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Travel DesTinaTion saxony-anhalT HEARTLAND OF GERMAN HISTORY The sky paThs MAGICAL MOMENTS OF THE MILLENNIA UNESCo WORLD HERITAGE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu 6 good reasons to visit Saxony-Anhalt! for fans of Romanesque art and Romance for treasure hunters naumburg Cathedral The nebra sky Disk for lateral thinkers for strollers luther sites in lutherstadt Wittenberg Garden kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz for knights of the pedal for lovers of fresh air elbe Cycle route Bode Gorge in the harz mountains The Luisium park in www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu the Garden Kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz Heartland of German History 1 contents Saxony-Anhalt concise 6 Fascination Middle Ages: “Romanesque Road” The Nabra Original venues of medieval life Sky Disk 31 A romantic journey with the Harz 7 Pomp and Myth narrow-gauge railway is a must for everyone. Showpieces of the Romanesque Road 10 “Mona Lisa” of Saxony-Anhalt walks “Sky Path” INForMaTive Saxony-Anhalt’s contribution to the history of innovation of mankind holiday destination saxony- anhalt. Find out what’s on 14 Treasures of garden art offer here. On the way to paradise - Garden Dreams Saxony-Anhalt Of course, these aren’t the only interesting towns and destinations in Saxony-Anhalt! It’s worth taking a look 18 Baroque music is Central German at www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu. 8 800 years of music history is worth lending an ear to We would be happy to help you with any questions or requests regarding Until the discovery of planning your trip. Just call, fax or the Nebra Sky Disk in 22 On the road in the land of Luther send an e-mail and we will be ready to the south of Saxony- provide any assistance you need. World heritage from three eras as far as the eye can see Anhalt, archaeology phone +49 391 562838-20 in Germany was little The most fax +49 391 562838-11 known. beautiful sculpture 24 Quedlinburg – Picturebook of half-timbered architecture in Germany Eight centuries of half-timbered buildings, cobblestones, narrow picturesque streets, [email protected] of the founder: www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu Uta von Naumburg Romanesque churches Bus and rail information: INSA – Information on The Middle Ages, close enough 4to touch! 25 Lutherstadt Eisleben – Martin Luther's place of birth and death buses and trains: Castles, palaces, monasteries, splendid On the trail of the reformer phone: +49 1801 331010*; cathedrals protecting treasures and brick landline: +49 391 5363180; internet: www.insa.de, village churches are all waiting to be 27 Rendezvous with culture. Saxony-Anhalt’s beautiful towns. www.bahn.de/sachsen-anhalt discovered on the “Romanesque Road”. Charming towns to win your heart. * 3,9 ct/min from a German landline, max. 42 ct/min from a mobile, only from the German landline Georgium Palace 28 Welcome to the Advent and Christmas Fairs in Saxony-Anhalt and Park Christmas spirit in the medieval towns of Saxony-Anhalt 30 Superb winning and dining in Saxony-Anhalt The wines and landscapes of dreams The travel destination Saxony-Anhalt impresses culture and nature lovers equally: With medi- eval architecture at the “Romanesque Road”, 31 Love of nature – breathing the fresh air in Saxony-Anhalt imposing horticulture of the idyllic “Garden Dreams”-Parks, sensational archaeological finds Wittenberg's Active experiences and relaxation in the natural landscapes of Saxony-Anhalt on the “Sky Paths” and active and nature Castle Church experiences on the “Blue Ribbon”. 32 Service 12 If you could collect garden miles like more reading nhalt saxony- a air miles, it would be easy to gather Germany’s Cultural treasure Chest hundreds in Saxony-Anhalt. You can find attractive excursions along the With the kind support of the “Sky Paths”, the “Romanesque Road”, into the “Garden savings banks in Saxony-Anhalt Dreams” and into the heart of Germany in the leaflets “Sky Paths”, “Romanesque Road”, “Garden Dreams Garden Dreams – OVERALL PLAN – Historic Parks in Saxony-Anhalt“, the brochures Historic Parks in Saxony-Anhalt www.sachsen-anhalt-tourismus.de „Germany’s Cultural Treasure Chest“, and “Cultural www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu 20 Heart of Germany”. “LUTHER|BAUHAUS|GARDEN KINGDOM” region: experience UNESCO World Heritage Sites close up Welcome to the most beautiful historic parks in Saxony-Anhalt. 2 Heartland of German History Heartland of German History 3 They’ve made Naumburg cathedral famous throughout the world: the lifelike figures of the cathedral founders has an effect on every visitor. In the mid 13th Century, the master of a group of sculptors who had wandered east from France, known today as the “Naumburg Master”, was commissioned to plan, arrange and realise the western choir of Naumburg cathedral. It was to become his magnum opus. The Romanesque Road Two of the sculptures of the founders in Naum- burg cathedral: Mark- graf Ekkehard (left) and his wife Uta (right). 4 Heartland of German History Heartland of German History 5 romanesque Cathedral Treasuries of Saxony-Anhalt – Showpieces of the “Romanesque Road” With 1.14 m x 10.00 m, the Abraham-Angel Tapestry is one of the oldest preserved knitted carpets in Europe and can be admired in Halberstadt. The Naumburg Cathedral treasure vault is one of the oldest Romanesque vaults in Central Germany. One of the most precious pieces of the Quedlinburg treasury is the ivory comb dating back to the 7th/8th centuries. Merseburg displays Beautiful vineyards an excellent facsimile of the in front of “Merseburg Incantations”. Neuenburg Castle www.domschaetze.de Pomp and Myth Axel Noack, former bishop of the Protestant Church of the Church Province of Saxony, is a confessing Fascination Middle Ages: fan of the cathedral treasuries: “Certainly, we should not only speak about the cultural-historical value, the age and the origin of cathedral treasuries. We also want to give the viewer an idea of the role those treasuries play in the spiritual life of the parish.” “Romanesque Road” On display again: Maria Magdalena on one of two became one the most important Halberstadt Cathedral Treasury altar wings painted by Lucas palatinates. Sophienquell source originates at the Amtsgarten of Wanzleben Castle. It is said that the Headless Horseman is riding around The Halberstadt Cathedral Cranach the Elder, can be seen One artefact highlight is the well house every night. Yet, neither field marshal Tserclaes, the count of Tilly nor Frederick the Great, neither Prussian St Stephen and St Sixtus is one in the Cathedral treasure vault. the world famous Gospel Book major Schill nor the delicate Prussian Queen Luise were deterred by this tale from staying overnight at one of Europe’s largest of the most beautiful cathedrals The exhibited works of art in of Samuhel. flatland castles. Today, Wanzleben Castle is a hotel–cum-restaurant and part of the “Romanesque Road”. in Germany. The Cathedral trea- one of the largest Romanesque www.domschatzquedlinburg.de sury, one of the largest of Euro- vaults of Central Germany at Stories along the “Romanesque Road”: worldwide: Neuenburg Castle near Freyburg pe, is a collection of medieval art Naumburg Cathedral St Peter Incantations and Just to recap: Saxony-Anhalt is the heartland of (Unstrut) was the residence of Holy Elizabeth that has grown over centuries. and St Paul grant a wonderful mantle of Otto There are numerous German history. Here, along the “Romanesque for one year. Holy Norbert was commuting Aren’t these two sentences insight into an art that fostered No doubt, the mantle could stories about the history Road”, you will experience original locations of between his monastery, the Premonstratensian teasing you to visit Halberstadt? faith and man. not have been worn by the of the 1,000 km long “Romanesque Road” in medieval life in the middle of Germany. Monastery of Our Lady and the Cathedral of The large number of resplendent www.naumburger-dom.de emperor because it was not yet Saxony-Anhalt, one of With more than 1.46 million visitors per St Maurice and St Catherine in Magdeburg, his medieval robes that were meant made in Otto the Great’s time. the most favoured tourist annum, Saxony-Anhalt‘s “Romanesque Road” Archiepiscopal See. Holy Brun, who is especially for services is unique. You can Return from Texas However, thanks to this legend routes. It consists of 80 locations: cathedrals, has become one of the most famous and most important in Poland, descended from the dynasty assume that only the Vatican to Quedlinburg that this should have been the churches, palatinates, popular tourist routes in Germany. of Querfurt. Brun of Querfurt was a missionary can boast more! You will marvel Whitewright, Texas. Here the “mantle of Otto the Great”, monasteries, convents You will get to cities like the UNESCO archbishop in Eastern Europe. He died as a at the skills of Byzantine and “Quedlinburg Treasure” was this precious artefact could and castles. Today, the Romanesque Road is part World Heritage site of Quedlinburg with Col- missionary and martyr among pagan Prussians. Islamic artisans, which you can rediscovered. The most valuable have been prevented from of the European Cultural legiate Church St Servatius on Castle Hill and As you can see: there is countless history in admire at the extraordinary pieces of the Quedlinburg destruction. Hence, it enables Route “TRANSROMANICA”. Quedlinburg treasury. The Naumburg treasury stories on the “Romanesque Road”. beautiful and precious reliquaries treasury were stolen by a US you today to learn more about You will find a multitude of stunning pieces on the with its valuable works by the most important Just think about Rudelsburg Castle at Bad and altar furnitures. Army lieutenant in 1945. This 10th – 12th century fashion.