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E Kulturhistorisches q Stendal the Hamburg workshop of
Museum Road map D3. * 39,600. £ @ Hans Scherer the Younger,
Otto-von-Guericke-Straße 68–73. n Markt 1 (03931­65 11 92). the 1619 pulpit created by
Tel (0391) 540 35 01. Open 10am– _ Rolandfest (early Jul). Christopher Dehne and a font
5pm Tue–Sun. & ∑ stendal.de dating from 1508, the work
This museum contains works of Heinrich Mente.
of art, archaeological finds and In medieval times Stendal was The east wing of the beau tiful
historic documents of the town. one of the richest towns of the Gothic Rathaus (town hall)
Its most valuable exhibit is the Brandenburg margravate, and dates back to 1430 and is the
Magdeburger Reiter (Magde burg its most valuable historical work of Heinrich Brunsberg, its
Rider), a sculpture dating from remains date from that period. richly ornamented spire being
around 1240 of an unknown The late­Gothic St Nikolai typical of his work. The west
ruler (probably Otto I) on a horse. cathedral was built in 1423–67, wing with its arcades was
on the foundations of a added around 1480, and the
R Kloster Unser Romanesque Augustinian Back of the Gothic Rathaus in the market external stairs date from the
Lieben Frauen church. Its star attractions are square in Tangermünde 19th century.
Regierungsstraße 4–6. Kunstmuseum 15th­century stained­glass Tangermünde has retained
Tel (0391) 56 50 20. Open 10am–5pm windows in the presbytery and huge stone candelabra taken some remains of the city
Tue–Sun. & the transept. from the former reading room, walls, dating from around
This austere Romanesque The late­Gothic, 15th­ dating back to around 1300, 1300 and including a magni­
church, Magdeburg’s oldest cen tury church St Marien and the present reading room, ficent late­Gothic gate, the
building, was built for the (St Mary) has some original which is decorated with reliefs Neustädter Tor, whose tall,
Norbertine order during the Gothic elements, and the carved in the workshop of the cylindrical tower has intricate,
second half of the 11th and the oldest parts of the Rathaus Parler family, in Prague, between lacy ceramic ornaments.
early 12th centuries. Stripped of (town hall) date back to the 1396 and 1411.
all its ornaments, it now serves 14th century. Other attractions P Rathaus (Stadtge­
as a concert hall. The adjacent include the remains of the schichtliches Museum)
Romanesque abbey is a museum town walls, with a beautiful e Tangermünde Am Markt. Tel (039322) 42 153.
with medieval and modern tower, Uenglinger Torturm. Road map D3. * 10,000. £ @ Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun.
Interior of the Gothic presbytery in the Magdeburg Dom sculptures (Barlach, Rodin).
n Markt 2 (039322­223 93).
∑ tourismus-tangermuende.de Environs
0 Magdeburg 1209 on the site of an ear lier T Halle an der Buttergasse A Romanesque Klosterkirche
Romanesque church, was Alter Markt. Weinkeller Buttergasse. Situated at the confluence of (abbey) in Jerichow, 10 km
Road map D3. * 235,000. £ @ completed in 1520, although The basement of a late- the Tanger and Elbe rivers, this (6 miles) north of Tangermünde,
n Breiter Weg 22 (0391-636 014 02). much of it was built by the Romanesque market hall from town grew rapidly during is the earliest brick structure of
_ Jazzfestival (Jun), Klassik-Open Air
(Jul). ∑ magedeburg-tourist.de mid-14th century. The result around 1200, rediscovered in medieval times. For centuries it the region. It was built in the
is a lofty, aisled basilica with 1948, is now used as a wine cellar. remained the seat of the 1150s, for Norbertine monks.
The large-scale development of transept, cloisters, a ring of Brandenburg margraves, and The west towers were completed
Magdeburg, today the capital of chapels surrounding the P Rathaus King Charles IV chose it as his during the 15th century. Its aus­
Saxony-Anhalt and a port on the presbytery and a vast twin- Alter Markt. second residence. The town tere, triple­nave vaulted interior
river Elbe, began in the 10th tower façade. The cathedral The present Baroque town hall, joined the Hanseatic League, is impressive. There are also many
century when Emperor Otto I has several magnificent, built in 1691–8 on the site of and grew in status thanks to its remains of the former abbey.
established his main residence original sculptures. Other an earlier, late-Romanesque trade links.
here. In medieval times the town notable features include the town hall, was restored after The Rathaus (town hall)
became a political and cultural tomb of Emperor Otto I, as World War II. Gothic traceries of the cloisters in has timber­frame
centre. After the abolition of the well as the 12th-century the Dom, Havelberg architecture and houses
archbishopric and the destruc- bronze tomb plaques of R Pfarrkirche the municipal museum.
tion wrought by the Thirty Years’ archbishops Friedrich von St Johannis w Havelberg The only remains of the
War, it lost its political importance. Wettin and Wichmann. Am Johannisberg 1. Road map D3. * 7,000. @ old castle are its main
About 80 per cent was destroyed The memorial for the Viewing tower: n Uferstraße 1. (039387­79 091). tower and the Kanzlei
during World War II, but it is still dead of World War I is the Tel (0391) 59 34 50. ∑ havelberg.de (chancellery). In 1377,
worth a visit since many historic work of Ernst Barlach, Open Mar–Oct: King Charles IV brought
buildings have been recon struc- dating from 1929. Visitors 10am– 6pm Tue–Sun; Havelberg played an important the Augustinian monks
ted in the Old Town. to the cathedral may Nov–Feb: 10–5pm. & role in the Christianization of to town and had the St
notice several Near the market this region, with a mission Stephanskirche (church
P Dom St Mauritius und elements that were square is the episcopate established here as of St Stephen) built for
St Katharina preserved from Gothic church of early as the mid­10th century. them. Con struction
Domplatz. Tel (0391) 541 04 36. ancient structures St John, destroyed The present cathedral – Dom continued until the end
Open May–Sep: 10am–6pm; Apr & Oct: and have been during World War II St Marien – was built in 1150– of the 15th century. This
10am–5pm; Nov–Mar: 10am–4pm. incorporated into and later rebuilt. In 70, and although redesigned magnificent, late­Gothic
The vast Magdeburg cathedral the walls or used 1524 Martin Luther in the early 14th century, it hall church with transept
is one of the most important as ornaments preached here. nevertheless maintained its and cloister contains
Gothic churches in Germany. Its inside the Kloster Unser Lieben Today it is used as Romanesque character. Its most interesting features: a Interior of the former Norbertinenkirche, in
construction, which started in building. Frauen in Magdeburg a concert hall. interesting features include 1624 organ made in Jerichow, north of Tangermünde
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp493–4 and pp513–14

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