MAGDEBURG Magdeburg Cathedral Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice MAGDEBURG Catholic University Church St. Peter’s Church ROHRBERG Village Church GROSS AMMENSLEBEN Former Benedictine Abbey Church St. Peter and Paul HUNDISBURG Nordhusen Ruin WALBECK Ruin of the St Mary’s Abbey Church and Gravestone of Lothar II in the St Michaelis Village Church ENGERSEN Village Church MAGDEBURG Art Museum Unser Lieben Frauen Monastery MAGDEBURG Catholic Cathedral St. Sebastian HILLERSLEBEN Benedictine Nun’s Abbey St. Laurentius BEBERTAL St. Stephanus Cemetery Chapel WIEPKE Village Church This building, constructed from 1064, is one of the best preserved from the Romanesque period. Church and cloister convey an authentic impression of the original complex of the collegiate chapter/church founded in 1017/1018. It now houses the federal state’s Art Museum, the most important place for the presentation of contemporary art in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The cathedral of the bishopric of Magdeburg has been the bishop’s seat since 1994 and the home of the parish since 1878. In 1016, Archbishop Gero founded a canon monastery here. The double-spired façade and the crossing make the Romanesque construction look particularly imposing. Today only a few remnants of the late Romanesque abbey church bear witness to the former importance of Hillersleben Abbey. From the medieval furnish- ings, the cherubs standing by the dormitory and two small capitals remain. The baptismal font from 1580 and the baroque epitaph are worth mentioning. One of the rare small churches from the 10th century, remnant of a mission church. The two round windows in the southern wall and the historical field- stones in the south and north wall of the hall are presumably from the early Romanesque construction. In the chapel’s current east wall, a foundation base clearly marks the original corners of the east wall. Late Romanesque fieldstone church from the 12/13 th century which has been fully restored inside and outside. In the sanctuary there is a wooden coffered ceiling from 1602 and a well-preserved confessional box. A triumphal arch separates the sanctuary from the nave; beneath this arch is the chalice-shaped baptismal font. From the tower one enters the church through a double arcade. Am Dom 1, 39104 Magdeburg, tel. + 49 391 5432414, www.magdeburgerdom.de OPENING TIMES: May – Sept, Mon. – Sat. 10-18.00, Oct 10-17.00; Nov. – March Mon. – Sat. 10-16.00; April Mon. – Sat. 10-17.00, Sun. and church public holidays from 11.30 GUIDED TOURS: daily 14.00, Sun. also 11.30 Neustädter Str. 4, 39104 Magdeburg, tel. + 49 391 5435895 oder -5434095, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: Mon. – Sat. 10-16.00 and by appointment I mass: Mon., Tue., Wed. and Fri. 18.00, vespers 18.00; Thur. 18.30 vespers, mass 19.00; Sun. 11.00 mass Breite Str., 38489 Rohrberg OPENING TIMES: by appointment GUIDED TOURS: by appointment Kirchplatz, 39326 Niedere Börde district Groß Ammensleben ::: Löderbusch Family, Kirchplatz 11, tel. + 49 39202 50440, [email protected], www.kirchenmusikgrossammensleben.homepage. t-online.de ::: OPENING TIMES: April – Oct by tel. appointment ::: GUIDED TOURS: April – Oct. by tel. appointment ::: TIP: May – Sept. regularly evening music Steinbruchstr., 39343 Haldensleben district Hundisburg ::: Town of Haldensleben, Town Marketing and Communication, Mrs Seifert, Markt, 20 – 22, 39340 Haldensleben, tel. + 49 3904 479 184, www.haldensleben.de OPENING TIMES: constantly accessible 39356 Oebisfelde-Weferlingen district Walbeck ::: Jutta Pätz, Heimatstube, Im Sande 161 b, 39356 Oebisfelde-Weferlingen district Walbeck, tel. + 49 39061 2603, [email protected] OPENING HOURS: Ruins always accessible. Visit to the Heimatstube and exhibition by appointment. ::: GUIDED TOUR: by appointment Am Dorfplatz, 39624 Kalbe Milde district Engersen, tel. + 49 39085 6389, (Minister ret. Dieter Wollner) ::: OPENING TIMES: upon consultation (tel. +49 39085 6389 or Tourist Information Kalbe: tel. +49 39080 97122, [email protected]) Regierungsstr. 4 – 6, 39104 Magdeburg, tel. + 49 391 565020 or -5650211, www.kunstmuseum-magdeburg.de OPENING TIMES: Tue – Fri 10-17.00, Sat. and Sun. 10-18.00 GUIDED TOURS: by prior appointment Max-Josef-Metzger-Str. 4, 39104 Magdeburg, tel. + 49 391 5961300, www.st-sebastian-magdeburg.de OPENING TIMES: Mon. – Fri. 9.30-17.30 GUIDED TOURS: by prior appointment Freiheit, 39343 Hillersleben, tel. + 49 39202 61436 OPENING TIMES: viewing from outside possible at any time GUIDED TOURS: only after prior appointment Friedensstr. 4, 39343 Hohe Börde district Bebertal ::: Ev. Pfarramt, Am Alten Markt 11, 39343 Hohe Börde district Bebertal, tel. + 49 39062 402, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: by arrangement, viewing from the outside Alte Dorfstr., 39638 Gardelegen district Wiebke ::: Ev. Pfarramt Estedt, district Estedt, Dorfstr. 23, 39638 Gardelegen, tel. + 49 3907-5690, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: by appointment, for other contacts see building panel, open from 13-17.00 on Heritage Days Discover the NORTHERN ROUTE In the Middle Ages, Magdeburg, together with Constantinople, was called “the third Rome”. Otto the Great, founder of the Holy Roman Empire German Nation in the 10 th century, chose Magdeburg as his favourite palatinate in Germany. In 1209, the construction of the first Gothic cathedral in Germany began. Out of the original Romanesque structure, the west tower has been preserved. On the ground floor there are two round arches with double arch brick inserts. The present gothic hall church dates from the 12 th century. The nave was con- verted into a three-aisle hall in around 1400. Late Romanesque fieldstone church from the 12/13 th century, with a transept from the 19 th century. Particularly worth seeing in the inside of the church are the Romanesque, chalice-shaped font on a cubiform capital, the pulpit from 1691, the retable (ca. 1700), and the organ from the year 1886. The monastery church of the Benedictines was endowed in 1110 and conse- crated in 1135, and was one of the few Catholic monasteries to withstand the turmoil of the Reformation in the Dukedom of Magdeburg until 1804. Out of the Romanesque furnishings, the entrance portal, ornaments in the imposts of the pillars, and remnants of the floor tiles still remain. The Nordhusen Ruin is a sign of the former settlement of Nordhusen, and is visible from a long way away. The roughly 17-metre-high cross steeple, relic of an imposing church, is a reminder of a significant settlement, which was already abandoned in the High Middle Ages. Archaeological investigations indicate that the settlement was of almost early urban dimensions. St Mary’s Abbey Church and family tomb of the counts of Walbeck. In the ruin of the abbey church one can still see existing brick work from the time of the Ottonians. The ruin of Walbeck is open to the public. It is possible to view the stucco sarcophagus of the founder Lothar II, by prior appointment at tel. +49 39061 3379. Late Romanesque fieldstone church from the start of the 13 th century, which also acted as a defensive church in the Middle Ages. The original furnishings of the church included one of the region’s oldest triumphal roods, which was removed from the church around 1900, and is now kept in the Altmark Museum Stendal. 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 9 DIESDORF Augustinian Monastery Church St. Maria and Crucis Monastery, 29413 Diesdorf, tel. + 49 3902 327 ::: Evangelical parish, Am Schäfertor 7 OPENING TIMES: April – Sept. Wed. – Sun. 10-16.00 GUIDED TOURS: After advance arrangement with Mrs Osmers, tel. + 49 3902 939640 or parish The oldest purely Romanesque church in the Altmark is home to a Holy Sepulchre. The richly ornamented embrasure portal on the front wall of the southern transept is worth seeing. The paintings in ornament shapes in the eastern section from the original period of the church are outstanding. 10 SALZWEDEL St. Lawrence’s Church The originally three-aisled brick church was built in around 1250 on the old salt road. Typical of the region is the contrast between the red brick, black glazed blocks and white facings. It became a salt depot in 1692, and has been a Catholic parish church since 1860. Holzmarktstr. 11, 29410 Salzwedel ::: Cath. Parish Office of St. Lorenz, An der Marienkirche 5, tel. + 49 3901 423357, www.bistum-magdeburg.de OPENING TIMES: Mon. – Sat. 14-15.00 GUIDED TOURS: by prior appointment at the parish office 11 ARENDSEE Benedictine Abbey St. Mary’s Am See 3, 39619 Arendsee, tel. + 49 39384 2479, www.klosterarendsee.com OPENING TIMES: May – Oct. Tue. – Sun. 10-18.00, Nov. – April Tue. – Sun. 11-15.00 ::: abbey church Additionally May – Oct. Mon. 12-15.00 The abbey ruins are in a picturesque location above the Arendsee. The cruciform basilica, one of the region’s earliest arched brick churches, is a fully preserved part of the Romanesque architecture. The portal is a prime example of medieval architectural symbolism. The wooden crucifix from 1240 and the gothic carved altar are worth seeing. 12 BEUSTER St. Nikolaus Monastery Church The monastery church is an establishment in the dioceses of Verden. It is one of the oldest brick churches north of the Alps. Its construction plan corresponds to the typical basilica with two half-height flanking aisles and a choir. The centre nave receives daylight through regularly arranged win- dows in the clerestory. A square fortified tower originally stood in the west. Beuster Church / Friends’ Association, Schulhof 5, 39615 Hansestadt Seehausen district Beuster, tel. + 49 39397 97458, www.foerderverein-beuster.de OPENING TIMES: April – Oct. daily 10-17.00, Nov. – March by appointment GUIDED TOURS: during the opening times and by prior appointment 13 SEEHAUSEN Portal of St. Peter’s Church Church of St. Peter and Paul, Kirchplatz, 39615 Seehausen OPENING TIMES: 15 May to 15 October, Mon. – Sat. 10-13.00 and 14-17.00 GUIDED TOURS: Dr. Reiner Krainz, [email protected], tel. + 49 39386 54778 In the central axis of the western building of the church there is a magnifi- cent round-arched columned portal. The main portal, developed in elegant Romanesque shapes around 1220, is leant an impressive appearance by the change of form and colour between brick and sandstone; executed as a brick stepped portal with adapted sandstone embrasure pillars. 14 HAVELBERG St. Mary’s cathedral The present cathedral building was constructed from 1279 until 1380. The connection thus created between Romanesque and Gothic art is still clearly recognisable. The numerous coloured glass windows are especially valua- ble. The screen installed around 1400 impresses with its passion reliefs and sculptures. Domplatz, 39539 Havelberg, tel. + 49 1522 7661989, www.havelberg-dom.de OPENING TIMES: April – Oct. Mon. – Sat. 10-18.00, Sun 12-18.00, Nov. – March Wed. – Sat. 10-16.00, Sun. 12-16.00; no viewing possible during official church activities GUIDED TOURS: cathedral f3.50 per person 15 SANDAU St. Lawrence’s / St. Nicolas’ Church The three-aisled basilica from around 1200 was built in connection with Jerichow Monastery. A walk through the church, with its seven round- arched arcades, pillars with beautifully crafted trapezoid capitals, and the triumphal arche, shows the simple beauty of Romanesque architecture. 16 Kirchberg 1, 39524 Sandau ::: Prot. Parish Office and Support Association, Kirchberg 9, tel. + 49 39383 236, mobile + 49 162 3460690, www.kirchturm-sandau.de OPENING TIMES: April – Oct. daily 10-16.00 and by appointment (cycle path church) SCHÖNHAUSEN St. Mary’s and Willebrord Village Church The three-aisle basilica was consecrated in 1212, and it was the baptistery of Prince Otto von Bismarck in 1815. The wooden crucifix from 1235 is worth seeing. Another particularly impressive aspect of the building is that it is unusually large for a village church. The Bismarck Museum is located on the neighbouring plot of land. Fontanestr. 12, 39524 Schönhausen, tel. + 49 39323 38206 (evangelical congregation), [email protected] ::: OPENING TIMES: April – Oct. Mon. – Sat. 10-17.00, Sun 11.30-17.30, Nov. – Mar. Mon. – Fri. 9-15.00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: upon consultation 17 MELKOW Village Church This village church was constructed in around 1200 and its late Romanesque character has been well preserved, making it a special example of Roman- esque architecture. The church presumably belonged to one of the Slavic villages of the burgward of Kabelitz, which were transferred to Jerichow Monastery in 1146. Kleine Str., 39524 Wust-Fischbeck district Melkow ::: Marionettenbühne History Group in the Evangelical parish of Wulkow-Wust, Kirche Briest district Briest, 39524 Wust-Fischbeck, tel. + 49 174 3169853, www.gum.tips OPENING TIMES: Fri. – Sun. 10-17.00 or by telephone appointment 19 JERICHOW MONASTERY Premonstratansian monastery and church of St. Mary’s and Nikolai Jerichow Monastery Foundation, Am Kloster 1, 39319 Jerichow, tel. + 49 39343 285, www.kloster-jerichow.de ::: OPENING TIMES: April – Oct., Tue. – Sun./public holidays 9.30- 18.00; Nov. – March Tue. – Sun./public holidays 10-16.00; 24.12 – 08.01 closed OPENING TIMES: by appointment Founded in 1144 as a missionary base for the Christianisation of the Elbe Slavs, this almost unaltered Romanesque monastery complex is one of the oldest brick buildings in the north of Germany. The monastery museum informs you about the history, importance and use of the monastery, which was dissolved in the 16th century. The monastery garden shows medieval garden art. 20 JERICHOW Parish Church Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 10, 39319 Jerichow ::: Prot. Parish Office Jerichow, Lindenstr. 14, tel. + 49 39343 256 OPENING TIMES and GUIDED TOURS : prior appointment at Jerichow community centre tel. + 49 39343 34988 This majestic, late Romanesque brick building close to the former Slavic castle mound was erected at the end of the 12 th century. The closed baroque furnishing of the nave (circa 1700) with pews is worth seeing. Galleries, pulpit, and the splendid renaissance epitaph for district magistrate Melchior von Arnstedt (died 1606) are by the Magdeburg sculptor Sebastian Ertle. 20 REDEKIN Village Church Klietznicker Weg, 39319 Redekin OPENING TIMES: by appointment with the Streubel family tel. + 49 39341 327 GUIDED TOURS: after prior appointment The bronze crucifix from the 12 th century with its frontal depiction of the Crucified is of nationwide importance. The church impresses with a horse- shoe gallery and elaborate brick frieze. The construction is characterised by its cross-vaulted choir, high apse, and wide west steeple. 21 GENTHIN / ALTENPLATHOW Prot. Church of Genthin Altenplathow with Gravestone of the Lord of Plotho In the former sacristy of this neo-gothic church, the so-called Plotho parlour, there is one of the few preserved medieval statues grave slabs. This portrays the lord of castle, who died in around 1170, at was then Plote Castle. Altenplathower Str. 74, 39307 Genthin ::: Prot. Parish Office of Genthin, Große Schulstr. 3, tel. + 49 3933 3605, [email protected] OPENING TIMES and GUIDED TOURS : by appointment tel. + 49 3933 3605 22 BURG Lower Church St. Nicolai Oberstr. / Nicolaistr., 39288 Burg ::: Prot. Parish Office Kirchhof Unser Lieben Frauen 1, tel. + 49 3921 944430, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: May – Sept. Mon. – Fri. 15-17.00, Sat. 10-12.00, Oct. – April on request This granite block construction is almost entirely preserved and conveys an impressive picture of the strict monumentality of Romanesque architec- ture. The church retains a baptismal font from the 12 th century, the original altar slab, a gravestone from 1321 and a pulpit by Michael Spies (1610) from Magdeburg. 23 BURG Upper Church Unser Lieben Frauen The current church building is already the second at this site. Hardly any- thing remains from the first early Romanesque church except for the apse at the east wall of the northern flanking aisle. Particularly beautiful is the retable created in 1607 , and the pulpit and font, which are a year younger – all of these are by the Magdeburg sculptor Michael Spies. 23 Kirchhof Unser Lieben Frauen 1, 39288 Burg, tel. + 49 3921 944430, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: May – Sept. Mon. – Fri. 15-17.00, Oct. – April on request LOBURG Ruin of Church Unser Lieben Frauen Dammstr./Möckernitzer Damm, 39279 Möckern district Loburg ::: Town of Möckern, Am Markt 10, 39291 Möckern, tel. + 49 39221 95160, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: building is always accessible GUIDED TOURS: by appointment Impressive ruin of a formerly three-aisled basilica from the 12th century. The flanking aisles no longer exist. Still remaining are the rectangular choir and parts of the wide steeple made of fieldstones with a western portal, as well as parts of the triumphal arch and the wide round-arched opening to the nave. 24 LEITZKAU St. Peter’s Parish Church St. Peter’s, consecrated in 1114, is the oldest stone church building east of the Elbe. It replaced the half-timbered construction of its predecessor. Up to 1140 the church was extended as a three-aisled basilica, which acted as the seat of the bishop until 1161. Kirchstr. 1, 39279 Leitzkau, tel. + 49 39241 290, www.ev-kirchengemeinde-leitzkau-ladeburg.de OPENING TIMES: by appointment GUIDED TOURS: by appointment tel. + 49 39241 4109 25 LEITZKAU Abbey Church Sancta Maria of Monte In the 1140s, construction work began on a Premonstratensian abbey, the church of which was consecrated in 1155. The Brandenburgian Bishop Wigger had his seat here until 1161. After secularisation, Hilmer von Münchhausen purchased the complex in 1564 and had it modified in the style of the Weser Renaissance. The castle complex is the base of the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation. 25 Abbey Church/Castle Leitzkau, Am Schloss 4, 39279 Leitzkau, tel. + 49 39241 4168, www.förderkreis-schloss-leitzkau.de OPENING TIMES: March – Oct. Mon. – Fri. 8-10.00, Sat./Sun./public holidays 10-16.00; Nov. – Feb. Mon. – Fri. 8-16.00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: March – Oct. Sun. at 14.00 PRETZIEN St. Thomas Church This church, built in the 12 th century, is a treasure because of its unique mural paintings. They were rediscovered and revealed by the restorer Anna- Maria Meussling in 1973. The paintings in the apse are especially well pre- served; they have been conserved but their colouring has not been added to. Because of this they still have their original Romanesque appearance. Dr.-Martin-Luther-Str., 39217 Schönebeck district Pretzien, Minister ret. R. Meussling, tel. + 49 39200 51957, www.pretzien.de OPENING TIMES: May – Sept. Sat./Sun. 14-16.00 and by appointment GUIDED TOURS: by appointment 26 Discover the SOUTHERN ROUTE WANZLEBEN Wanzleben Castle One of the biggest lowland castles in Europe with a well preserved keep with Romanesque cloverleaf windows facing East. The lower part was a tower house until the 12 th century. It was first mentioned as a Slavic castle in 889 in Gandersheim Monastery. The castle contains the Hotel Burg Wanzleben with exclusive restaurant and historical events rooms. Hotel Burg Wanzleben, Am Amt 1, 39164 Wanzleben, tel. + 49 39209 60140, www.burgwanzleben.com OPENING TIMES: freely accessible 27 SEEHAUSEN / BÖRDE Church of St Peter and Paul Whereas many churches in the regionally typical fieldstone architecture of the 12 th century have only kept their Romanesque tower, the St. Paul’s Church has remained undamaged. The arched windows in the apse and on the north side are worth seeing. August-Bebel-Str., 39164 Wanzleben district Seehausen ::: Evangelical parish, Am Markt 17, tel. + 49 39407 425, [email protected] OPENING TIMES: upon consultation +49 39407 425 or -353 28 HADMERSLEBEN Benedictine Convent St. Peter and Paul The monastery founded in 961 is among the few buildings in which the original estate, farmyard and churchyard remain. Unique: the Romanesque chapter house, the former dormitory and the lower church from the Otto- nian period. Kirche St. Peter and Paul, Planstr. 26, 39387 Oschersleben district Hadmersleben, tel. + 49 39408 418 and -2602 / -5232 (Oschersleben Parish Office), [email protected] OPENING TIMES: by appointment 29 GRÖNINGEN MONASTERY St. Vitus Monastery Church The aspect of this church from the 10th century is characterised by the octagonal crossing tower, built in the 12 th century. Inside one can discover the remnants of Romanesque mural paintings and sculptures of high artistic value, such as e.g. the portrayal of Christ as judge of the world with the 12 Apostles. Poststr., 39397 Gröningen district Gröningen Monastery, Kessler Family, tel. + 49 39403 4647, mobile + 49 160 4443983, [email protected] ::: OPENING TIMES: whole year: Mon./Wed./Thur. 9-11.30 and 13-16.00, Fri./Sat. 14-17.00 Tue. and Sun. by appointment GUIDED TOURS: during the opening times or by appointment 30 HAMERSLEBEN St. Pankratius Abbey Church The unusually rich architectural ornamentation – e.g. portrayals of animals and plants on the capitals – inside the church built around 1110, deserves particular attention. The builders of the abbey church were the Augustinian canons. The entire Hamersleben ensemble also includes the cloister build- ing, the abbey courtyard and a approx. 5 ha of park. Klosterhof 8, 39393 Hamersleben, tel. + 49 39401 483 (parish office), tel. + 49 3949 2602 (Oschersleben Parish Office), [email protected] OPENING TIMES: currently closed due to building work 31 DEDELEBEN / WESTERBURG Romanesque Hotel and Spa Westerburg Water Castle **** + The Westerburg, with more than 1,000 years of history is the oldest and best-preserved water castle in Germany. The castle chapel from 1681 is worth seeing. Stylish rooms, prestigious party halls, several restaurants, a generously sized spa area, south terrace on the castle moat, a romantic park and cultural events await the visitors. Romanik-Hotel und Spa Wasserschloss Westerburg, Silvia u. Hartmut Lerche GbR, Westerburg 34, 38836 Huy district Dedeleben/Westerburg, tel. + 49 39422 9550, www.hotel-westerburg.de OPENING TIMES: open daily all year GUIDED TOURS: by appointment 32 HUYSBURG Benedictine Priory St. Mary’s In 1048 a Benedictine abbey was built on the site of a Carolingian castle complex; the church dates back to 1121. Visitors will now find abbey experi- ence and retreat days, here in the middle of the Huywald. Huysburg Benedictine Abbey, 38838 Huy-Dingelstedt, tel. + 49 39425 9610, www.huysburg.de OPENING TIMES: daily 8-19.30 GUIDED TOURS: by appointment 33 HALBERSTADT Cathedral and Cathedral Treasure of Halberstadt The cathedral was constructed between 1236 and 1486 following the exam- ple of French predecessors. An important detail of the features is the late Romanesque group of triumphal arches. The cathedral treasure is regarded as the most important church treasure in the world, with 650 items. The Romanesque tapestries from the 12 th century are works of world ranking. Cathedral Treasure Management, Domplatz 16a, 38820 Halberstadt, tel. + 49 3941 24237 www.die-domschaetze.de ::: OPENING TIMES: May – Oct. Tue. – Sat. 10-17.30, Sun./public holidays 11-17.30, Nov. – April Tue. – Sat. 10-16.00, Sun./public holidays 11-16.00 GUIDED TOURS: www.die-domschaetze.de 34 HALBERSTADT Liebfrauen Church A cruciform pillared basilica with a three-part sanctuary ending in apsides. It is the only four-spired Romanesque basilica in central Germany. Its famous choir screen is one of the most important works of the late Romanesque. It was erected at the start of the 11 th century. Worth seeing: the coloured stucco reliefs and the triumphal cross from the 13th century. Prot. Reformed Parish of Liebfrauen Church in Halberstadt, Domplatz 46, 38820 Halberstadt, tel. + 49 3941 24210 or -570402, www.liebfrauenkirche-halberstadt.de OPENING TIMES: May – Oct. Mon. closed, Tue. – Sat. 10-17.00, Sun. 12-17.00, Nov. – April Mon. closed, Tue. – Sat. 10-16.00, Sun. 12-16.00 34 OSTERWIECK St. Stephani Town Church Outstanding: Romanesque steeple front from 1150, choir from 1516 with winged altar and Renaissance councillor seating. The early Protestant nave is from 1557 , heraldic iconography on the pillars and arches, with biblical pictures on the galleries, the pulpit from the Renaissance, historical organ on Baroque galleries. St. Stephani/Prot. Parish Office, Stephanikirchhof 2, 38835 Osterwieck, tel. + 49 39421 74262, www.stephanikirche.npage.de ::: OPENING TIMES: Tue. – Fri. 10.30-15.30, Sat./Sun./public holidays 11-12.00 and 13-17.00, Mon. closed ::: GUIDED TOURS: by appointment at the Prot. Parish Office and during the opening times 35 Magdeburg THE ROMANESQUE ROAD IN SAXONY-ANHALT EXPERIENCE THE MIDDLE AGES www.strassederromanik.de OVERVIEW MAP CATHEDRAL TREASURES HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ROMANESQUE ROAD HALBERSTADT QUEDLINBURG MERSEBURG NAUMBURG POMP MYTH IN SAXONY-ANHALT www. strassederromanik.de I www. saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu www.die-domschaetze.de I www. vereinigtedomstifter.de Since 2007 , the “Romanesque Road” has been part of the European Cultural Route TRANSROMANICA TRANSROMANICA combines Romanesque heritage across eight countries. With this, Saxony-Anhalt has connected itself to the Romanesque heritage in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Serbia and Romania. Important monasteries, magnificent cathedrals and splendid churches in the Roma- nesque style can be found in these countries. In addition to these cultural-historical treasures, in each country there is a wide variety of cultural highlights, culinary delights and numerous events in picturesque landscapes. 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Just call, fax or e-mail us, we are there to help. tel. + 49 391 56899-80 (Mon. – Thur. 9-17.00, Fri. 9-16.00), fax + 49 391 56899-51, [email protected], www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu DESTINATION SAXONY-ANHALT. YOU WILL FIND YOUR OFFERS HERE. Reliably opened churches – in the summer half-year regularly on at least five days in the week, open for two hours in both the morning and the afternoon, for visiting, viewing and prayer. UNESCO World Heritage Site TRANSROMANICA “Garden Dreams” Harz Monastery Hiking Trail Cultural Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt Discovering the “Romanesque Road” with our app The app for the “Romanesque Road” is the ideal mobile phone guide to the 1,000 kilometre-long cultural route with 88 selected Romanesque buildings to explore. Before setting out one can find out about buildings and routes and choose the emphasis of their travels. A digital map is available for orientation. 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It makes eyes shine with delight and hearts leap for joy. 1.5 million visitors a year fall for the fascination of the Romanesque. History that has become stone is expressed in a simple vocabulary of shapes and a rich pictorial language full of symbolism and mystical messages. Encoding them is now an exciting challenge on this tourist route, which is unique in Germany. MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS AGO: Under the early German monarchy of the Ottonians, the region that is now Saxony-Anhalt became a centre of Western history. Heinrich’s son, Otto the Great, formed the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Magde- burg, his favourite palatinate, was named in a triad with Rome and Constantinople. ALONG THE “ROMANESQUE ROAD”, you can now follow these traces at 88 original locations in 73 sites and discover true treasures. To make it easier for you to follow your own particular interests there are FOUR CATEGORIES : CATHEDRALS AND THEIR TREASURES, MONASTERIES AND CONVENTS, CASTLES, PALACES AND PALATINATES, CHURCHES AND CHAPELS ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED: the four highlights on the “Romanesque Road” – the cathedral treasures in Halberstadt and Qued- linburg, Naumburg and Merseburg. ON THE MORE THAN 1,000 KILOMETRE long north and south route, one finds structures of grandiose beauty. History comes to life for the whole family with exhibitions, knight’s games and medieval markets. And guests can expect lots of culinary surprises! www.strassederromanik.de www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ROMANESQUE ROAD YOU WILL FIND YOUR HOLIDAY HERE! www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu Magdeburg WUST Village Church Breite Str., 39524 Wust-Fischbeck ::: Marionettenbühne History Group in the Evangelical parish of Wulkow-Wust, Kirche Briest district Briest, 39524 Wust-Fischbeck, tel. + 49 174 3169853, www.gum.tips OPENING TIMES: Fri. – Sun. 10-17.00 or by telephone appointment The half-timbered tower and baroque cover point to drastic alterations in the church, which was founded in 1200. It features a remarkable coffered ceiling painted in the Flemish manner. The church is the final resting place of Hans Hermann von Katte. The young Prussian officer helped the later King Friedrich II to desert. Katte was executed for this. 18