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the Romanesque reliquary of Bernburg Schloß, built on a 8 Querfurt
St Servatius and the remaining rock. It owes its present look to Road map D4. * 11,000. @
fragments of the 12th-century refurbishments (1540–70), yet n Markt 14 (034771-237 99) _
Knüpfteppich (tapestry). The many features are much older, Brunnenfest (Jun). ∑ querfurt.de
Quedlinburg Schloß, a including the 12th-century
Renaissance palace surrounded Romanesque chapels and The narrow streets of Querfurt
by gardens, occupies the other Gothic towers. are crammed with timber-frame
side of the hill. houses, and the giant Schloß
Both Old and New Town of towers over the town square
Quedlinburg have valuable with its Renaissance town hall.
examples of timber-frame The castle’s present form is the
architecture. The buildings date result of Renaissance refurb-
from various times – the modest ishments, but it maintains
house at Wordgasse 3, from Renaissance residence in Merseburg many Romanesque features,
around 1400, is the oldest such as the 11th-century
The Renaissance portal of surviving timber-frame building from previous Romanesque 7 Merseburg donjon (keep), known as
Quedlinburg Schloß in Germany. Also noteworthy churches. Nearby is the Roter Road map D4. * 40,000. £ @ Dicker Heinrich (Fat Henry)
are the numerous churches, Turm (Red Tower), an 84-m and a 12th-century church.
4 Quedlinburg including the 10th-century (276 ft) tall belfry, built in 1418– n Burgstraße 5 (03461-21 41 70) _ Also worth seeing is the burial
Schloßfest (Jun). ∑ merseburg.de
Norbertinenkirche, the 1506. The house at Nikolaistraße chapel, the Baroque Fürstenhaus
Road map D4. * 26,000. £ @
n Markt 4 (03946-90 56 24 and 63 88 Wippertikirche with its early- Burg Giebichenstein, in Halle, with the 5, the birthplace of Georg The first sight visitors see as (ducal house) and a small
990). _ Musiksommer (Jun–Sep). Romanesque crypt, and the Arts and Crafts College Friedrich Händel, now houses a they arrive in Merseburg is the museum, situated in the
15th century, late-Gothic small museum, the Händel- Domburg – a vast complex of for mer armoury and granary.
The rise of the small town of Marktkirche St Benedicti. 6 Halle Haus. In Dom platz stands the buildings spiked with towers,
Quedlinburg was closely Road map D4. * 232,300. £ @ early-Gothic Dom, built in 1280– consisting of a cathedral and 9 Naumburg
connected with its convent, 5 Bernburg n Marktplatz 13 (0345 122 99 84). 1331 by the Domin icans and residences. The cathedral is not
established in 936 by Emperor _ Händel-Festspiele (Jun); Hallesche restored between 1525 and uniform in style; it includes Road map D4. * 30,500. £ @
Otto I and his mother, St Road map D3. * 36,000. £ @ Musiktage (Nov). ∑ halle.de 1530 in Renaissance style. some Romanesque elements n Markt 6 (03445-27 31 25).
Mathilde. On the hill above n Lindenplatz 9 (03471 346 9311). Halle has some other (the eastern section and twin _ Hussiten-Kirsch-Fest (Jun).
the town stands the vast _ Walpurgisnacht (May). Halle is an old town with a rich medieval churches, including towers in the west) erected in ∑ naumburg-tourismus.de
Romanesque structure of the ∑ bernburg.de history in commerce and trade, its the late-Gothic Moritzkirche the 11th and 12th centuries,
Stiftskirche St Servatius wealth founded on the produc- built in the latter part of the and the late-Gothic triple-nave The town’s star attraction is the
(Collegiate Church of St Once the capital of one of tion and sale of salt. Later, the 14th century. It is also worth main body, which was built in Dom (cathedral of Saints Peter
Servatius), built between 1017 Anhalt’s Duchies, Bernburg town was turned into a centre for visiting the Kunststiftung des 1510–17. All that remains of the and Paul see pp154–5). There is
and 1129. Its old crypt, the enjoys a picturesque location the chemical industry. Halle has Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, housed older, early-Romanesque a late-Gothic Rathaus (town
Huysburg, which belonged to on the banks of the Saale River. preserved most of its historic in the refurbished Citadel structure is the crypt, hall), restored in Renaissance
the previous church, features It has a Bergstadt (upper town) heritage. On the Marktplatz building known as Moritzburg underneath the presbytery. The style, and the main square is
Romanesque wall paintings and and a Talstadt (lower town), (town square) stands an inter est- and built during 1484-1503. On cathedral contains remarkable surrounded by quaint houses.
contains tombs of the prioresses and its attractions include the ing church, Unser Lieben Frauen the outskirts of town stands Gothic and Renaissance Further attractions include the
and of the Emperor Henry and Gothic parish churches and (Our Lady), whose late-Gothic Burg Giebichenstein, the features, as well as numerous Marientor gate (1455–6) with
his wife Mathilde. An exhibition the town square with its main body (1530–54) was posit- former castle residence of the sarcophagi of bishops, such as the puppet theatre, and the
of treasures is shown in the Baroque buildings. The most ioned between two pairs of Magdeburg bishops. The upper that of Thilo von Troth (1470). Gothic Stadtkirche St Wenzel
arms of the transept, including important historic building is the towers that had remained intact part of the castle remains in The chapter buildings house a (Church of St Wenceslas). The
ruins, while the lower part library with precious manuscripts, latter has two paintings by
houses an Arts & Crafts College. including the Merseburg Bible Lucas Cranach the Elder as
The Landesmuseum für (from around 1200). Adjacent to well as the 18th-century organ
Vorgeschichte (State Museum the cathedral is a three-wing that Johann Sebastian Bach
of Prehistory) has more than 11 Renaissance-style Schloß. played on. Friedrich Nietz sche,
million exhibits. Its centre piece Magnificent portals and an the philosopher, spent his
is the Nebra Sky Disc, a 3,600- attractive oriel in the castle’s childhood at No. 18 Weingarten,
year-old bronze disc re cog nized west wing are noteworthy. now a small museum.
by UNESCO as the earliest
known image of the night sky.
E Kunststiftung des Landes
Sachsen-Anhalt
Friedemann-Bach-Platz 5. Tel (0345)
21 25 90. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun.
& free last Sun of month.

E Landesmuseum für
Vorgeschichte
Richard-Wagner-Straße 9. Tel (0345)
The impressive Bernburg Schloß, built on a rock 52 47 30. Open Tue–Sun. & Gothic stone retable of the main altar in Naumburg Dom
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp493–4 and pp513–14

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