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Exploring Saxony–Anhalt PritzwalkPritzwalk

Touring Saxony-Anhalt can be an SeehausenSeehausen
unforgettable experience, especially for SalzwedelSalzwedel
admirers of Romanesque art, as this region HAVELBERGHAVELBERG
abounds in churches and abbeys of that Milde
Milde
Jeetze
period. A visit to Wörlitz provides the Jeetze
opportunity to see one of Germany’s most
beautiful landscaped gardens. Nature lovers, KakerbeckKakerbeck Bismark Bismark Elbe Elbe
hill-walkers and, in the winter, cross-country KlötzeKlötze (Altmark)(Altmark)
skiers should include a few days in the STENDALSTENDAL
romantic Harz Mountains in their schedule. An
added attraction here is a ride on the narrow- GardelegenGardelegen TANGERMÜNDETANGERMÜNDE
gauge railway drawn by a steam engine which, Colbitz-Colbitz- JerichowJerichow Listening to a summer water concert, in Wörlitz Park
today as in years gone by, still links some of the LetzingerLetzinger
most interesting places of the region.
HeideHeide
GenthinGenthin Getting Around
The A2 motorway from Hanover to Berlin runs through
Ohre
Ohre
HaldenslebenHaldensleben Magdeburg to the northern part of the region. Another
WolmirstedtWolmirstedt BurgBurg motorway, the A9 which links Berlin and Munich, provides easy
HanoverHanover PotsdamPotsdam access to Dessau and Halle, which is also served by the recently
constructed A14 motorway from Leipzig to Magdeburg. Other
major and minor roads, well signposted, provide access to smaller
towns and villages. Larger towns are easily accessed by rail or
MAGDEBURGMAGDEBURG local bus services. In the Harz Mountains the narrow-gauge train
Aller
Aller
SACHSEN- ANHAL TSACHSEN- ANHAL T is an alternative form of transport.
OscherslebenOschersleben
HuysburgHuysburg SchönebeckSchönebeck
Oker
Oker
OsterwieckOsterwieck
Saale
Saale ZerbstZerbst
HALBERSTADTHALBERSTADT Bode Rosslau CoswigCoswig
Rosslau
WERNIGERODEWERNIGERODE LUTHERSTADT LUTHERSTADT
Bode
StassfurtStassfurt WITTENBERGWITTENBERG
PARKPARK
BrockenBrocken BlankenburgBlankenburg QUEDLINBURGQUEDLINBURG BERNBURGBERNBURG DESSAUDESSAU WÖRLITZ WÖRLITZ
1142m1142m
OranienbaumOranienbaum
ElbingerodeElbingerode THE HARZ AscherslebenAschersleben KöthenKöthen Mulde Schwarze Elster
THE HARZ
Schwarze Elster
MOUNTAIN TRAIL
Mulde
Interior of the Gothic cathedral in Havelberg MOUNTAIN TRAIL Fuhne WolfenWolfen Elbe
Elbe
Fuhne
HettstedtHettstedt
HarzgerodeHarzgerode Saale
Saale
BitterfeldBitterfeld
Sights at a Glance
1 Halberstadt
EislebenEisleben
2 Wernigerode
Sangerhausen 4 Quedlinburg
Sangerhausen
Helme
Helme HALLEHALLE
GöttingenGöttingen LeipzigLeipzig 5 Bernburg
6 Halle
QUERFURTQUERFURT 7 Merseburg
MERSEBURGMERSEBURG 8 Querfurt
Key 9 Naumburg pp154–5
Unstrut
0 Magdeburg p156
Unstrut
NebraNebra Motorway q Stendal
Weissenfels Major road w Havelberg
Weissenfels
Minor road e Tangermünde
NAUMBURGNAUMBURG Under construction r Dessau
Scenic route t Lutherstadt Wittenberg pp158–9
Main railway y Wörlitz Park pp160–61
ZeitzZeitz
Minor railway
Tours
0 kilometres 15 Regional border
GeraGera 3 The Harz Mountain Trail
Zoo-Park in Dessau 0 miles 15 Summit
For additional map symbols see back flap For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp493–4 and pp513–14
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