HALLE IN ONE DAY A city guide for beginners

audio guide included Audio guide Halle (Saale) App with beacon technology Welcome to Halle First of all, let us say that we think it’s impossible to experience everything Halle has to offer in just one day. But if that’s all the 1 Download the app time you’ve got, we’ve put together a fascinating tour and some great special offers so you can make the most of your visit. As you “Audio guide Halle” for free explore Halle – from its historic centre and numerous museums to the diverse arts and theatre scene and the leisurely banks of the river Saale – you’ll soon realise you need to spend longer here or come back again. No problem – we have even more insider’s 2 Activate the tips for your next visit. You bring the good weather and we’ll take Bluetooth function care of everything else! The Halle Tourist Information team 3 Start the individual tour around Halle and receive useful information of sights We’re always happy to help! Visit us at the Tourist Information Centre in the Marktschlösschen building We provide: This is how it works a free accommodation booking service information and advice about the city (the birthplace of Handel), events and excursions Under “Start Tour” or by receiving push messages at various a variety of sightseeing tours locations, you can set off on foot for your stroll around Halle’s city a wide range of souvenirs centre. This has 17 stations and lasts around 60 to 90 minutes. advance tickets for selected museums There are a further 9 stations waiting for you that are well and leisure facilities worth seeing but are located outside the city centre and cannot all be reached by foot. You can control the volume using the buttons on your smartphone.

Marktplatz 13 06108 Halle (Saale) Tel.: +49 (0) 3 45 122 99 84 Fax: +49 (0) 3 45 122 79 22 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.halle-tourismus.de

Opening hours May to October:

You arrive at a map of the You arrive back at the All the stations are listed Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 7.00 pm city, where you can find the start screen. From there, here. You can directly call Saturday, Sunday: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm exact locations of all the you can go back to the up any station you want. stations. start of the tour. Opening hours November to April: Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm Saturday: 10.00 am – 3.00 pm As an alternative you can also use the web version (restricted function) under the link audioguide.hallesaale.com/en. Closed on public holidays The audio guide is available in English and German. 4 Old Market Stroll through the During medieval times, the Old Market old town on foot was the centre of the city and many Renaissance and half-timbered buildings have been preserved to this day. The square, thought to be the city’s oldest, is home to the Eselsbrunnen or Donkey’s Fountain with Address: Download the app “Audio guide Halle” & start the audio tour. its depiction of the legendary “miller’s boy Alter Markt Link web version: audioguide.hallesaale.com/en with the donkey who walked on roses”.

Hallmarkt 1 Marktschlösschen 5 with Göbelbrunnen

The red Marktschlösschen building on For centuries, the present Hallmarkt the market square dates from the end was the centre of salt production, where of the 16th century and houses the brine was extracted from four springs Tourist Information Centre. Beside it and processed into salt. Today, the Göbel stands the market church “Unser Lieben Fountain, erected in 1999, forms the focal Frauen”, or Church of Our Lady. Martin Address: point of the Hallmarkt and represents Address: Hallmarkt Luther‘s death mask is among the Marktplatz 13 Halle‘s long history. artefacts kept here.

2 Market Square and 6 Mural in Handel Memorial Große Klausstraße

The Market Square is defined by the It is worth taking a good look at the large silhouette of five towers. Four belong to wall painting by Hans-Joachim Triebsch the market church and the fifth is the in Große Klausstraße. This mural, cover- 84-metre Red Tower. A memorial to ing 400 square metres, is often referred George Frideric Handel stands in the to as ’The Illusion Wall’ here in Halle and middle of the square. Address: one of the most photographed sites. Address: Marktplatz Große Klausstraße 16

Friedemann 3 City Museum 7 Bach House

Halle City Museum is located in Christian The house of the composer Wilhelm Wolff House, a historic building with a Friedemann Bach has been turned bright yellow façade on Große Märk- into a museum of music and takes erstraße, one of the oldest streets in visitors on a journey through the city’s Halle. The City Museum has permanent musical history. Other composers exhibitions on the history of Halle and Address: featured alongside Bach include Address: Große Märkerstraße 10 Große Klausstraße 12 on social life in the 18th century and also Scheidt, Reichardt and Loewe. hosts a variety of special exhibitions. (Hallorenring Entrance)

You will find a detailed inner-city map on the inside back cover. You can also take a look here: www.hallesaale.com 8 New Residence 12 Kleine Ulrichstraße

The New Residence, built by Cardinal Stylish bars, cosy cafés and restaurants Albrecht von Brandenburg, was originally can be found on nearly every corner here. conceived as a Catholic university and is This neighbourhood is a popular place one of the most impressive early for getting together with friends and Renaissance buildings in Germany. relaxing. There are plenty of places to sit Its garden is also worth a visit. Address: outside in Kleine Ulrichstraße. Address: Domstraße 5 Kleine Ulrichstraße

Cathedral and 9 13 University Square Surroundings

The original Dominican church, comple- Martin Luther University Halle- ted in 1330, was renovated and extended Wittenberg is one of Germany’s oldest by Cardinal Albrecht in 1523 to create a universities. University Square is framed collegiate church. It is the oldest existing by an impressive collection of buildings, church building in Halle. Local Protes- including the “Lion Building”, tants have held their services here since Address: Melanchthonianum, Robertinum Address: Domplatz 3 the end of the 17th century. and main auditorium. Universitätsplatz

10 Moritzburg Castle 14 Halle’s Theatres

Moritzburg Castle was built in the late This is where Halle’s theatrical heart Middle Ages and often served as a resi- beats. The New Theatre, Halle Opera, dence for the archbishops of Magdeburg. puppet theatre, Thalia theatre and the Nowadays it houses the regional art Staatskapelle orchestra ensure audiences museum, which has one of the most im- can always enjoy a diverse range of portant collections of Classic Modernism Address: performances on the city’s stages. Address: on display anywhere. Friedemann-Bach-Platz 5 Große Ulrichstraße 50/51

11 Leopoldina – National 15 Handel House Academy of Sciences

The Leopoldina was founded in 1652 and The birthplace of George Frideric is one of the oldest scientific academies Handel houses an exhibition about the in the world. As Germany’s National life and work of the renowned Baroque Academy, the Leopoldina has represented composer. The collection also contains the German scientific community in around 700 instruments from several international bodies since 2008. Address: centuries and 1,000 handwritten Address: Jägerberg 1 Große Nikolaistraße 5 documents.

Tourist Information Centre Hotline: +49 (0) 3 45 1229984 You can also take a look here: www.hallesaale.com 16 Graseweg House 19 Francke Foundations

A building with an eerie history: as the The Francke Foundations are a cultural Black Death raged through Halle, infec- and educational institution of European ted victims were walled up here in the importance and have been nominated narrow street known as Graseweg. When for UNESCO World Heritage status. The the city’s residents pulled down the wall exhibits on show include an impressive ten years later, they found an overgrown Address: art and natural history collection. Address: Graseweg 6 Franckeplatz 1 street strewn with skeletons.

Tourist 17 20 State Museum Information Centre of Prehistory

Souvenirs, maps and information about The Museum is best known for the the city can all be found here. The Tourist Nebra sky disk, the world’s oldest Information Centre is also the best place realistic depiction of the heavens, to book a city tour. Simply drop in, which has been included on the browse our selection and be inspired. UNESCO Memory of the world register. Address: The Museum also houses one of the Address: Marktplatz 13 most comprehensive and important Richard-Wagner-Straße 9 archaeological collections in Europe.

21 Giebichenstein Castle Attractions in and The area around the Giebichenstein around the old town crags is one of the earliest parts of Halle to have been settled. The upper part of the site has lain in ruins since the Thirty Years’ War and is now an open-air mu- Address: seum, offering stunning views over the Seebener Str. 1 – Giebichenstein Saale river during the summer months. district around Burg Giebichen- stein Kunsthochschule Halle

Burg Giebichenstein 18 Stadtgottesacker 22 University of Art and Design Halle

The Camposanto is one of the most Founded in 1915, the university now beautiful Renaissance cemeteries in brings together more than 1,000 talen- Germany, with a layout designed by ted young people from many different Nickel Hoffmann. Prominent figures are countries. Halle benefits from a variety buried here, including August Hermann of exhibitions and installations thanks Address: Francke, Christian Thomasius and the Address: to the visionary thinking and design Design campus: Neuwerk 7 father of George Frideric Handel. Gottesackerstraße originating from the university. Art campus: Seebener Straße 1

You will find a detailed inner-city map on the inside back cover. You can also take a look here: www.hallesaale.com Talstrasse 23 Art Association isit us Talstrasse Art Association is one of the largest art associations in Saxony-Anhalt. The late neoclassical villa hosts changing online exhibitions and the Art Association also organises readings and discussions on art and politics. Address: Talstraße 23

24 Halloren Chocolate Museum

The Halloren Schokoladenfabrik in Halle is the oldest chocolate factory in Germany. Next door is a museum containing an exhibition on the history of chocolate, a room made of chocolate and a chance to watch chocolates being made. Address: Delitzscher Straße 70

25 Bergzoo Halle

Around 1,700 animals covering more than 250 species from five continents live at the Bergzoo Halle. The site covers nine hectares and is located on Halle’s Reilsberg, where winding paths meander past the animal enclosures all the way Address: Reilstraße 57 up to the lookout tower.

26 Saltworks Museum

Salt – or “white gold” – made Halle rich in days gone by. In the Saltworks Museum, salt panners still produce salt using traditional boiling methods. The museum also houses an exhibition on the history of the city and the life of the Address: Mansfelder Straße 52 Make the most of your trip: salt panners. www.halle-tourismus.dewww.hallesaale.com Tourist Information Centre Hotline: +49 (0) 3 45 1229984

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April – October: Historic Town Mon. – Fri. Centre Stroll 11.00 am & 1.30 pm Sat. 1.30 pm Sun./holidays Discover the highlights of Halle (Saale), 11.00 am the more-than-1,200-year-old Handel City, conveniently by foot. November – March: Mon. – Fri. 11.00 am & 1.30 pm Sat. 1.30 pm Sun./holidays 11.00 am € 8.00 from reduced € 6.50 € 1.50 Duration: 90 minutes Meeting point: Marktschlösschen Min. group size: 4 pers. HANDEL FASZINATES!

Rummage in the versatile souvenir range

April – October: Climb up Mon. – Fri. 2.00 pm, the Hausmann Towers 3.00 pm & 4.00 pm Experience a unique view over the November – March: rooftops of the town and find out some from Mon. – Sat. 2.00 pm, interesting facts about the daily lives of € 2.50 3.00 pm & 4.00 pm the tower families. Sun./holidays 12.00 pm & 1.00 pm ORIGINAL HALLORE SALT

€ 6.00 Manufactured using the experience reduced € 4.50 and technology of the „Thale zu Halle“ saltworker guild of 1491. Meeting point: Hausmann Towers, Talamtstraße Duration: 45 – 60 minutes Min. group size: 3 pers., max. 13 pers. € 6.99 plus deposit HALLES MOST BEAUTIFUL HANDBAG FOR GENTLEMEN

Mon., Wed., Fri. 84 meter high, 8 bottles of Halle Hansa Beer 5.00 pm 500 years old, Sat., Sun., holidays incl. 1 small sack original Hallore salt 2.00 pm 246 spikes Other times Time Travel on the Red Tower by appointment Climb with us the € 6.00 500 year old bell reduced € 4.50 tower to the (children up to 14 years) third-largest carillon in the world!

Duration: 60 minutes Our Tourist Information offers Meeting point: Roter Turm (south side), Market Square everything from help finding your way Min. group size: 2 pers. around and accommodation booking to souvenirs and gifts.

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Leipzig-Halle airport

1 ½ hours from Berlin

Halle main railway station

Hamburg bus station Halle

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Reach Halle quickly and easily: A9 Berlin–Munich A14 Dresden–Hanover A38 Halle–Göttingen Leipzig-Halle international airport (18 km) ICE intercity express (Halle–Berlin 80 min) S-Bahn Halle–Leipzig (38 km)

Experience one of our many cultural events: Women in Jazz (late April/early May) Night of Museums (May) Handel Festival (June) Long Night of Sciences (July) Lantern Festival (August) Film Music Days (late October/early November) Halle Christmas Market (December)