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1 Elbtalaue Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre Johann Gregor Memhardt and
with an intricately sculpted Michael Matthias Smids, it was
Road map D2. £ to Wittenberge
or Bad Wilsnack. n Bahnhof 1, gable and some charming built in 1651–5 and later exten
Bad Wilsnack (038791-26 20). timber-frame cloister buildings. ded to its present Hshape.
∑ bad-wilsnack.de
E Schloß Oranienburg
The Elbe valley in the 3 Neuruppin Schloßplatz 1. Tel (03301) 60 08 531.
western part of Prignitz is an Road map E2. * 27,300. @ Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun;
area of gentle rolling hills n Karl-Marx-Straße 1 (03391-454 60). Nov–Mar: 10am–4pm Tue–Fri,
and unspoiled nature. Storks, ∑ neuruppin.de. 10am–5pm Sat & Sun.
increasingly rare in Germany, Baroque palace in Caputh, north of Lehnin
still nest here. When travelling The town of Neuruppin, in a Environs
around this parkland it is scenic location on the shores of Sachsenhausen, which Romanesque Dom St Peter 6 Lehnin
worth stopping at Pritzwalk a large lake, the Ruppiner See, is is located northeast of und St Paul. This cathedral was Road map E3. * 3,100. @
to admire the late-Gothic mainly Neo-Classical in style, Oranienburg, is now a place constructed from 1165 to the n Markgrafenplatz (03382 704 480).
Nikolaikirche (St Nicholas having been rebuilt to the of remembrance and a mid13th century. In the 14th
church). Another place of Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre in design of Bernhard Matthias museum. Opened in 1936 by century it was raised and given Visitors mainly come to see the
interest is Perleberg with its Heiligengrabe, near Wittstock Brasch after the great fire of 1787. the National Socialists, this new vaultings. It contains huge Klosterkirche (abbey)
picturesque market square The only older buildings are the concentration camp claimed numerous valuable Gothic founded for the Cistercian
featuring an original 1515 2 Wittstock Gothic post-Dominican church the lives of 100,000 inmates. objects, including the “Czech” order of Otto I, son of Albert
timber-frame building, a sand- Road map E2. * 13,700. @ and two small hospital chapels. altar (around 1375), the present the Bear. The church was built
stone statue of the knight Roland n Walter-Shulz-Pl. 1, Wittstock/Dosse Neuruppin is the birthplace of E Sachsenhausen main altar (from Leh nin, 1518) from the late 12th to the late
(1546), now standing by the (03394-43 34 42). ∑ wittstock.de the architect Karl Friedrich Tel (03301) 20 02 00. Open midMar– and the sacrarium of the 13th century, originally in
1850 Town Hall, and the town’s Schinkel and the novelist midOct: 8:30am–6pm daily; midOct– same year. The most valuable Romanesque, then in early
star attraction – the 15th- The small town of Wittstock Theodor Fontane (see p31). midMar: 8:30am–4:30pm daily. treasures are on display in Gothic style. Following the
century Gothic Jakobskirche was first awarded its municipal ∑ stiftung-bg.de the Dommuseum. dissolution of the monastery,
(church of St Jacob). status in 1284. From the 13th Environs Other sights worth visiting in 1542, the buildings fell into
Bad Wilsnack owes its century to the Refor mation, The beautifully restored palace are the huge, 15thcentury disrepair, but much of the
fame to the discovery of the Wittstock was the see of the of Rheinsberg, 25 km 5 Brandenburg/ Katharinenkirche built by Hinrich abbey has survived.
therapeutic properties of the Havelberg bishops. Although (16 miles) to the north, Havel Brunsberg, the Gotthardkirche,
iron oxide-rich mud found in much of the town was was converted from in the Altstadt (“old town”), with R Klosterkirche
the surrounding marshes. destroyed, the original city walls 16th-century Road map E3. * 87,700. £ @ its Romanesque façade and Klosterkirchplatz. Tel (03382) 76 80 10.
Already known in medieval remained almost completely Renaissance castle n Neustädtischer Markt 3 (03381 Gothic interior, the Gothic Open Apr–Oct: 10am–4pm Mon–Fri,
times, the town was an intact, with one surviving gate – in 1734–7. In 796 360). _ Havelfestspiele (Jun). Rathaus (Town Hall), with a 10am–5pm Sat, 1–5pm Sun; Nov–Mar:
important place of pilgrimage. the Gröper Tor. All that remains 1734–40 it was ∑ stadt-brandenburg.de statue of Roland from 1474, and 10:30am–3:30pm Mon–Sat, 1–4pm
After a church fire, in 1384, of the former bishop’s castle is the residence the Stadtmuseum, a museum of Sun. ∑ klosterkirche-lehnin.de
three hosts displaying the the gate tower, which now of the Crown Brandenburg is the oldest town local history.
blood of Christ were found houses a small museum. The Prince, who of the region. It was settled by Environs
untouched on the altar. The town’s star attraction is the later became Slavs as early as the 6th century, E Dommuseum Caputh, situated 23 km
Gothic Nikolaikirche (church Gothic Marienkirche with its Frederick the and a mission episcopate Burghof 10. Tel (03381) 22 23. Open (14 miles) to the north, has
of St Nicholas), which survives late-Gothic reredos depicting Great, King of was established here in 948. 10am–5pm daily, 12:30–5pm Sun. an earlyBaroque Palace built
to this day, was built soon the crowning of St Mary. It Prussia. Some 30 Scenically sited on the Havel &∑ dom-brandenburg.de during the second half of the
after for the pilgrims. originated in the wood carving km (19 miles) River, it has preserved historic E Stadtmuseum 17th century, as summer
Plattenburg Castle, in a workshop of Claus Berg, northeast of centres on three islands, despite Ritterstraße 96. Tel (03381) 58 45 01. residence for the wives of the
scenic situation on an island, is probably after 1532. Other Rheinsberg is wartime destruction. The oldest Open 9am–5pm Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm Great Electors. The interior
also worth a visit. Combining interesting features include the site of the Schinkel monument island is the Dominsel, with its Sat & Sun. & has many original features.
late-Gothic and Renaissance the 1516 sacrarium and the former National
architecture, it is late-Renaissance pulpit. Socialist concentration camp
used as a venue Ravensbrück, for women
for concerts. Environs and children. It is now a place
Ten km (6 miles) to the west lies of remembrance.
Heiligengrabe, with its Gothic
Cistercian Abbey. One of its
many highlights is the 1512 4 Oranienburg
Road map E3. * 30,000. £ @
n Schloßplatz 1 (033 01-60 08 110).
∑ tourismus-or.de
The star attraction of the town
is Schloß Oranienburg, the
Baroque residence built for
Louisa Henrietta von Nassau-
Oranien, wife of the Great Elector
The Gothic-Renaissance Plattenburg Castle, in the Elbtalaue Friedrich Wilhelm. Designed by The Gothic “Czech” altar in the Dom St Peter und St Paul in Brandenburg
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p493 and pp512–13
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