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Johann Gregor Memhardt and
Michael Matthias Smids, it was
built in 1651–5 and later exten
ded to its present Hshape.
E Schloß Oranienburg
Schloßplatz 1. Tel (03301) 60 08 531.
Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun;
Nov–Mar: 10am–4pm Tue–Fri,
10am–5pm Sat & Sun.
Baroque palace in Caputh, north of Lehnin
Environs
Sachsenhausen, which Romanesque Dom St Peter 6 Lehnin
is located northeast of und St Paul. This cathedral was Road map E3. * 3,100. @
Oranienburg, is now a place constructed from 1165 to the n Markgrafenplatz (03382 704 480).
of remembrance and a mid13th century. In the 14th
museum. Opened in 1936 by century it was raised and given Visitors mainly come to see the
the National Socialists, this new vaultings. It contains huge Klosterkirche (abbey)
concentration camp claimed numerous valuable Gothic founded for the Cistercian
the lives of 100,000 inmates. objects, including the “Czech” order of Otto I, son of Albert
altar (around 1375), the present the Bear. The church was built
E Sachsenhausen main altar (from Leh nin, 1518) from the late 12th to the late
Tel (03301) 20 02 00. Open midMar– and the sacrarium of the 13th century, originally in
midOct: 8:30am–6pm daily; midOct– same year. The most valuable Romanesque, then in early
midMar: 8:30am–4:30pm daily. treasures are on display in Gothic style. Following the
∑ stiftung-bg.de the Dommuseum. dissolution of the monastery,
Other sights worth visiting in 1542, the buildings fell into
are the huge, 15thcentury disrepair, but much of the
5 Brandenburg/ Katharinenkirche built by Hinrich abbey has survived.
Havel Brunsberg, the Gotthardkirche, R Klosterkirche
in the Altstadt (“old town”), with
Road map E3. * 87,700. £ @ its Romanesque façade and Klosterkirchplatz. Tel (03382) 76 80 10.
n Neustädtischer Markt 3 (03381 Gothic interior, the Gothic Open Apr–Oct: 10am–4pm Mon–Fri,
796 360). _ Havelfestspiele (Jun). Rathaus (Town Hall), with a 10am–5pm Sat, 1–5pm Sun; Nov–Mar:
∑ stadt-brandenburg.de statue of Roland from 1474, and 10:30am–3:30pm Mon–Sat, 1–4pm
the Stadtmuseum, a museum of Sun. ∑ klosterkirche-lehnin.de
Brandenburg is the oldest town local history.
of the region. It was settled by Environs
Slavs as early as the 6th century, E Dommuseum Caputh, situated 23 km
and a mission episcopate Burghof 10. Tel (03381) 22 23. Open (14 miles) to the north, has
was established here in 948. 10am–5pm daily, 12:30–5pm Sun. an earlyBaroque Palace built
Scenically sited on the Havel &∑ dom-brandenburg.de during the second half of the
River, it has preserved historic E Stadtmuseum 17th century, as summer
centres on three islands, despite Ritterstraße 96. Tel (03381) 58 45 01. residence for the wives of the
wartime destruction. The oldest Open 9am–5pm Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm Great Electors. The interior
island is the Dominsel, with its Sat & Sun. & has many original features.
The Gothic “Czech” altar in the Dom St Peter und St Paul in Brandenburg
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