-Anhalt
September
Merseburg Organ Days / Ladegast Organ
Imperial Camp at Tilleda Imperial
Palace
1st weekend in October
Castle festival at Falkenstein
castle
LIVING MONASTERIES
Easter
Liturgical Easter singing in
Memleben
[email protected]
1 st weekend in August
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The beauty is
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anhalt-tourism
“Garden Dreams”
so obvious!
Parks and gardens
enchant us. They
take us
along on a journey
to paradise. This
tour can
be short or long.
But in any case,
it is always a
pleasure. Even
if we often look
longingly for
the thriving and
fragrant oases
in Italy, France
or England –
the beauty is so
obvious!
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Since the summer
of
other historic parks 2010, 8
have been
included as part
of the State
Initiative for the
Preservation of Historic
Gardens and
attractive tourism
gardens and parks
marketing:
in
dral and Cathedral Aschersleben, CatheGardens in Naumburg,
Wendgräben Castle
with park, Ostrau
and Palace Garden,
Palace
Köthen Palace
and
Garden, Stolberg
Palace and Palatial Palace
Briest Manor House
Gardens,
and Manorial Park
Degenershausen
and the
Landscape Park.
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Crowning achievem
“Garden Dream
You do not have
to fly half
way around the
globe to see
the world’s largest
collection
of roses, because
over
varieties and species 8,300
of roses
are featured at
the EuropaRosarium in Sangerhause
n.
www.sangerh
4th weekend in June
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Your travel dest
Saxony-Anhalt ination:
“Seeing it yourself
is worth
of news.”
So they say in Japan.
more than hearing
But this also applies
At any rate, the
visitors who have
already
been out and about
between the Elbe
and Saale rivers,
between the Harz
Mountains and
Fläming Heath
regions
have discovered
a heretofore unique
in Germany – the
tour
“Garden Dreams”
to the state’s 43
route
most beautiful
and most
significant parks.
a hundred pieces
to Saxony-Anh
alt!
This is a journey
through time featuring
years of garden
400
art and
ranging from Wörlitz landscape culture
to Wernigerode
surely walkers
for leiand families: 43
good reasons
to gladly return
again and again
to SaxonyAnhalt!
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aeume-sachsen-anhalt.de
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us.de
Your travel destination,
Saxony-Anhalt,
structures along
impresses its guests
the “Romanesque
with numerous
Road”, idyllic parks
Dreams”, active
experiences along
and gardens in
the “Garden
the “Blue Ribbon”
ological findings
as well as sensational
on the “Sky Paths”.
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visiting the website
We are here for
for any questions
you!
as well as individual
at www.sachsenInvestment and
planning queries.
Marketing Corporation
A phone call, fax
7 pm, Sundays/legal
or
Saxony-Anhalt
holidays: 12 noon
, Tel.: + 49 (0) 391
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Saxony-Anhalt,
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An avenue of lime
trees that
is over 2.5 km
long and over
120 years old leads
along
green spaces, the
rose garden
and parts of the
medieval city
wall around the
historic town
centre – the fortified
tem in Gardelegen. wall sys-
Garden Dreams
for gourmets
Advent in the Courtyards,
Quedlinburg
www.quedlinburg.de
www.saale-un
Garden Dreams
in
the Altmark region
.de
www.gardeleg
en.info
urgscheidunge
The Treasure Hunt
Activities for nurseries
Käthe-Kruse Doll Museum
Bad Kösen
n.de
Umberto Eco was
so certain
that he voted for
Uta of Ballenstedt as the
most beautiful
woman of the
Middle Ages.
Today you can
still succumb
legal holidays:
12 noon–
9 am – 7 pm, Sunday
7 pm)
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and
Garden Dreams –
Historic Parks
in Saxony-Anhalt
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www.sachsen-anhalt-tourismus.de
www.luther-bauhaus-garten
Garden initiatives
from throughout
the federal republic
constitute the
Gartennetz Deutschland.
At the
same time, Garden
Dreams SaxonyAnhalt is a model
for preservation
of historic sites,
restoration of historic
sustainable tourism.
parks and
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The ANHALT region
has
800 year anniversary it all, and is celebrating its
in 2012. www.anhalt80
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AND GARDENS
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Brochure order under:
Tel. + 49 391 56899 - 0
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In the Romanesque House
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Monastery St Peter of Ferreira, Paços de Ferreira (Portugal)
Saxony-Anhalt attracts with outstanding cultural and natural sights.
The “Romanesque Road” links village churches, monasteries, cathedrals
and castles from the Middle Ages. “Garden Dreams” Parks are perfect
for leisurely strolls. The history of Reformation comes alive in the places
where Martin Luther lived and worked, and the “Sky Paths” let visitors
discover sensational archaeological finds.
INFORMATION
The tourist region of Saxony-Anhalt. You can find your offers here. Of course,
Saxony-Anhalt has many other interesting travel destinations to offer as well!
A visit to www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu is well worth it.
We are happy to help you with any queries you may have or to provide assistance
with your individual plans. Simply call, fax or email. We are here to help you!
Tel. + 49 391 568 99 - 80, Fax + 49 391 56899 - 51
[email protected], www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu
Reliably open churches – Open regularly
during the summer months to visit,
tour and pray on at least five days a
week, for two hours in the mornings
and two hours in the afternoons.
UNESCO World Heritage
TRANSROMANICA
Garden Dreams
The Harz Monastery
Hiking Route
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WERNIGERODE
Ballensted
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BALLENSTEDT
CASTLE AND CASTLE
The maze at Altjeßnitz
with a Manor Park,
today the oldest
and largest in Germany,
was created in
the middle of the
18 th century. There are roughly
200 ways to reach
centre. The maze
its
is embedded in
a 4 hectare
large landscape
park. The 12 th
century fieldstone church belonging
to the manor park
surrounded by
is
picturesque groves.
possibilities and
Playing
picnic spots invite
family excursions.
visitors for
dt Bad
E
W ö r l i t z (Garden
Kingdom
WÖRLIT Z PALACE
The architectura
l and
was created between horticultural facility
Merseburg Monastery1776 and 1787 by
Wilhelm Chryselius. master builder Johann
Park pond, pavilions,
saal, carved avenue
kurof trees and colonnades
characterise the
charming eastern
facility. The tranquil
part of the
western part of
landscaped. The
the park is
historic spa facilities
the over 200 year-old
include
Goethe Theatre.
Address: Parkstraße
18, D-06246 Goethestadt
April to October,
Bad Lauchstädt,
tuesday – Sunday
opening hours:
and legal holidays
freely accessible
and 2 pm; Saturday/Sunda
year-round, guided
10:30 am, 2 and
4 pm; November
y and legal holidays
tours:
to March, tuesday
+ 49 (0)3 46 35
by appointment;
/ 7 82 28, catering:
– Friday 10:30
guided tours in
am
Restaurant Lauchstedter
foreign languages
+ 49 (0) 3 46 35
on request, tel.:
Gaststuben, tel.:
/ 78 20, www.goethe-th
+ 49 (0)3 46 35
eater.com
/ 2 03 53, Information:
tel.:
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Address: D-06786
Wörlitz, opening
hours: park is
of Dessau-Wör
litz facility)
S AND GARDENS
An artistic synthesis
featuring garden
and architecture
design
in unprecedent
ed harmony are
combined in the
Wörlitz palaces
and gardens,
the artistic highlight
of the Garden Kingdom
Dessau-Wörlitz.
of
The garden is regarded
epitome of the
as the
Age of
ny. Starting in 1764, Enlightenment in GermaLeopold III, Friedrich
von Anhalt-Dess
Franz
au, laid out the
English-style
landscaped garden.
From the very beginning,
the Wörlitz gardens
were freely accessible
everyone so that
for
the
a travel destination small principality became
for
ries and a role model prominent contemporafor many other
parks.
legal holiday, 10
freely accessible
am – 5 pm; May
year-round; castle:
to September,
April and October,
ber, Saturday/Sunda
tuesday – Sunday/legal
tuesday – Sunday/
y/legal holiday,
holiday, 10 am
10 am – 5 pm;
– 6 pm; Gothic
tours: on request,
May to September,
House: April and
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 49
tuesday – Sunday/legal
Octo05 / 3 10 09, catering:
Information:
holiday, 10 am
: restaurant in
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 40
– 6 pm, guided
the kitchen building,
/ 64 61 50 and +
49 (0) 3 49 05 / 3
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 49
10 05, www.gartenreic
05 / 2 23 38,
h.com, www.woerlitz-in
formation.de
DRÜBECK ABBEY
AND ABBEY GARDE
NS
The gardens of
Drübeck
around the RomanesqueAbbey are located
St. Vitus Abbey
Church and the
other abbey buildings,
other things a
among
conference centre.
They were
largely laid out
in the 18 th century.
Garden with its
The Abbey
nearly 300 year-old
the graceful Rose
lime
Garden, the flourishingtree,
Kitchen Garden
or the Meditative
Gardens
of the Canoness’
offer space for
encounters,
reflection and
garden pleasure.
FOR DISCOVERERS
SERVED!
Valuable examples of medieval
art and architecture from long
ago can be seen. The highlights
for “treasure hunters” include
the cathedral treasures of Halberstadt, Quedlinburg, Naumburg and Merseburg.
80 Romanesque cathedrals,
churches, castles and palaces
in 65 locations in Saxony-Anhalt provide a selection for the
sightseeing tour. All around you
will discover authentic sites from
the beginnings of German and
European history.
FOR ROMANTICS
MONASTIC LANDSCAPES
Those who would like to sample
the local cuisine of Saxony-Anhalt
on a tour of the Romanesque
Road will find plenty of opportunities at a variety of places.
A proper knight‘s banquet with
medieval dishes and drinks provides a hearty feast.
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Romance is not just “on the
fair banks of Saale”. The
1000-year-old ruins scattered
along the Romanesque Road
provide atmospheric venues for
weddings.
Guests can escape the everyday stress and get back to the medieval pace of life on monastery experiences and retreats at various
monasteries such as Huysburg and Helfta as well as in the House of
Silence of Drübeck Abbey.
Sangerhau
sen
EuROPA-ROSAR
IuM SANGERHAuSEN
The realm of the
“Queen of Flowers”
Europa-Rosarium,
– the
the world’s largest
collection – lies
between the southernrose
and Kyffhäuser
Harz
regions. It was
laid
botanists and
rose lovers in 1903, out by
and today
it encompasse
s more than 8,300
varieties and
species of roses
on a total area
of 1.5 ha. Rosy
floral splendour
ranging
modernity is exhibited from antiquity to
tion for the enjoyment in the beauty competiof guests from
the world. Lavish
parks, picturesque all over
pavilions and show
ponds,
gardens make
the visit a
very special experience
at any time of
year.
The building, which was built from 1064, is
among the best preserved of the Romanesque
period. The church and cloister give an authentic
impression of the original construction of the collegiate chapter, which was founded in 1017 / 1018.
Today, it houses the art museum of the state
capital, the most important location for contemporary art exhibitions in Saxony-Anhalt.
Address: Am Rosengarten
2a, D-06526 Sangerhausen,
May to September,
opening hours:
8 am – 7 pm; June
second weekend
to August, 8 am
in April to 31 October,
Shop: see opening
– 8 pm, with admission
8 am – 6 pm;
hours; beyond
fee, guided tours:
the time, Monday
Schwarzen Rose”
on request, Garden
– Friday 9 am –
and Eiscafé Pavillon,
5 pm; Saturday
Dreams
11 am – 4 pm,
Information:
catering: Restaurant
tel.: + 49 (0) 34
64 / 1 94 33, www.europa-ro
“Zur
sarium.de
Zeitz
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MORITZBuRG
CASTLE AND CASTLE
PARK
The Early Baroque
castle with the
Gothic
cathedral and
the remnants of
the defensive
fortifications constitutes
a remarkable overall
ensemble. The
adjacent
Zeitz State Horticultura castle park, site of the
l Show in 2004,
lights visitors with
a diversified area. deother things to
Among
discover here, you
will find an
orangery with
a Baroque parterre,
pleasure
gardens, an English
landscape park,
se garden and
spacious adventure a Japaneworlds for
children.
Address: Schlossstraße,
D-06712 Zeitz,
opening hours:
fee; Museum/Morit
park: 1 April to
zburg Castle: tuesday
31 October, daily
– Sunday, 10 am
Monday – Saturday,
10 am – 6 pm,
– 5 pm, with admission
with admission
10 am – 5 pm;
Sunday 1 – 6 pm,
fee; St. Peter and
tel.: +49(0)34
guided tours:
Paul’s Cathedral:
41 / 6 88 99 27,
on request, catering:
Information:
Schloss-Restaur
tel.: +49(0)34
41 / 6 88 00, www.schlosspar
ant Moritzburg,
k-zeitz.de
GROSS AMMENSLEBEN
CATHOLIC PARISH OF
ST PETER AND ST PAUL
Opening times: Mon, Wed – Fri 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.;
Tue closed; Sat – Sun 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Romanesque House, “Romanesque Road”
Information Centre, Domplatz 1b
39104 Magdeburg, Tel. + 49 391 83802-22,
www.magdeburg-tourist.de
Klosterkirche
St. Maria und Crucis
Kloster, 29413 Diesdorf
Tel. + 49 3902 327
(Ev. Pfarramt, Am Schäfertor 7)
Fax + 49 3902 950199
Opening times:
1. April – 30. September, Wed –
Sun, 10 a.m to 16 p.m. and by
arrangement
Tours: By advance
reservation with Ms Osmers
Tel. + 49 3902 939640 or the
Protestant parish office
Entrance prices: None,
donations welcome
Katholische Kathedrale
St. Sebastian
Max-Josef-Metzger-Str. 4
39104 Magdeburg
Tel. + 49 391 5961300
Fax + 49 391 5961323
magdeburg.st-sebastian@
bistum-magdeburg.de
www.st-sebastian-magdeburg.de
Opening times: Mon – Fri 9.30 a.m.
– 5.30 p.m. and by arrangement
donations welcome
Tours: Advance reservation
needed
Klosterkirche
St. Petrus und Paulus
Kirchplatz, 39326 Niedere
Börde OT Groß Ammensleben
Contact: Fam. Löderbusch
Kirchplatz 11, 39326 Niedere
Börde OT Groß Ammensleben
Tel. + 49 39202 50440
[email protected]
www.kirchenmusikgrossammensleben.homepage.t-online.de
Opening times: April – Oct:
every last Sunday of the month
from midday or by appointment.
Tours: Advance reservation needed
Benediktinerkloster
Freiheit
39343 Hillersleben
Tel. + 49 39202 61436
Opening times: Viewing
from outside possible at
all times
Tours: Only by advance
reservation
Ruine Nordhusen
Steinbruchstraße
39393 Haldensleben
OT Hundisburg
Contact: Stadt Haldensleben
Stadtmarketing und Kommunikation | Frau Astrid Seifert
Markt 20-22 | 39340 Haldensleben | Tel.: + 49 39044 791-84
Fax: + 49 39044 791-67
[email protected]
www.haldensleben.de
Opening times: Accessible
at all times
donations welcome
Friedhofskapelle
St. Stephanus
Friedensstraße
39343 Hohe Börde
OT Bebertal
Contact: Ev. Pfarramt
Am Alten Markt 11
39343 Hohe Börde
OT Bebertal
Tel.: + 49 39062 402
wolfram.steinacker@
t-online.de
Opening times: Advance
reservation needed
Ruine der Stiftskirche
St. Marien
39356 OebisfeldeWeferlingen OT Walbeck
Contact: Jutta Pätz, Heimatstube
Im Sande 161 b
39356 OebisfeldeWeferlingen OT Walbeck
Tel. + 49 39061 2603
[email protected]
Opening times: Only by arrangement by phone, ruins open at
all times
Tours: By advance reservation
Entrance prices: 1,50 e
Late-Romanesque stone church from the early 13th
century, which also served as a protective and fortified church in the medieval. The original interior
of the church includes one of the oldest triumph
crosses in the region, which was removed in
around 1900 and is exhibited today at the Altmark
Museum in Stendal.
Dorfkirche
Alte Dorfstraße
39638 Gardelegen
OT Wiebke
Contact: Ev. Pfarramt EstedtOT
EstedtDorfstraße 23,
39638 Gardelegen
Tel.: + 49 3907 - 5690
Fax: + 49 3907 - 77 98 00
[email protected]
Opening times: By arrangement, but also spontaneously;
see church notice board. On
the European Heritage Day,
the doors are open between 1
and 5 p.m.
Dorfkirche
Am Dorfplatz
39624 Kalbe Milde
OT Engersen
Tel. + 49 39085 6389
(Pfarrer i. R. Dieter Wollner)
Opening times: by arrangement (Tel. + 49 39085 6389 or
Tourist-Information Kalbe: Tel.
+ 49 39080 97122, touristinfo@
stadt-kalbe-milde.de)
donations welcome
You will find your holiday here! www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu (with online booking service) The grand, late-Romanesque brick building near
the former Slavic hill fort was built at the end of
the 12th century. The closed Baroque furnishings
of the nave (around 1700) with its pews is worth
seeing. Galleries, the pulpit and the magnificent
Renaissance epitaph for Bailiff Melchior von
Arnstedt (†1606) were created by the Magdeburg
sculptor Sebastian Ertle.
Discover
the Southern
Route
Dorfkirche
Kleine Straße, 39524 WustFischbeck OT Melkow
Contact: Geschichtskreis
Marionettenbühne im ev.
Kirchspiel Wulkow-Wust
Dorfstr. 9
39319 Jerichow OT Wulkow
Tel. + 49 39341 406
[email protected]
Opening times: Summer: Mon –
Sun / b / hols 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Winter: By advance reservation
on Tel. + 49 39341 406
Stiftung Kloster Jerichow
Am Kloster 1, 39319 Jerichow
Tel. + 49 39343 929925
Fax + 49 39343 929926
[email protected]
www.stiftung-klosterjerichow.de
Opening times: April – Oct
daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Nov –
March Tue – Sun 10 a.m. –
4 p.m.
Tours: By advance
reservation
Stadtkirche Jerichow
Karl-Liebknecht Str. 10
39319 Jerichow
Contact:
Ev. Pfarramt Jerichow
Lindenstr. 14
Tel. + 49 39343 256
Fax + 4939343 92889
Opening times and tours:
Advance reservation needed
Experience Saxony-Anhalt without any stress: www.bahn.de/sachsen-anhalt
Pfarrkirche St. Petri
Kirchstraße 1
39279 Leitzkau
Tel. + 49 39241 290
Fax + 49 39241 90624
ev.pfarramt.leitzkau@
t-online.de
www.ev-kirchengemeindeleitzkau-ladeburg.de
Advance reservation
by telephone needed
(Tel. + 49 39241 4109)
donations welcome
Stiftskirche/Schloss Leitzkau
Am Schloss 4
39279 Leitzkau
[email protected]
Tel. + 49 39241 4168
www.dome-schloesser.de
Opening times: March – Nov
Mon – Fri 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
Sat / Sun / b/hols 10 a.m. –
4 p.m., Dec – Feb Mon – Fri
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
donations welcome
Tours: March – NovSat / Sun /
b /hols at 2 p.m. or by arrangement
St.-Thomas-Kirche
Dr.-Martin-Luther-Straße,
39217 Schönebeck
OT Pretzien
www.pretzien.de
Contact:
Pfarrer i. R. R. Meussling
Tel. + 49 39200 51957
[email protected]
Opening times: May – Sept
Tue – Sun 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Entrance price: None,
donations welcome
Tours: By arrangement
Magdeburg
Hotel Burg Wanzleben
Am Amt 1
39164 Wanzleben
Tel. + 49 39209 60140
Fax + 49 39209 601414
[email protected]
www.burgwanzleben.com
Opening times:
Accessible at all times
Entrance price: none
SEEHAUSEN / BÖRDE
CHURCH OF
Well preserved village church, built in the
brickwork style of the early 12th century typical
to this region. The remains of a pre-Romanesque
building are of special interest. While many
churches have only preserved their Romanesque
tower, the Pauls-kirche has been preserved intact,
as a textbook example of regional Romanesque
church architecture. The round-arch windows in
the apse and the northern side of the nave are
worth seeing.
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Ruine Kirche Unser
Lieben Frauen
Ecke Dammstraße / Möckernitzer Damm
39279 Möckern OT Loburg
Contact:
Stadt Möckern
Am Markt 10, 39291 Möckern
Tel. + 49 39291 95160
Fax + 49 39291 95170
[email protected]
Opening times: Building
always accessible
WANZLEBEN
WANZLEBEN CASTLE
One of Europe’s largest lowland castles with
its well preserved mighty defence tower with
Romanesque cloverleaf windows towards the East.
The lower part was a residential tower until the
12th century. It was first mentioned in documents
as a Slavic castle in 889 in the Gandersheim Abbey.
Interesting: Romanesque gate tower and gate
lodge ensemble with cloverleaf windows. The
castle houses the Hotel Burg Wanzleben with its
exclusive restaurant and historic function rooms.
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JERICHOW
PARISH CHURCH
PRETZIEN
CHURCH OF
ST THOMAS
Unique murals make this church, which was built
in the middle of the 12th century, a gem on the
“Romanesque Road”. The paintings in the apse are
particularly well preserved and have been conserved but not supplemented in their colours. In
this way, their original Romanesque appearance
can still be seen by visitors. The Pretzien Music
Summer is a traditional event offering a wealth
of concerts.
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JERICHOW
PREMONSTRATENSIAN CONVENT OF
ST MARY AND ST NICHOLAS
Founded in 1144 as a missionary stronghold for the
Christianisation of the Elbe Slavs, the preserved
Romanesque monastery is one of the oldest brick
buildings east of the River Elbe. Shortly after, about
20 Romanesque village churches were built around
the monastery. The monastery museum provides
information about the history and significance of
this monastery, which closed in the 16th century.
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Dorfkirche
Breite Straße
39524 Wust-Fischbeck
Contact: Geschichtskreis
Marionettenbühne im ev.
Kirchspiel Wulkow-Wust
Dorfstr. 9
39319 Jerichow OT Wulkow
Tel. + 49 39341 406
[email protected]
Mon – Sun 10 a.m – 5 p.m,
Nov – March by arrangement
(Tel. + 49 39323 61008,
-179530 or + 49 39341 406)
MELKOW
VILLAGE CHURCH
The village church, built in around 1200 and well
preserved in its late-Romanesque character, is
one of several modelled on the Abbey church of
Jerichow. It is a special testimony to the simplicity
and, nevertheless, remarkable architecture of the
Romanesque era. The church presumably belonged
to one of the eleven Slavic villages within the castle district of Kabelitz, which came under the rule
of the Jerichow dioceses in 1146.
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WIEPKE
VILLAGE CHURCH
ENGERSEN
DORFKIRCHE
18
Kirche St. Marien und
Willebrord
Fontanestraße 12
39524 Schönhausen
Tel. + 49 39323 38206
(Ev. Kirchengemeinde)
[email protected]
Opening times: Mon – Sat
10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sun 11.30
a.m. – 5 p.m., Nov – March
Mon – Fri 9 a.m – 3 p.m
Oberkirche Unser
Lieben Frauen
Kirchhof Unser
Lieben Frauen 1
39288 Burg
Tel. + 49 3921 944430
Fax + 49 3921 944431
[email protected]
Mon – Fri 3 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Sat 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. or by
arrangement
donations welcome
LEITZKAU
COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF
SANCTA MARIA IN MONTE
The construction of the Abbey began in the 1140s.
Archbishop Wichmann consecrated the collegiate
church in 1155 in the presence of “Albert the Bear”.
It was the seat of Brandenburg bishop Wigger
until 1161. In 1564, after secularisation, the Abbey
was acquired by Colonel Hilmar von Münchhausen who converted the building into the style of
the Weser Renaissance. Today, the castle is venue
to a multitude of cultural events.
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Unterkirche St. Nicolai
Ecke Oberstr. / Nicolaistr.
39288 Burg
Kirchhof Unser
Lieben Frauen 1
Tel. + 49 3921 944430
Fax + 49 3921 944431
[email protected]
Opening times: May – Oct
Mon – Fri 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.,
Sat 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.,
also Thu 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.,
Nov – April By arrangement
donations welcome
LEITZKAU
PARISH CHURCH OF
ST PETER
This church, which was consecrated in 1114, is one
of the oldest stone churches east of the River
Elbe. It replaced the half-timbered structure of
the previous church. By 1140, the church had been
built as a three-aisled basilica, which served as
the seat of the bishop until 1161.
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Ev. Kirche Genthin
Altenplathow
Altenplathower Straße 74
39307 Genthin
Contact:
Ev. Pfarramt Genthin
Große Schulstr. 3
Tel. + 49 3933 3605
Fax + 49 3933 805232
ev.pfarramt-genthin@
t-online.de
Opening times and Tours:
By arrangement
(Tel. + 49 3933 3605)
donations welcome
LOBURG
RUINS OF THE CHURCH
OF OUR LADY
Impressive ruins of a former three-aisled basilica
from the 12th century. The aisles no longer exist.
The rectangular choir and parts of the broad
stone tower with its western set-off portal, as
well as parts of the triumphal arch and the wide
round arch opening to the nave, still exist. The six
existing clerestory windows, which were previously bricked up, have been opened up again.
Pfarrkirche St. Laurentius/
St. Nikolaus
Kirchberg 1, 39524 Sandau
Contact:
Ev. Pfarramt und Förderverein
Kirchberg 9
Tel. + 49 39383 236
Mobile + 49 162 3460690
Fax + 49 39383 91937
[email protected]
www.kirchturm-sandau.de
daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and by
arrangement (Radwegekirche: network of churches
linked by cycle routes)
WUST
VILLAGE CHURCH
The half-timbered tower and baroque roof show
the serious renovations of this church, which was
founded in around 1200. The Flemish-style coffered
ceiling is worth seeing. Hans Hermann von Katte
was laid to rest at this church. The young Prussian
officer was executed because he had helped his
friend, the young Crown Prince and subsequent
King Friedrich II, to desert.
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Dom St. Marien
Domplatz
39539 Havelberg
Tel.: + 49 15227 661989
Fax: + 49 39387 79105
[email protected]
www.havelberg-dom.de
Opening times: April and Oct
Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Sun 12 a.m. – 6 p.m., Nov –
March Wed - Sat 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sun 12 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Entrance prices: Free admission,
donations welcome
Tours: Cathedral tour
3,50 e per person
BURG
UPPER CHURCH OF
OUR LADY
Today’s church building is already the third on this
site. Barely anything has been preserved from the
first early-Romanesque church, except the apse
on the east wall of the northern aisle. The retable
from 1607, the pulpit of 1606 and a font – all created by Magdeburg sculptor Michael Spies – are
particularly beautiful.
Kirche St. Nikolaus/
Förderverein Beuster
Schulhof 5
39615 Hansestadt
Seehausen OT Beuster
Tel. + 49 39397 97458
Fax + 49 39397 97459
www.foerderverein-beuster.de
daily 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Nov – March by arrangement
Tours: During opening hours
and by advance reservation
SCHÖNHAUSEN
VILLAGE CHURCH OF
ST MARY AND ST WILLIBRORD
The three-aisled basilica, which was consecrated in
1212, was the church in which Count Otto von Bismarck was baptised in 1815. The wooden crucifix of
1235 is worth seeing. The church is considered to be
the most significant successor building to the abbey church of Jerichow. The building is particularly
impressive by its size which is extraordinary for a
village church. The Bismarck Museum is located in
the building next to the church.
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WALBECK RUINS OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH
OF ST MARY AND TOMB SLAB OF LOTHAR II AT
THE VILLAGE CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
SANDAU
PARISH CHURCH OF
ST LAWRENCE AND ST NICHOLAS
The Romanesque church, a three-aisled basilica
founded in around 1200, was modelled on the
church of Jerichow. Even today, a walk through
the church with its 7 round-arched arcades, the
rectangular and round pillars with carefully
carved trapeze capitals, the high triumphal arch
and the simple wooden ceiling offer the visitor
a living insight into the modest beauty of Romanesque architecture.
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Benediktinerinnenkloster
St. Marien
Am See 3, 39619 Arendsee
Tel. + 49 39384 2479
Fax + 49 39384 98933
[email protected]
www.klosterarendsee.com
Tue – Sun 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Nov – April Tue – Sun 11 a.m. –
3 p.m., Minster also open
May – Oct Mon 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Entrance prices: Museum and
minster area: Adults 2,00 e,
Children aged 6 and
above 0,50 e
BURG
LOWER CHURCH OF
ST NICHOLAS
The 12th century granite ashlar building is almost
completely preserved and is an impressive example of the severe monumentality of Romanesque
architecture. The church houses a font from the
12th century, the original altar stone with consecration crosses, a tomb with scratched drawings
from 1321, an epitaph created by Hans Hierzig
from Ueberlingen (around 1600) and a pulpit
created by Michael Spies (1610) from Magdeburg.
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HAVELBERG
CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY
Today’s cathedral building was built between
1279 and 1330. The combination of Romanesque
and Gothic style created in this way is still easily
recognisable today. The numerous stained glass
windows are of particular value. The rood screen,
built in around 1400, is impressive with its
Passion reliefs and sculptures.
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BEBERTAL
CEMETERY CHAPEL
BEUSTER
BRICK CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
The collegiate church was founded by the diocese of Verden. It is one of the oldest brick
churches north of the Alps. Its construction
plan corresponds to a typical basilica with two
half-height nave aisles and choir aisle. Daylight is
provided to the middle nave by regular windows
in the clerestory. Originally, there was a square
defence tower on the west side. Particularly
worthy of note is the fact that the bricks have
been chiselled like cut stones.
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Pfarrkirche St. Lorenz
Holzmarktstraße 11,
29410 Salzwedel
Contact:
Kath. Pfarramt St. Lorenz
An der Marienkirche 5
Tel. + 49 3901 423357
Fax + 49 3901 3059609
salzwedel.st-laurentius@
bistum-magdeburg.de
www.bistum-magdeburg.de
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
needed in the Protestant parish
Dorfkirche
Lindenstraße 14
39319 Stadt Jerichow
OT Redekin
[email protected]
Opening times:
By arrangement,
(Tel. + 49 39343 256)
donations welcome
Tours: by advance
reservation, German,
English
GENTHIN / ALTENPLATHOW
TOMBSTONE OF
HERMANN VON PLOTHO
In the former registry of the Neogothic church,
the ‘Plotho-Stube’, you will find a rare, well
preserved example of a medieval figurative
memorial slab. This one depicts the lord of the
former Plote castle, who died in around 1170.
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ARENDSEE
BENEDICTINE CONVENT OF
ST MARY
The convent ruins are located picturesquely by
the shores of Lake Arendsee. The cross-shaped
basilica, one of the earliest vaulted brick churches in the region, is a perfectly preserved example
of Romanesque architecture. The portal is a
prime example of medieval building symbolism.
The wooden crucifix from 1240 and the Gothic
carved altar are worth seeing.
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HUNDISBURG
NORDHUSEN RUINS
Late Romanesque fieldstone church from the
12th / 13th century, which has been fully restored
inside and out. There is a wooden coffered ceiling
from 1602 and a well-preserved confessional in the
chancel. A triumphal arch separates the chancel
from the nave, under which there is a cup-shaped
font. Still visible, the passage from the tower to the
nave was through a double ambulatory.
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Katholische Universitätskirche St. Petri
Neustädter Straße 4
39104 Magdeburg
Tel. + 49 391 5435895 or
-5434095
[email protected]
Opening times: Mon – Fri 9.30
a.m. – 5 p.m. and by arrangement
Church service: Vespers 5.30
p.m., Service 6 p.m. Thu Vespers
6.30 p.m., Service 7 p.m. Sun
Service 11 a.m.
donations welcome
HILLERSLEBEN
ST LAWRENCE
The village of Nordhusen no longer exists. The
ruins of the parish church, which was built around
1200 together with the western tower of a village
church that no longer exists are all that can be
seen. The grand 17 metres high cross tower is reminiscent of a settlement of significance 800 years
ago, which had already been abandoned in the
medieval. Further historical evidence is provided by
a partially preserved ravine and the remains of the
water mill which burned down in 1843.
This brick church with the characteristic circular windows
was originally three-aisled and built ca. 1250 during
the transition from Romanesque to Gothic period. The
contrast between the red brick, black glazed shaped
bricks and white veneers is typical for this region. Not
used since the Reformation, used as a salt storeroom
(1692 to mid-19th century), major structural losses (tower,
nave aisles). A Catholic parish church since 1860. Partial
reconstruction and restoration between 1961 – 1964.
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MAGDEBURG
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF
ST SEBASTIAN
ROMANESQUE HOUSE
The “Romanesque Road” tourist trail weaves
through the state of Saxony-Anhalt like a figure-ofeight. The state capital of Magdeburg is situated
at the intersection of the Northern and Southern
routes. The visitor centre in the “Romanesque
House” is the place to go for inquisitive tourists.
As a result, another touristic attraction has been
created in immediate proximity to the Magdeburg
Cathedral.
The exhibition in the House tells stories from
the medieval divided into the categories of “Emperors and Kings”, “Churches and Monasteries”,
“Knighthood, Nobility and Castles” and “Farmers,
Citizens and Tradesmen”. You can discover the economic and political stimuli from the Romanesque
Era, which have followed through into today’s
Saxony-Anhalt, and what testimony from this era
is still preserved along the “Romanesque Road”.
Visitors can get active too – with writing exercises
in the multimedial scriptorium or at the audio
station playing medieval instruments. The Romanesque sites in the state are shown on a monitor.
Kunstmuseum Kloster
Unser Lieben Frauen
Regierungsstraße 4 – 6,
39104 Magdeburg
Tel. + 49 391 565020
or -5650211
www.kunstmuseummagdeburg.de
Opening times: Tue – Thu
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. except
24th / 25th / 31st Dec.
Entrance prices: 4,00 e,
conc. 2,00 e
needed
MAGDEBURG
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF
ST PETER OF MAGDEBURG
St Mary’s Collegiate Church and family tomb of the
Counts of Walbeck. You can still see the brickwork
from the Ottonian era in the ruins of the collegiate
church today. The ruins of Walbeck are freely accessible. It is possible to view the stucco sarcophagus
of Lothar II, the founder of this church, by prior
arrangement at the Village Church of St Michael.
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SALZWEDEL
PFARRKIRCHE ST. LORENZ
REDEKIN
VILLAGE CHURCH
A small bronze crucifix dating back to the middle
of the 12th century with an image of the front of
Christ on a cross is of nationwide importance.
Elaborate brick friezes and the horseshoe gallery
are also worth seeing. The church has a flatroofed nave, a tapered cross-vaulted rectangular
choir, a high apse and a broad three-storey
western cross tower.
Address: Klostergarten
6, D-38871 Drübeck,
– 7 pm; evening
opening hours:
prayers at 6 pm
gardens: freely
(except Sunday),
accessible year-round;
holiday 11 am
guided tours:
and 2 pm and
St. Vitus Church:
: April to October,
on request, November
6:30 am
Gärtnerhaus, tel.:
Monday – Saturday
to March on request,
+ 49 (0) 3 94 52
2 pm; Sunday/legal
tel.: + 49 (0) 3
/ 9 43 04, Klosterküche
+ 49 (0) 3 94 52
94 52 / 9 43 30,
/ 9 43 30, www.kloster-dru
(registration),
catering: Café
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 94
im
ebeck.de
52 / 94 30 00, Information:
tel.:
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One of the few small churches of the 10th century,
the remains of a missionary church. The two circular windows in the south wall and the historical
stones in the south and north wall of the hall are
presumably from the early Romanesque building.
In the chapel’s current east wall, a foundation pedestal clearly marks the original corners of the east
wall. Not always open to visitors!
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Dorfkirche
Breite Straße
38489 Rohrberg
Opening times:
By arrangement
Tours: by arrangement
DIESDORF
AUGUSTINIAN CONVENT CHURCH OF
ST MARY AND THE HOLY CROSS
The oldest vaulted pure Romanesque church in
the Altmark region and one of the best preserved.
It has a Holy Sepulchre. The richly adorned and
gabled embrasure portal jutting out from the
front wall of the southern transept and the original mural painting in the window reveals of the
eastern parts, consisting of white-red chequered
and triangular ornaments are particularly worth
seeing.
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MAGDEBURG
ART MUSEUM
MONASTERY OF OUR LADY
ck
PARK
Address: Schlossplatz,
D-06493 Ballenstedt,
April, tuesday-Sunday
opening hours:
, 10 am – 4 pm;
park is freely accessible
May to October,
guided tours:
year-round; castle:
on request, tel.:
tuesday-Friday
November to
10 am – 4 pm;
+ 49 (0)3 94 83
Schlosshotel “Großer
Saturday/Sunda
/ 8 25 56, catering:
Gasthof”, tel.:
y, 10 am – 5 pm,
Restaurant “Klosterstuben”
+ 49 (0)3 94 83
+ 49 (0) 3 94 83
/ 5 10, Cafeteria
/ 2 63 or 97 90 98,
, tel.: + 49 (0)3
Marstall, tel.: +
94 83 / 9 76 60,
www.ballensted
49 (0)3 94 83 / 1
t-information.de
89 39, Information:
tel.:
ELBE
Dom zu Magdeburg
Am Dom 1
39104 Magdeburg
Tel. + 49 391 5432414
www.magdeburgerdom.de
Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Oct – April Mon – Sat
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sun / rel. b /
hols 11.30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tours: Daily at 2 p.m.,
Sun also at 11.30 a.m.,
Charge: 3.50 e per person
Herrenkrugpa
rk: Herrenkrugstraß
e, D-39114 Magdeburg,
tours: on request,
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 91
opening hours:
/ 8 38 04
park
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 91
/ 1 94 33, www.magdebur 01, catering: Herrenkrug Parkhotel, is freely accessible year-round,
guided
hours: year-round,
tel.: + 49 (0) 3 91
g-tourist.de; Elbauenpark:
/ 8 50 80, Information:
with admission
tessenowstraße
fee; Millennium
year-round, open
5a, D-39114 Magdeburg,
tower; April to
tuesday – Sunday,
October, open
opening
catering: seasonal,
tuesday-Sunday
Information:
; Butterfly House:
tel.: + 49 (0) 3
91 / 59 34 50, www.mvgm.de
Drübe
GARDENS
The 29 ha large
park
Ballenstedt Castle frames the Late Baroque
complex as a high-ranking
example of the
garden
centuries. A prominent art of the 18 th and 19 th
park element is
former water shaft
the
in the Italian-style
gardens planned
villa
by Peter Joseph
Lenné, which
are embedded
in the landscape
park. The
refurbished castle
mill
by Gottfried Schadow and the cast-iron Lion
are also worth
Attractive vistas
seeing.
of the
ding Harz countryside park and the surrounare made possible
the well-preserv
by
ed castle tower.
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HERRENKRuGPA
RK AND ELBAuE
NPARK ON THE
The Herrenkrugp
ark
park and has been is Magdeburg’s oldest
a popular excursion
destination for
the Magdeburg
population
for nearly 200
years.
opened for the th The Elbauenpark was
25 Federal Horticultura
Show (BUGA) in
l
1999. The attractive
ment park delights
amusevisitors with its
garden architecture
diverse
and numerous
and cultural offers
leisure
as well as sports
playgrounds, the
fields and
Millennium Tower
Butterfly House.
and the
The Wernigerode
Castle
former Royal Zoological Gardens encompass the
Garden with the
nut grove natural
chestmonument area,
the pleasure
garden and the
terraced gardens
near the castle.
The flourishing
terraces
architectural gardens were laid out in 1870 as
the Harz mountain and offer a unique view of
region. Numerous
its former Baroque
relicts of
design such as
the Lion’s Gate
or the Orangery
can still be found
in the pleasure
garden, a landscape
park. The Wernigerode
Gardens reflect
Castle
the diversity of
horticultural development from the
formal Baroque
garden via the
landscape garden
to the historic raised
garden.
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Lauchstäd
t
HISTORIC SPA FACILIT
IES AND GOETH
E THEATR
CASTLE AND CASTLE
en
Magdeburg
Address: Schlossbereich,
D-38855 Wernigerode,
gardens): May
opening hours:
to October, 10
parks are freely
am – 6 pm; November
days, 10 am – 6
accessible year-round;
to April, tuesday
pm, guided tours:gardens:
castle (terraced
– Friday 10 am
55 30 30, catering:
– 4 pm; Saturday/Sunda
on request, tel.:
Schlosscafé, tel.:
+ 49 (0) 39 43 / 5
y and legal holi53 78 35, castle:
+ 49 (0) 39 43 /
www.wernigero
55 30 44, Information:
on request, tel.:
de.de, www.schloss-we
+ 49 (0) 39 43 /
tel.: + 49 (0) 39
rnigerode.de
43 / 5 53 78 35,
55 30 30,
NITZ MANOR PARK
Address: Hauptstraße,
D-06800 Altjeßnitz,
opening hours:
and legal holidays
March to 31 October,
10 am 8 pm; last
admission: 6 pm;
Monday-Friday,
admission fee,
open in winter
9 am – 8 pm; Sat/Sun
guided tours:
by arrangement,
on request, tel.:
tel.: + 49 (0) 34
Information:
+ 49 (0) 34 94 /
94 / 7 26 97, with
tel.: + 49 (0) 34
7 81 58, catering:
94 / 7 81 55, tel.:
Café am Gutspark,
+ 49 (0) 34 93 /
tel.: + 49 (0) 34
7 26 97, www.irrgarten94 / 66 96 50,
altjessnitz.de
PARK
a r iu m Sa ng
erh aus
Today, there are only a few remains of the
late-Romanesque convent abbey, which bears
witness to the significance once held by the
Hillersleben Convent. Of its medieval interior,
the cherubs standing next to the dormitory and
two capitals have been preserved. The font from
1580 and the baroque epitaph are worth a special
mention. The building, which dates back to the
11th / 12th century, can only be viewed from the
outside.
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Medieval banquets, jugglers and minstrels
will make you rejoice, fill your heart and stomach
with love and provide you with entertainment.
The Northern and Southern routes are shaped as
a figure-of-eight, with Magdeburg, the favourite
place of Otto the Great, at the centre. Here, you
can find the tomb of Otto the Great and his first
wife Editha at the Magdeburg Cathedral, which
is the first Gothic building in Germany.
www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu
L GARDENS
During the medieval, Magdeburg was a political
centre of Europe and was considered to be the
“Third Rome”, next to Constantinople. Otto the
Great, the son of the first German King Henry I
and founder of the Holy Roman Empire, chose
Magdeburg as his favourite residence and gave
it to his first wife Editha as a wedding gift. In
1209, the construction of the first Gothic-design
cathedral in Germany began.
The Abbey church of the Benedictine monks,
which was founded in 1110 and consecrated in
1135, is one of the few Catholic monasteries in the
Duchy of Magdeburg to survive the turmoil of
the reformation until 1804. Parts of the tiled floor,
the entrance portal and the decoration on the
crossbars of the columns have been preserved
from the original Romanesque interior. Sculptures of different eras are also worth seeing.
EXPERIENCE LUTHER
About 1000 years ago, Duke Henry of Saxony
became the King of Eastern Franconia. Under
the previous German kingship of the Ottonian dynasty, the region around the Harz and
Magdeburg had become the centre of Western
history. Henry’s son, Otto the Great, founded
the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
Today, you can relive this exciting history at 80
original sites along the “Romanesque Road”
tourist trail.
You will encounter unforgettable traces of
this era, castles and royal palaces, impressive
cathedrals, monasteries full of life and the four
stunning highlights of the “Romanesque Road” –
the Cathedral Treasures.
Along the more than 1000 kilometres of this
route, you will discover buildings of remarkable
beauty as well as living history with knight tournaments, medieval markets and village fairs.
Altjeßnitz
MAZE AT ALTJESS
(Altmark)
opulence
radiance in the
first spring
sun, its exuberant
satisfaction on luscious
summer
days and the touch
summer. But in
the artifiof silent
melancholy in the
cially conjured
landscape park
middle of
autumnal fog.
which seems natural,
visitors
also seek, in amazement,
Many of these
searching
the
glances will strike
splendid specimens
a boof trees
nanza in the Garden
and hedgerows
which are
Dreams
facilities that are
already hundreds
a veritaof years old.
ble pleasure for
However, because
visitors.
of all the
And as is so often
trees, blossoms
and leaves
in our
life, many a park
you have to take
needs our
your time
second glance
and look closely
so that
to discern
enamoured becomes being
the park’s face
– its gentle
deep
affection!
The cathedral of the diocese of Magdeburg dates
back to the foundation of a Canonist foundation
by the Archbishop Gero around 1016. Inparticular,
the Romanesque double-tower façade and the
crossing of the three-nave hallchurch, which
was overbuilt in Gothic style in the 13th century,
accentuate the basic Romanesque substance
impressively. Beside its function as episcopal
church with the seat of the bishop since 1994,
St Sebastian has been home of the collegiate
church since 1878.
ENJOYMENT FOR EVERYONE
Saxony-Anhalt and
the “Romanesque Road”
Osterburg
AND PALATIAL
With botan ical
The first glance
at a historic
facility which is
so important among us
visitors that
decides on love
and sympathy, also seeks
a mighty
copper beech tree
on a rich
green meadow,
or the first
colourful blaze
of narcissuses
and tulips in the
spring, and
the delicate pink,
wine-red
and pearly-white
radiant,
fragrant rose blossoms
of
Gothic hall church with wide Romanesque tower
dating back to the middle of the 12th century.
The church was constructed of quarry stone
ashlars. The western tower has been preserved
from the original Romanesque structure. Around
1400, the nave was re-built into a three-aisled
hall with five bays with a one-aisled choir. The
ground floor of the tower has two round arches
with twin arch brick inserts. The large multi-part
lancet windows in the choir are striking.
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Tel. + 49 391 56899 - 0
PALACE AND PALATIA
Address: Schnappelberg
6, D-38889 Blankenburg
sible, special gardens:
(Harz), opening
April to September,
hours: palatial
Sunday 10:30
9 am – 9 pm, October
park / zoological
am from the “Brunswick
garden are freely
to March, 10 am
Lion”, catering:
9 54 77 09 and
acces– 5 pm, guided
36 99 87, Schlosshotel
small teahouse
tours: : May to
(seasonal) and
October,
Blankenburg,
92 60, Information:
Gasthof Obere
tel.: + 49 (0)
Mühle, tel.: + 49
tel.: + 49 (0) 39
44 / 28 98, www.blankenbu 39 44 / 36 19-0, Berghotel
(0) 39 44 /
Vogelherd, tel.:
rg.de
+ 49 (0) 39 44 /
Goethesta
City o
10
Saxony-Anhalt
What would parks
and gardens be
flowers and botanical
without
rarities? Nothing! trees,
not be any at
There would
all.
Europa-Ros
Address: Parkstraße,
D-39606 Hanseatic
City of Osterburg
round, guided
/ Krumke locality,
tours: on request,
opening hours:
catering: Eiscafé
+ 49 (0) 39 37 /
“Zum Kavaliershaus”,
89 50 12, www.osterburg.
yeartel.: + 49 (0) 39
de
37 / 20 40 34, Information:
tel.:
rg (Harz)
BLANKENBuRG
The approximate
ly 107 ha large
ensemble of
the Blankenburg
palatial gardens
is located
in the immediate
vicinity of the
historic Old
Town. The famous
Baroque terrace
bubbling water
with its
shaft is situated
above the
small palace. The
mountain garden
tea house, upper
with the
mill and the large
connected. The
palace are
modern designed
pheasant
garden, the scenic
palatial park and
gical garden top
the zoolooff the ensemble.
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Saxony-Anhalt is the cradle of the Reformation. Luther was born in Eisleben,
in Mansfeld he spent his childhood and
Wittenberg was the workplace of the
reformer. In 1517 he marked the beginning
of the Reformation by nailing the 95 thesis
to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. In 2017 the 500 th anniversary of the
Reformation is celebrated worldwide. With
the Luther Decade, Saxony-Anhalt already
tunes into the festivities.
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Welcome to the
most beautiful historic
parks
in Saxony-Anhalt.
“Garden Dream
in Saxony-Anhal s” networked –
t and Germany
LUTHER | BAUHAUS
| GARDEN KINGDOM
World culture
: “Garden Dreams”
as far as the eye
SAXONY-A
can see! in Gartenne
tz Deutschla nd. NHALT
Luther‘s room, an authentic place of Luther‘s
table talks, Luther House Wittenberg
FOR TREASURE HUNTERS
Blankenbu
The state capital
Magdeburg
surprises visitors
with
boulevard featuring a green
historic
parks along the
Elbe River.
The view extends
from Herrenkrug with the
Elbauenpark
amusement park
towards the
towers of THE GREEN
CITADEL®
OF MAGDEBURG
, the
esque Kloster Unser RomanFrauen monastery Lieben
and the
gothic cathedral.
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THE CRADLE OF
THE REFORMATION
source of all landscape
art in
Germany, and
naturally also
a role model and
example for
numerous parks
in presentday Saxony-Anh
alt. After
the era of Baroque
gardens,
a wave of park
redevelopment started,
primarily
beginning of the th in the
19 century.
In the process,
“walk-in landscape paintings”
with special
visual relationship
s between
buildings, sculptures
horticultural elementsand
were
created. The park
acquired
philosophical dimension. a
A gilded wrought-iro
to Krumke Palatial n gate welcomes guests
Park. The picturesque
cape park around
landsthe neo-Gothic
palace accommodates numerous
relicts from its
Baroque design.
Including the Cavalier former
Stone Cabinet,
House,
Orangery, numerous
and the famous,
sculptures
roughly
hedgerow. Enchanting 400 year-old box
spring flowers,
dendrons and a
rhodobeautiful autumn
colouring
make the park
especially attractive.
D-39343 Hundisburg,
opening hours:
11 am – 4 pm;
Saturday and Sunday
year-round; palace
11 am – 6 pm;
sion, guided tours:
palace exhibition:
shop: tuesday
on request, tel.:
end of March to
to Friday
+ 49 (0) 39 04 /
end of October,
www.schloss-hu
46 24 31, catering:
2 – 5 pm, with
ndisburg.de
restaurant & palace
admiscafé, tel.: + 49
(0) 39 04 / 4 42
65,
1
/ 59 34 252, Fax:
+49 (0) 391 / 59
info@gartentrae
34 317
ume-sachsen-an
halt.de
www.gartentrae
ume-sachsen-an
halt.de
You will find attractive
offers for travel
Anhalt here. Tel.:
to Saxony+ 49 (0) 391 / 5
62 - 8 38 20
(Mo – Fr: 8 am
– 8 pm, Sa:
Hanseatic
KRuMKE PALACEf
Hundisburg Palace
with
and adjacent landscape its Baroque garden
park that ends
Althaldensleben
at
Monastery 2 km
away constitutes an overall
ensemble with
supra-regional
importance. The
effort involved
and the splendour of the Baroque
garden, the park’s
scenic beauty as
size and
well as over 150
indigenous
and exotic wood
types attract visitors
season. The palace
in any
accommodates
cultural offers
numerous
and provides high-quality
cal events.
musi-
Address: Schloss,
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The oldest ancestral
seat of
www.magdeburg-tourist.de
the von Bismarck
family inThe Garden Dreams
cludes a self-contain
Saxony-Anhalt’s
gentle south
of
residents and visitors Halle
with a Renaissance ed estate
is characterised
by Germany’s
palace,
lie along
the banks of the
moat, chapel and
smallest and finest
Saale River
landscape
wine-growbeneath the ruins
park from the th
ing region. But
19 century.
not only grapes
of Giebichenstein Castle. The
The Gutspark Briest
for Riesling and
labyrinthine
Burgundy
manoAmtsgarten and
rial park is in the
wines mature along
the “poet’s
process of
the Saale
paradise” in Reichardt’s
redevelopment.
and Unstrut rivers.
Architects
Garden are so romantic
www.altmark tourismus.de
and gardeners
in particular
that you
almost think you
The Schlosspark
have left behind
are in another
Krumke
traces
city. You only hear
tial park is enchanted. palaThe discovery promises here.
from afar
Giant
enjoythe noise of the
trees and saurian
ment. Burgscheidun
city which
hedgerows
gen Palace
struck a chord
line the paths
cannot conceal
with George
and repeatedly
its majesty.
Friedrich Handel.
reveal the view
Built high above
of foals playthe Unstrut
www.stadtma
Valley, the view
rketing-halle.d
drops down
e
above the playful
iNFo
terraces
with a touch of
“Italianita” to
Gartenträume
the pleasure garden
–Historische Parks
that is a
in Sachsen-Anhalt
Tessenowstraße
5a, 39114 Magdeburg
veritable delight!
e.V.
Tel.: +49 (0) 391
www.schloss-b
undisburg
HuNDISBuRG
PALACE AND
BAROQuE GARDEN
, ALTHALDENSLEBEN
LANDSCAPE PARK
g.de
Garden Dreams
in the city
* More events and information at: www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu
SAXONY-ANHALT
Garden Kin
gdom of De
ssau-Wör
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www.vereinigtedomstifter.d
e
Incidentally, if
you are still in
the mood for more
between
all the wine tasting
sessions
and regional delicacies,
with the best consciencethen
we
recommend the
bicycle and
hiking trails along
the Saale
and Unstrut rivers.
Or a lively
paddle tour for
freshwater
captains!
www.wernigerode-tourismu
s.de
Whoever would
like to
interrupt their
tour of the
Harz region by
foot or in the
saddle of a bicycle
in
to saunter through order
green
masterpieces of
garden art
will find more
stylish things
here:
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The Tangerhütte
Municipal
Park is always
worth an
excursion from
Tangermünde.
And the proprietors
open even
more beautiful
gardens in the
Altmark region
on several
weekends in the
year. A festival for all those
with a passion for flourishing
greenery!
to her magic in
the Naumburg
Cathedral. The
historic cathedral garden, whose
reopening
is planned for the
summer of
2011, is also magical.
ausen.de
Wernigerode is
the mostvisited city in Saxony-Anh
alt.
The castle whose
gardens invite visitors to
take a leisurely
stroll towers high
above the
town’s brick-red
roofs. And
the best view of
the
Mountain is offered Brocken
from the
terraced gardens.
Naumburg Hussite Cherry Festival
[email protected]
Since 2007 the Romanesque Road in SaxonyAnhalt is part of the European Cultural Route
TRANSROMANICA.
TRANSROMANICA combines the common cultural
heritage of the Romanesque period across eight
European countries. The historical evidence of this
era can be found in Germany, Austria, Portugal,
Spain, France, Italy, Serbia and Rumania. In these
countries, the new art and architecture, emerging all over Europe in the end of the 10 th century,
evolved with great complexity. Follow this impressive route and be guided along the interpretation
of symbols, treasuries and images. To learn more
about the buildings and to receive travel recommendations, tips for loop roads and upcoming
events, please visit:
Hu nd isbu rg
Palace
A lt h a ldens and Baroque Garden,
leben Land
scape Pa rk
ing against the
backdrop of an
expansive radiant
sky. Now
this is a kingdom
for a saddle!
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of the world
H
s” tips for excurs
ions and trips
Garden Dreams
in the Harz region
Children’s Chamber
Seminars and courses held at
the Helfta Cistercian Convent
www.kloster-helfta.de
world of stone
between tree
and blossom is
also always
included in the
artistic
raphy of the Baroque calligera. So
it is not surprising
that gods
and nymphs also
want to
make a good impression.
Even today, the
Garden
Dreams parks with
their Baroque design attest
to the creativity and quality
which we still
enjoy almost 300
years later.
The Bundesga
rtenschau
2015 Havelregi
on – From
cathedral to cathedral
,
the blue ribbon
of the Havel River
ent
Saxony-Anhalt
is rich in culture.
that this Central
Since the discovery
German region
pressive palaces
did not first draw of the “Nebra Sky Disk”, it
is clear
and
attention in medieval
Road”, “Sky Paths” cathedrals, castles and monasterie
times with imand “Garden Dreams”
s. The brand pillars
time featuring
take you along
“Romanesque
5,000 years of
their routes on
German and European
a journey through
history.
ROMANESQUE FOR CHILDREN
All year round
the most popu
lar facilities in
With landscapes
As so often, the
truth is very plain:
the original of
whoever wants
all English-sty
to see
le landscape parks
European continent
on the
has to travel to
Wörlitz.
Prince Leopold
III, Friedrich
The subsequentl
Franz von Anhalt-Dess
y emerging
au,
Garden Kingdom
made his dream
of Dessaucome true
Wörlitz is a unique
here. Still inspired
cultural
by the
landscape which
impressions of
his tour of
is a
Heritage Site today. World
England, as early
as the 2 nd
half of the 18 th
For 250 years,
century, he
Wörlitz has
invited visitors
planned a project
to sharpen
that
their senses and
arranged the Wörlitz newly
to enjoy
landthe enlightened
scape between
view
the Elbe and
the essential beauty at
Mulde rivers, making
in is
it better
facilities, which
usable for the
residents.
are always
freely accessible.
Here is the
.de
Imperial Spring in Quedlinburg
www.quedlinburg.de
Your travel destinati
on: Saxony-Anhalt.
“Romantic Night” at the Protestant
Centre of the Drübeck Abbey
christoph.carstens@
kloster-druebeck.de
ple to enjoy the
pleasures of
summer. Guests
adorned in
brocade and silk
promenade
on cream-colou
red paths.
Water shafts feed
soaring
fountains, while
their cooling
drops bathe the
surrounding box tree sculptures.
The
hands of clever
and patient
gardeners make
globes, cones
and curiosities
grow from
them. A strange
sculptural
in Saxony-Anhalt:
our
The 7 facilities
of the Garden
Kingdom of
Dessau-Wörlitz
The 2015 Federal
are a
Horticultural Show
or finale of a Garden highlight for the start
from Havelberg
(BUGA)
Dreams journey
to Brandenburg
Saxony-Anhalt.
through
: the Havel
region is a contiguous
Ennobled in 2000
by UNESCO
with the title “World
region with a collectivelandscape and cultural
cultural landscape Heritage Site”, this unique
cultural history
proximately 1,000
attracts admirers
years. The settlementof apand far who never
from near region
tire of looking
of the
was promoted
at the Wörlitz combination
is why the cathedrals by both bishoprics. That
of beauty and
usefulness.
as Johann Wolfgang
of the cities of
and Brandenburg
Havelberg
von Goethe simply Or
constitute the
to Charlotte von
wrote
setting and
theme for this
Stein: “Yesterday
upcoming
evening, as
www.buga-2015-havelregion BUGA event.
Welcome to the
most beautiful
historic parks
in Saxony-Anhalt.
Easter
The history of these
gardens
illuminates us,
fascinates us
and allows us to
experience
these sites and
to be deeply
impressed. Baroque
parks
stimulate our imagination
without our help.
We
a journey through are on
time into
the 17 th and 18 th
century
in which the well-planned–
,
almost geometrical
ly laid out
gardens invited
the royal cou-
The new Garden
Dreams facilities
In the meantime,
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parks and gardens historic
are included among the
State of SaxonyAnhalt’s “Garden
Dreams”
initiative. Specialists
have lovingly selected
them with great
care from over
1,000 heritage-pro
tected parks and
located between
gardens
the Elbe River,
Harz mountains range and
the Saale River.
The majority of
them have been
redeveloped and
restored in
recent years according
to historic documents.
About 2 million
visitors a year
do not miss out
on the opportunity
and treat their
feast for the eyes
senses to a
and salvation for
www.gartentr
their soul.
aeume-sachse
– Historic Parks
Baroque splend
They are something
parks which contain very special. Even today one
recognises
traces of Baroque
“ahs” and “wows”
splendour and
from visitors.
elicit
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us.de
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TOWN FESTIVALS
With traces of
we sidled along
the lakes, canals
and forests,
I was truly moved
at how the gods
the sovereigns
allowed
to create
them.” He experienced such a dream around
this garden dream
on
14 May 1778.
MAGDEBURG
MAGDEBURG CATHEDRAL, CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF ST MAURICE AND ST KATHERINE
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ROHRBERG
VILLAGE CHURCH
Late-Romanesque stone church from the 12th /
13th century, with a transept dating back to the
19th century. Inside the church, the cup-shaped
Romanesque font on the top of a cushion capital,
the pulpit from 1691, the retable (from around
1700) and the organ from 1886 are particularly
worth seeing.
Magdeburg
Garden Dream
s
Historic Parks –
and Garden
www.sachsen-anhal
9
Kirche St. Peter und Paul
August-Bebel-Straße
39164 Wanzleben
OT Seehausen
Contact:
Ev. Pfarramt
Am Markt 17
Tel. + 49 39407 425
[email protected]
Opening times:
By arrangement
(Tel. + 49 39407 425 or -353
donations welcome
HADMERSLEBEN
The convent, which was founded in 961, is
among the few buildings, in which the original
estate, farmyard and churchyard have remained
virtually unchanged. The Romanesque chapter
hall designed to accommodate 78 Benedictine
nuns is considered one of the largest of its kind.
The baroque abbess chamber houses valuable
documents and six large-format paintings in the
former dormitory convey 1000 years of convent
history.
Benediktinerinnenkloster/
Kulturhistorisches Museum
Planstraße 37
39387 Oschersleben
OT Hadmersleben
Tel. + 49 39408 6666
Fax + 49 39408 213
Opening times: Monastery
Mon – Fri 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
and 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.;
Sat / Sun by arrangement.
(Tel. + 49 39408 6666)
donations welcome
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The view of the church, which was built in the 10th
century, is characterised by a flèche, which was built
in the 12th century. Inside the church, you will find
the remains of Romanesque murals and sculptures
of outstanding artistic value, such as the portrayal
of Christ as the “World Judge” with the 12 apostles.
Furthermore, you will find an angel relief from the
12th century and a tree of life tympanum from the 13th
century.
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Romanesque church of 1121, the most significant building of the Saxon Romanesque era. The interior dates
back to the 18th century. Romanesque hall in the priory
square. The Benedictine monastery was built in 1084
on the site of a former Carolingian fortress. Today,
it is used as an ecclesiastic and cultural centre. Well
preserved Abbey with a conference centre and guest
house in the middle of the Huy forest.
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BLANKENBURG
CISTERCIAN MONASTERY OF
MICHAELSTEIN
As during its founding period (1146), Michaelstein is
still situated away from the city life of Blankenburg in
the idyllic area around the Harz. In the enclosure buildings, significant elements from the Romanesque and
Gothic eras have been preserved, such as the cloister,
refectory and chapter hall. The monastery gardens
have been renovated following historical models. An
exhibition of historical musical instruments can be
found in the Baroque west wing of the enclosure.
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QUEDLINBURG
BASILICA OF ST WIPERTI
In the place of the first small hall church at the
court of Henry I, a three-aisled basilica was built
in 950, in which the crypt, which is still preserved
today, was added subsequently (around 1000). It
has remained unchanged, even after the rebuilding
of the church in the 12th century.
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Ev. Zentrum Kloster Drübeck
Klostergarten 6
38871 Ilsenburg OT Drübeck
Tel. + 49 39452 94330
Fax + 49 39452 94345
[email protected]
www.kloster-druebeck.de
Opening times: 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Tours: April – Oct Mon – Sat 2
p.m., Nov – March by arrangement (2,50 e / Pers.)
Events: Harz Abbey Summer
(Aug – Sept), daily evening
prayers (6 p.m.)
Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein
Michaelstein 3
38889 Blankenburg
Tel. + 49 3944 90300
Fax + 49 3944 903030
www.kloster-michaelstein.de
Tue – Sun / b / hols 10 a.m. – 6
p.m., Nov – March Tue – Sat 2
p.m. – 17 p.m., Sun / b/hols 10
a.m. – 5 p.m., 24th / 25th / 31st
Dec and 1st Jan closed
Tours: by arrangement
Audio guide: Ger, Eng, Dutch
Stiftskirche St. Servatii
Domschatzverwaltung
Schlossberg 1 g
06484 Quedlinburg
Tel. + 49 3946 709900
Fax + 49 3946 524379
www.dom-domschatz.de
www.quedlinburg.de
Opening times: April – Oct Tue –
Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sun / b/ hols
12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Nov – March
Tue – Sat 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Sun / b/ hols 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Entrance prices:
www.dom-domschatz.de
Audio guide: Ger, Eng
You will find your holiday here! www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu (with online booking service)
Ev. Pfarrkirche St. Ulrici
Ulrichstraße
06526 Sangerhausen
Contact:
Ev. Kirchengemeinde
St. Ulrici
Riestedter Straße 24
06526 Sangerhausen
Mobil + 49 160 91654017
[email protected]
Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
and 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Sun
2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Nov – April
Mon – Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Freilichtmuseum
Königspfalz Tilleda
Westende d. Ernst-Thälmann-Str.
06537 Kelbra OT Tilleda
Tel. + 49 34651 2923 /-90268 /
-459995
Fax + 49 34651 90288 /-459996
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.pfalz-tilleda.de
daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., (last
entry 5.30 p.m.), Nov and
March daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
(last entry 3.30 p.m.), Dec to
Feb (inclusive) closed
ALLSTEDT
CASTLE AND PALACE
QUERFURT
QUERFURT CASTLE
The castle of the Noblemen of Querfurt, whose
oldest parts date back to the 10 th and 11th century, is
seven times larger in its area than that of Wartburg Castle. The Romanesque castle chapel and
the Romanesque towers, “Dicker Heinrich” (Fat
Henry) and “Marterturm” (Tower of Torture), are
worth seeing.
Burg- und
Schlossmuseum Allstedt
Schloss 8, 06542 Allstedt
Tel. + 49 34652 519
Fax + 49 34652 67754
[email protected]
www.schloss-allstedt.de
Tue – Sun / b/hols 10 a.m. –
5 p.m., Nov – March Tue –
Fri 10 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.,
Sat / Sun / b/hols 1 p.m. –
5 p.m., last entry 30 minutes
before closing
needed
Burg Querfurt
06268 Querfurt
Tel. + 49 34771 52190
Fax + 49 34771 521999
[email protected]
www.burg-querfurt.de
Mon – Sun 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Nov – April Mon – Sun
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Entrance prices: Adults
5,00 e, conc. 3,00 e
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Kirche Böllberg
Böllberger Weg 152
06128 Halle
Contact:
Ev. Kirchengemeinde
R.-Schatz-Straße 30
Tel. + 49 345 4441491
www.kirchengemeindewoermlitz-boellberg.de
Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sun
after church service until
5 p.m. and by arrangement
donations welcome
The Romanesque hall church preserved in its original
design with late-Gothic stencil paintings on the
interior ceiling, is a chapel-like construction made
with quarry stones with a half-rounded apse to the
east, which connects directly to the small rectangular
hall. The normally traditional sanctuary between the
hall and the apse is missing here. This beautifully preserved towerless village church from the 12th century
is now located in the middle of a residential area.
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Burg Saaleck / Heimatverein
Saaleck e.V.
Am Burgberg 2
06628 Naumburg OT Saaleck
Tel. + 49 34463 26553
[email protected]
www.burg-saaleck.info
Mon – Fri 10 a.m. –5 p.m.,
Sat / Sun 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Entrance prices: Adults
1,00 e, conc. 0,50 e
Doppelkapelle St. Crucis
Hillerstraße 8
06188 Landsberg
Tel. + 49 34602 20690
Fax + 49 34602 48741
[email protected]
www.stadt-landsberg.de
Tours: May – Oct Sat 3 p.m.,
Sun 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., and
Nov –April after telephone
reservation
The double chapel, a jewel of sacral architecture
and once a component of a margravial castle, is
impressive with its overwhelming synthesis of architectural harmony and spatial composition and
the fascinating ornaments of the capitals. The
“Blood Column”, a column made of red marble,
which is said to sweat blood and water on Good
Fridays, is a special feature. Remarkable carved
altar by Stephan Hermsdorf (from around 1525).
Landesschule Pforta
Schulstraße 12, 06628 Naumburg OT Schulpforte
Tel. + 49 34463 35110
Fax + 49 34463 35178
[email protected]
www.landesschule-pforta.de
Opening times: Nov – March
Mon – Sun 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
April – Oct Mon – Sun
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tours: April – Oct
Sat 10.30 a.m. – 2 p.m.,
3,00 e, visit to the church
without tour free of charge
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Naumburger Dom
Domplatz 16 / 17
06618 Naumburg
Tel. + 49 3445 2301133
fuehrung@
naumburger-dom.de
www.naumburger-dom.de
Opening times: March – Oct
Mon – Sat 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.,Sun / rel. b / hols 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Nov
– Feb Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
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GOSECK
GOSECK CASTLE
Foundation of a Benedictine monastery by the
Count Palatines of Goseck in 1041, consecration
of the crypt in 1046 and of the church in 1053.
After partial demolition and reconstruction into
a castle church in 1615 / 20, only the transept and
sanctuary are still preserved from the 11 th century,
together with the south-west tower from around
1200. Significant architecture of the monastery
church with stylistic similarities to the Speyer
Cathedral and the Limburg / Pfalz Monastery
Church.
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Stadtkirche St. Marien
Kirchplatz, 06632 Freyburg
Contact:
Ev. Pfarramt Freyburg
Tel. + 49 34464 27451
[email protected]
www.freyburg-info.de
Mon – Fri 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
and 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Sat / Sun / b/hols 2 p.m. – 4 p.m
donations welcome
MOBILE IN SA XONY-ANHALT
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Stiftung Dome und Schlösser
in Sachsen-Anhalt
Museum Schloss Neuenburg
Schloss 1
06632 Freyburg
Tel. + 49 34464 35530
Fax + 49 34464 35555
Opening times: Ward April –
Oct Mon – Sun 10 a.m. –
6 p.m., Nov – March Tue –
Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
needed
Audio guide: Ger, Eng, Fr
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Hermann-Danz-Straße 52
39444 Hecklingen
Tel. + 49 3925 284277
[email protected]
www.hecklingen.de
Mon – Fri 10 a.m – 13 p.m,
Sat / Sun / b / hols 2 p.m –
4 p.m and by arrangement
Bus and Rail Information:
INSA + 49 0391 53631-80 *
www.insa.de
www.bahn.de/sachsen-anhalt
You can take your bicycle free of
charge on all Regional-Express,
Regionalbahn and commuter
S-Bahn trains in Saxony-Anhalt.
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Benediktinerkloster
St. Marien und St. Cyprian
Goetheplatz 8
06429 Nienburg
Tel. + 49 34721 22348
ev.kirchengemeinde.
[email protected]
Opening times: April – Oct Mon
– Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sat / Sun / b/hols 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Nov –
March Mon – Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tours: Visits and tours are only
possible by prior arrangement
with the parish office.
donations welcome
Saxony-Anhalt is located in the
heart of Germany and shares borders with Lower Saxony, Thuringia,
Saxony and Brandenburg. From
the state capital of Magdeburg, it
is 150 km to Berlin, 280 km to Hamburg, 420 km to Frankfurt / Main
and 225 km to Frankfurt / Oder.
Four Autobahns, the A 2, A 9, A 14
and A 38, well-developed A-roads
and one of the densest railway
networks in Europe as well as a
high-capacity local transportation
system ensure short, comfortable
journeys to all the sights in Saxony-Anhalt. Both Saxony-Anhalt’s
Halle (Saale) and the Saxony city
of Leipzig, which is less than 40 km
away, benefit from Leipzig / Halle
Airport.
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Museum Schloss Bernburg
Schloßstr. 24
06406 Bernburg
Tel. + 49 3471 625007
Fax + 49 3471 3009450
[email protected], www.
museumschlossbernburg.de
Tue – Sun / b/hols 10 a.m. –
5 p.m., Nov – March Tue – Thu /
5 p.m., Fri 10 a.m. –1 p.m.
(just the tower)
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Naumburger Dom
Domplatz 16 / 17
06618 Naumburg
Tel. + 49 3445 2301133
fuehrung@
naumburger-dom.de
www.naumburger-dom.de
Opening times: On request
Tours: For a min. of 10 people,
individual with advance
reservation
Museum “Schloß Moritzburg”
Katholische Pfarrei
St. Peter und Paul
Schlossstraße 7
06712 Zeitz
Tel. + 49 3441 211391
Fax + 49 3441 211654
www.kath-zeitz.de
Tues 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wed –
Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sun
1 p.m. – 5 p.m., Nov – March
Tue – Fri, Sat 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.,
Sun 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. and by
arrangement
HECKLINGEN
BENEDICTINE CONVENT CHURCH OF
ST GEORGE AND PANCRAS
The basilica, which was built from around 1150, is
one of the best preserved churches on the “Romanesque Road”. The Neo-Romanesque painting,
such as ornaments, gildings and curtain paintings,
was restored in the 1990s and gives the chapel its
magnificent character. A circle of 14 late-Romanesque stucco angels (from around 1225 / 30) is of
particular value and acknowledged as a “highlight
of Saxonian Byzantinism”.
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Kirche St. Stephani
Am Weinberg
06406 Bernburg OT Waldau
Breite Straße 81
06406 Bernburg
Tel. + 49 3471 353613
Fax + 49 3471 353681
www.
romanischekirchewaldau.de
Opening times: April – Sept
Mon – Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
Sat / Sun 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Oct
– March closed (opening and
tours by arrangement
NIENBURG
BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF
ST MARY AND ST CYPRIAN
This complex, which was founded in 975 as a monastery, shows the transition from the Romanesque to
Gothic era, despite fires and alterations. During excavation work, precious architectural elements from
the predecessor buildings were discovered, which
justified inclusion in the “Romanesque Road”. The
individual construction phases inside the monastery
church blend seamlessly into one other leading to a
consistent and harmonious design of a Gothic hall.
LANDSBERG
TWIN CHAPEL OF
ST CRUCIS
Stiftskirche St. Petrus
Bergweg 11, 06193 Petersberg bei Halle (Saale)
Tel. + 49 34606 20409
petersberg@
christusbruderschaft.de
www.christusbruderschaft.de
Opening times: Accessible
at all times
Tours: By arrangement,
also in Portuguese and Spanish
donations welcome
Events: Advent concerts
(2 p.m.)
BERNBURG
EULENSPIEGEL TOWER OF BERNBURG CASTLE
(ROMANESQUE KEEP)
The mighty tower dates from the late 12th century.
It rises above a star-shaped, sweeping foundation.
With its 3 1⁄2 metre thick walls, the keep was the last
safe retreat of the castle. From 44 metres high, there
is a beautiful view over the city of Bernburg and its
surrounding areas. The 22nd episode of the epic of
Eulenspiegel tells of the jester who served as the
watchman for the Count of Anhalt.
HALLE (SAALE)
VILLAGE CHURCH OF
BÖLLBERG
Burgrestaurant Rudelsburg
Am Burgberg 33
06628 Naumburg OT
Saaleck
Tel. + 49 34463 27325
Fax + 49 34463 60483
BurgrestaurantRudelsburg@
t-online.de
www.rudelsburg.com
daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Nov
–March 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Nov – March Mon closed;
by advance reservation at
all other times
FREYBURG
PARISH CHURCH OF
ST MARY
Late-Romanesque three-aisled basilica in a bound
system from the period of 1225. The construction
of this church was initiated by the Thuringian
Landgrave Louis IV and his wife Elisabeth, who
was later made a saint. From the original construction, the following have been preserved: Flèche
with transept, choir transept and the double-towered west front with porch, on the rear wall of
which the Romanesque stepped portal is located.
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FREYBURG
NEUENBURG CASTLE
The huge castle complex high above the
wine-growing town of Freyburg was founded in
1090. The twin-chapel, built in 1180, is a rare architectural gem. Events such as “Montalbâne – The
International Days of Medieval Music” support
the effect of the architecture. In the “Children’s
Chamber”, children of today can familiarise themselves with the historical background through
play.
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Oberburg Giebichenstein
Seebener Str. 1
06114 Halle (Saale)
Tel. + 49 345 5233857
Contact:
Stadtmuseum Halle
Tel. + 49 345 2213030
www.stadtmuseum.halle.de
Tue – Fri 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.,
9 p.m., April – Oct Tue –
Fri 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sat / Sun /b/hols 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
A Giebichenstein Castle was mentioned in documents in 961. The Magdeburg archbishops rebuilt it
in the 12th century. Since the Thirty Years’ War, the
remains of this Romanesque upper castle structure
have been part of the Giebichenstein castle together with the lower castle structure. Excavation works
in the 1960s were the basis for opening the architectural museum. The area of the upper castle on rocks
above the River Saale gives visitors the opportunity
to visit the gate tower and the vaulted cellars.
ZEITZ
CATHEDRAL OF
The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul is incorporated into the early-Baroque Moritzburg castle
complex. It served as the main residence of the
Dukes of Sachsen-Zeitz. Behind the Gothic façade
of the Cathedral, the remains of the 11 th century
Romanesque collegiate church have been preserved. The crypt, the choir and major parts of the
transept also date back to this church.
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TILLEDA
IMPERIAL PALACE
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NAUMBURG
CURIA OF ST AEGIDIUS IN NAUMBURG
The chapel of the Curia of St Aegidius was built in
the first quarter of the 13th century. The Romanesque chapel construction, with its unique
exterior architecture, has a coupled chapel room
inside, which even has the remains of its original paintings. The tympanum from the former
Romanesque portal and parts of the figurative
Romanesque capitals have been preserved from
the time of construction.
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SANGERHAUSEN
PROTESTANT PARISH CHURCH OF
ST ULRICH
As a Franconian imperial castle founded in the 8 century, Allstedt was one of the most frequented palaces in
Saxony during the reign of the Ottonians. The imposing
complex obtainedits appearance during the late-Gothic
to Baroque era. Today, the maincastle with many details
of medieval castle architecture is amuseum. Müntzer
and Goethe were among the guests here. The unique
castlekitchen, castle chapel, permanent exhibitions and
beautiful innercourtyard are worth a particular look.
Basilika St. Wiperti
Wipertistraße
06484 Quedlinburg
Contact: Kath. Pfarramt
Tel. + 49 3946 915082
quedlinburg.st-mathilde@
bistum-magdeburg.de
www.wiperti.de
www.quedlinburg.de
Opening times: April – Sept
Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.,
2 p.m. – 5 p.m., and by
arrangement
Tours: Daily by arrangement
(Tel. + 49 3946 905624)
Schloss Seeburg
Schloßstraße 18
06317 Seegebiet Mansfelder
Land OT Seeburg
Tel. + 49 34774 70868
Mobil + 49 172 3744288
[email protected]
www.seeburg-schloss.de
Romanisches Haus
Am Kunstgestänge
06628 Naumburg
OT Bad Kösen
Tel. + 49 34463 27668
[email protected]
Tel. + 49 3445 703503
(Museum Naumburg)
[email protected]
Tue – Sun 10 a.m – 5 p.m
Nov – March Tue – Sun
10 a.m – 4 p.m
BERNBURG-WALDAU
VILLAGE CHURCH OF
ST STEPHEN
This church is considered to be an archetype of
Romanesque village church architecture. Outstandingly preserved quarry stone building from the 12th
century with a clear architectural structure. At the
beginning of this century, the church was freed from
all subsequent additions and reconstructions and its
Romanesque simplicity was recreated. Despite its
simplicity, the clean architecture is impressive.
HALLE (SAALE)
GIEBICHENSTEIN UPPER CASTLE
NAUMBURG
CATHEDRAL OF
Naumburg Cathedral is one of the most famous
buildings on the “Romanesque Road”. It marks the
transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic era. The
crypt of the preceding building and a Romanesque
crucifix (from the 12th century) are well preserved. The
Cathedral is most famous for its statues of the church
founders, including Margrave Ekkehard and his beautiful wife Uta (from the 13th century). A visit to the
neighbouring cathedral treasure vault is worthwhile.
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SEEBURG
SEEBURG CASTLE AND
CASTLE CHAPEL
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Kloster St. Marien Helfta
Lindenstraße 36
06295 Lutherstadt Eisleben
Tel. + 49 3475 711500
Fax + 49 3475 711555
www.kloster-helfta.de
9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sun / b/hols
9.30 a.m. – 12 p.m., 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Entrance prices: None
Tours: April – Oct 3.30 p.m.,
Nov – March 2.30 p.m. and
by advance reservation,
Foreign languages: English
by advance reservation
St. Thomae Cantuariensis
Neumarkt
06217 Merseburg
Tel. + 49 3461 211640
(Ev. Kirchspiel)
[email protected]
www.kirche-merseburg.de
Tue – Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Nov – March closed
Tours: Via Tourist
Information, Burgstraße 5,
06217 Merseburg,
Tel. + 49 3461 214170
SCHULPFORTE
CISTERCIAN MONASTERY OF
SANCTAE MARIAE AD PORTAM
The Pforta monastery existed between 1137 and
1540. In 1543, the Pforte state school was set up in
these buildings. Over the course of time, a series
of subsequently renowned men emerged from
the school, including F. G. Klopstock, J. G. Fichte
and Friedrich Nietzsche. Most of the historical
buildings that are still preserved on the former
monastery grounds can be visited.
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It was possible to reconstruct the main features
of the Ottonian palace, which is within sight of
the Kyffhäuser mountains and was first mentioned in 972, so that life in a royal court 1000 years
ago can be imagined in the open-air museum.
Furthermore, a reconstructed rampart gives a
good impression of how strong the former defence
installations once were.
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Benediktinerkloster / Kirchengemeinde St. Marien
Kirchstr. 3
06308 Klostermansfeld
Tel. + 49 34772 25250 o.
-32255 o. -839385
kirchenfuehrerin@
ev-kloster-kirche.de
www.ev-kloster-kirche.de
Tours: On request
LUTHERSTADT EISLEBEN
HELFTA CONVENT OF ST MARY
The most significant Romanesque sacral building
in the Harz-Kyffhäuser region. Built between 1116
and 1123 as a Ludowingian memorial church. St
Ulrich is a three-aisled column basilica with five
apses modelled on Burgundy churches (such as
Cluny). The Thuringian Count Louis II, also known
as “the Jumper”, is the founder of this church.
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High above a narrowing of the Saale Valley, the
castle is situated. This location was the reason behind the popular German folk song “An der Saale
hellem Strande”. Beautifully situated, it provides a
first-hand impression of medieval castle architecture.
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KLOSTERMANSFELD
BENEDICTINE MONASTERY OF
MARIAE HIMMELFAHRT
Seeburg Castle is one of the biggest and oldest
castles (1036) of Central Germany. In 1287, the
Count of Mansfeld took over the castle. The church
of the collegiate, which was founded by Archbishop Wichmann in 1179, is single-aisled. The transept and apses are preserved in the external walls.
The widow tower from the 11th century has been
lovingly restored and it is now possible to marry,
stay overnight and celebrate here.
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Konradsburg
Konradsburg 2, 06463 Falkenstein / Harz OT Ermsleben
Tel. + 49 34743 92564
Fax + 49 34743 92563
[email protected]
www.konradsburg.com
Opening times:
Summer season: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Winter season: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sun / rel. b / hols: open one
hour longer
Tours: By arrangement and
during opening hours
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SAALECK
SAALECK CASTLE
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The mostly originally preserved Romanesque building was first mentioned in 1188. The church, which
was consecrated by Thomas Becket of Canterbury,
was originally a three-aisled, cross-shaped basilica
with a western double tower front. The late-Romanesque main portal with its knotted columns
is a rare architectural sight. Restored after years of
misuse and consecrated again in 1995, it is now a
treasure of sacred contemporary art.
PETERSBERG
AUGUSTINE COLLEGIATE CHURCH
OF ST PETER
Petersberg hill has a long history, in which a church
had already been built in the 11th century, whose impressive design is still on show, even if the generous
interior is a work from the 19th century and the row
of tombs for the Wettin family has been recreated as
a replica. The monastery monks welcome guests to
join in prayers and meditation.
MERSEBURG
NEUMARKT CHURCH OF
ST THOMAE CANTUARIENSIS
Eckartsburg
Burgweg 13 b
06648 Eckartsberga
Tel. + 49 34467 20415
[email protected]
www.eckartsburg.de
daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Nov and March Sat / Sun
11 a.m. – 6 p.m., weekdays
by advance telephone
reservation, Dec to Feb
(inclusive) on request
SAALECK
RUDELSBURG CASTLE
The Rudelsburg Castle was first mentioned in
documents in 1171. Here high above the Saale
Valley, Franz Kugler composed his famous song
“An der Saale hellem Strande”. In 1871, additional
buildings were added to the ruins so that guests
can be entertained in various rooms here today.
A dinner at the knights’ table with lots of fun is
highly recommendable. The neighbouring manor
offers comfortable overnight accommodation.
There is also a register office in the castle.
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1229: The convent of St Mary was founded near the
Mansfeld castle by Count Burchad von Mansfeld. June
1258: Festive consecration of the convent in Helfta.
1343: Relocation of the convent in front of the town
wall of Eisleben. 1525: Devastation of the convent during
the German Peasants War. 1542: Last mention in documents, secularisation of the convent. Various owners
until 1712, then state domain. 1999: After more than 450
years, Cistercians nuns move back into the convent.
Benediktinerkloster
Schloßstraße 26
38871 Ilsenburg
Contact:
Tourismus GmbH Ilsenburg
Karl-Marx-Straße 1
Tel. + 49 39452 19433
[email protected]
www.harzerklosterwanderweg.de
Opening times: Tue – Fri
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sat / Sun / b/
hols 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
donations welcome
QUEDLINBURG
ST SERVATIUS
The Romanesque collegiate church of St Servatius
houses the tombs of the first German royal couple from the early medieval, Henry I and his wife
Mathilde. The cathedral treasures are world-famous. They include gems of the greatest historical value, including valuable, decorated reliquary
caskets and manuscripts from the early medieval.
Many of these were gifts from the Ottonian Emperor to the church of his family diocese.
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St. Stephani / Ev. Pfarramt
Stephanikirchhof 2
38835 Osterwieck
Tel. + 49 39421 74262
Fax + 49 39421 61459
www.stephanikirche.npage.de
Opening times: Tue – Fri 10.30
a.m. – 3.30 p.m.,Sat / Sun / b/ hols
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 13 p.m. –
5 p.m., Mondays closed
Tours: By arrangement with the
Protestant Parish Office and
during opening hours
donations welcome
Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus
Vor der See 402
06464 Stadt Seeland
OT Frose
Tel. + 49 34741 91221
[email protected]
www.stiftskirchefrose.com
Opening times:
April – Oct 9a.m – 18 p.m
and by arrangement
Tours: Tue, Thu and Sat 2 p.m
– 3 p.m by arrangement
ERMSLEBEN
KONRADSBURG CASTLE /
ABBEY CHURCH OF ST SIXTUS
The monastery, which was founded in 1040,
was the family monastery and burial place of
the Counts of Mansfeld. The church was consecrated in 1170. The Abbey church, with its typical
structure(western tower, three-aisled flat-roofed
basilica, continuous transept, choir), strong brickwork and good lighting through the small arched
windows provides visitors with an impression of
the Benedictines’ perception of space.
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DRÜBECK
ST VITUS
Situated on an old trade route, the convent was
built in the 10 th and 11th century. The inner courtyard shaded by a huge lime tree and the gardens
of the canonesses and abbess provide the complex
with its character, between the fieldstone convent
walls. The gardens are among the 40 historical
parks and gardens of the
“Garden Dreams” route.
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Liebfrauenkirche
Ev.-Reformierte Kirchengemeinde zu Liebfrauen in
Halberstadt Domplatz 46 - 47
38820 Halberstadt
Tel. + 49 3941 24210 o. -570402
Fax + 49 3941 570403
www.liebfrauenkirchehalberstadt.de
Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Sun 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Nov –
April Tue – Sat 10 a.m. –
4 p.m., Sun 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The building, which was built in the early 12th century, is considered one of the oldest secular buildings in Central Germany. From 1137, it served as a
farmyard for the Pforta Cistercian Monastery and
was part of the Pforta Fürstenschule from 1543.
The museum was set up in 1955. The most important exhibit is a parament cabinet of the monastery dating back to 1220. Furthermore, the museum
houses a significant collection of Käthe Kruse dolls,
which was declared a monument in 2007.
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FROSE
ST CYRIACUS
In the 11 th century, the Konradsburg castle was the
ancestral seat of the noble family of Konradsburg.
It was given up in around 1120 and taken over by
the Benedictines. The skilful capitals in the crypt
are among the most beautiful examples of Romanesque architecture. Castle festivals, cookery
classes in the “Black Kitchen” and concerts make
it possible to recreate the world of
the medieval.
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ILSENBURG
The Romanesque walls of the monastery of St Peter and St
Paul in Ilsenburg, built between 1078 and 1087, recount the
history. You can discover fascinating facts from the heartland of German kings and emperors during a guided tour.
The remains of a gypsum floor (12th century) and other
rarities provide unique insights into the medieval. Enjoy
glorious views from the Harz Klosterwanderweg hiking trail
(approx. 32 km) from the Drübeck Abbey, via the Ilsenburg and
Wöltingerode Monasteries, to the Grauhof Convent in Goslar.
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Stiftung Dome und Schlösser
in Sachsen-Anhalt
Museum Burg Falkenstein
06543 Falkenstein / Harz
OT Pansfelde
Tel. + 49 34743 535590
Fax + 49 34743 5355920
falkenstein@
dome-schloesser.de
www.burg-falkenstein.de,
www.dome-schloesser.de
Opening times: April – Oct daily
10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Nov – March
Tue – Sun 10 a.m. – 4.30 p.m,
Mondays and 24th Dec closed
Merseburger Dom
Domplatz 7
06217 Merseburg
Tel. + 49 3461 210045
fuehrung@
merseburger-dom.de
www.merseburger-dom.de
Opening times: March – Oct Mon
– Sat 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sun / rel. b/
hols 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Nov – Feb
Mon – Sat 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
Sun / rel. b / hols 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.,
24th Dec 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and and
31st Dec 9 a.m. – 2 p.m
Audio-Guide: Ger, Eng
The bronze tomb plate of Rudolf of Swabia, the antiking
of Henry IV who died in 1080, is located in the east choir
of the cathedral. The Merseburg Incantations (10th
century) are kept in the chapterhouse of the Merseburg
Cathedral. The Merseburg cathedral is known beyond
the borders of Saxony-Anhalt because of the restored cathedral organ of Friedrich Ladegast from year 1855. With
its 5687 pipes, it is considered to be one of the largest
and most romantic organs of Central Germany.
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BAD KÖSEN
ROMANESQUE HOUSE
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MERSEBURG
CATHEDRAL OF
ST JOHN AND ST LAWRENCE
Kloster und Kaiserpfalz
Memleben
Thomas-Müntzer-Straße 48
06642 Memleben
Tel. + 49 34672 60274
Fax + 49 34672 93409
www.kloster-memleben.de
Opening times: 15th March –
31 Oct daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
1st Nov – 14th March daily
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., only external
facilities
needed
ECKARTSBERGA
ECKARTSBURG CASTLE
A Romanesque architectural phase and two
subsequent Gothic phases can be seen at the
ruins of the Eckartsburg Castle above the town
of Eckartsberga. The founding of the castle by
Eckart I in around 998 secured the Eckartian rule
of the west and made it possible to control major
trading routes. Today, the castle offers a varied
programme for young and old.
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FALKENSTEIN / OT PANSFELDE
FALKENSTEIN CASTLE / HARZ
This flat-roofed pillar basilica has no crypt and was
built around 1170. The church’s interior, especially
the additions in the tower, the choir stalls for the
nuns and the passages to the collegiate buildings
date back to this period. On the other hand, the
towers were not roofed until the first half of the
13th century. It is generally assumed that the crypt
was removed in the time of the Reformation.
Domschatzverwaltung
Domplatz 16a
38820 Halberstadt
Tel. + 49 3941 24237
Fax + 49 3941 621293
www.dom-und-domschatz.de
Tue – Fri 10 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.,
Sat 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sun / b/
hols 11 a.m. – 5.30 p.m., Mon
only cathedral 10.30 a.m. –
5.30 p.m., Nov – March Tue–Sat
10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sun / b/hols
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Audio guide: Ger, Eng
OSTERWIECK
PARISH CHURCH OF
ST STEPHEN
From the Romanesque era, an impressive tower
front from 1150 and ore font, choir of 1516 with
winged altar from 1484 and Renaissance council pews, early Protestant nave from 1557 with a
bridal portal, which was restored in 2007, Protestant emblem iconography in stonemason reliefs
on pillars, arcades and keystones, galleries with
biblical pictures dating back to 1589, pulpit and
epitaph from the Renaissance, memorial organ on
a Baroque gallery.
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Benediktinerkloster
Huysburg
38838 Huy-Dingelstedt
Tel. + 49 39425 9610
Fax + 49 39425 96198
[email protected]
www.huysburg.de
Opening times: Daily
8 a.m. – 7.30 p.m.
Schloss Ballenstedt
Schlossplatz 3
06493 Ballenstedt
Tel. + 49 39483 82556
Fax + 49 39483 82556
www.ballenstedtinformation.de
Tue – Fri 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sat / Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Nov –
April Tue – Sun 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Entrance prices:spreise: Adults
2,00 e, conc. 1,00 e
Tours: Advance
reservation needed
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MEMLEBEN
MONASTERY AND IMPERIAL PALACE
Both King Henry I (†936) and Emperor Otto I
(†973) died in Memleben. Remains of a monument church from the 10 th century and monastery
ruins from the first half of the 13th century can be
found at this significant site, with the originally
preserved late-Romanesque crypt. Furthermore,
the medieval monastery garden, various exhibitions and the monastery shop are open to visitors.
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Built in the 12th century, Falkenstein Castle is one of the
most impressive and best preserved castles of the Harz
region. Its fortification and the interior of the castle museum, such as the great hall, the Herrenstube men’s room,
the royal room, castle chapel and late Gothic kitchen provide guests with an impressive impression of medieval life,
even today. According to legend, the “Sachsenspiegel”, the
most significant German-language legal document
of the medieval, was created here by Eike von Repgow.
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HALBERSTADT
CHURCH OF OUR LADY
A cross-shaped column basilica with a three-part
sanctuary ending in apses. It is the only Romanesque basilica with four towers in Central Germany. Its famous choir screens are among the most
significant pieces of the late-Romanesque era. It
was built at the beginning of the 11th century. The
colourful stucco reliefs from the 13th century and
the triumphal cross from 1230 are worth seeing.
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Hotel & Spa Wasserschloss
Westerburg Silvia und
Hartmut Lerche GbR
Westerburg 34
38836 Huy OT Dedeleben / Westerburg
Tel. + 49 39422 9550
Fax + 49 39422 95566
www.hotel-westerburg.de
Opening times: Open all
year round, daily between
8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
needed
Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus Burgstraße 3
06485 Stadt Quedlinburg
OT Gernrode
Tel. + 49 39485 275
[email protected]
Mon – Sat 9 a.m – 5 p.m, Sun
12 p.m – 5 p.m; Nov Mon – Sat
11 a.m – 4 p.m, Sun. 3 – 4 p.m;
Dec – March: daily 3 – 4 p.m
Tours: Daily 3 p.m. or
on request
BALLENSTEDT
ST PANCRAS AND ST ABUNDUS
Ballenstedt is considered to be the oldest ancestral home of the Ascanians and the birthplace of
Anhalt. In 1043, a collegiate chapter was founded
on the castle hill, which was converted into a Benedictine monastery in 1123. The castle is particularly impressive because of the Romanesque west
wing of the former Abbey church. The Nicholas
chapel houses the tomb of “Albert the Bear”, the
most significant Ascanian of the 12th century.
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HALBERSTADT
CATHEDRAL AND CATHEDRAL TREASURE
OF HALBERSTADT
The Halberstadt Cathedral was built in the purest
Gothic style between 1236 and 1486 based on the model
of French cathedrals. The late-Romanesque ensemble
of triumph crosses (from around 1220) is considered to
be the most important part of the interior, a masterpiece of medieval carvers. The cathedral treasure, with
more than 650 pieces of the most significant, preserved
church treasure in the world, is unique. Romanesque
tapestries are among the highlights of the exhibition.
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Stiftskirche St. Pankratius
Klosterhof 8
39393 Hamersleben
Tel. / Fax + 49 39401 483
(Pfarramt)
Tel. + 49 3949 2602
(Pfarramt Oschersleben)
[email protected]
Opening times: Summer: Mon
– Sun 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Winter:
Mon – Sat 9 a.m. – dawn
donations welcome
Tours: Advance
reservation needed
HUYSBURG
BENEDICTINE PRIORY OF
ST MARY
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GERNRODE
ST CYRIACUS
The oldest preserved reproduction of the Holy
Sepulchre can be found in the Collegiate Church
of St Cyriacus which Margrave Gero consecrated
in 961. At Easter, the Sepulchre is at the focus of
the Medieval Easter plays. The Rhenish alternation of pillar and column supports characterises
the Romanesque nave, in which many concerts
and services take place. The remains of the
medieval cloister can be found in the collegiate
courtyard.
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DEDELEBEN / WESTERBURG
HOTEL & SPA
WASSERSCHLOSS WESTERBURG ****+
The 1,000 year old Westerburg castle is the oldest and
best preserved moated castle in Germany. Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements
blend together into an exciting structure. The castle
chapel of 1681 is worth seeing. Stylish, individual rooms,
representative ballrooms, several restaurants, a beauty
centre, generous spa area, south terrace on the castle
moat, romantic palace gardens, cultural events and
more await the visitors.
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Klosterkirche St. Vitus
Poststraße
39397 Gröningen
OT Kloster Gröningen
Tel. / Fax + 49 39403 4647
(Fa. Kessler)
Mobile + 49 160 4443983
[email protected]
Opening times: All year
round Mon / Wed / Thu 9 a.m.
– 11.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 4
p.m., Fri / Sat 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.,
Tue and Sun by arrangement
Photography is not
permitted in the church.
HAMERSLEBEN
ST PANCRATIUS
The unusually rich ornamentation of this church
from around 1110 deserves special attention, such as
the depictions of animals and plants on the capitals
within the church. The collegiate church was built by
the Augustinian canons. The Hamersleben complex
also includes the enclosure building, the courtyard and
approx. 5 hectares of park trees, bushes and plants
typical to the area.
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KLOSTER GRÖNINGEN
ABBEY CHURCH OF ST VITUS
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Persons with visual
impairment
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Blind people
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Family
www.natko.de
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Europäisches Musik- und
Kulturzentrum Schloss Goseck
06667 Schloss Goseck
Tel. + 49 3443 284488
Fax + 49 3443 284483
[email protected]
www.schlossgoseck.de
daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Nov –
March daily 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
closed on Mondays all year
round
Entrance prices: 1,50 e,
Tour 2,50 e
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