Tourism in Saxony-Anhalt
The tourism in Saxony-Anhalt focused mainly on cultural events, including five UNESCO World Heritage Sites .
Saxony-Anhalt is the home of Martin Luther and the land of old half-timbered towns , Romanesque castles , churches , palaces and monasteries , which testify to the important role the region played in the Middle Ages . In addition, there are charming small, densely built-up villages with typical half-timbered architecture and village churches that are closed to the street, which are embedded in a natural, diverse landscape that ranges from flatlands to heaths and low mountain ranges to wine-growing areas. Saxony-Anhalt is the area with the highest density of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany : the Bauhaus in Dessau , the Luther cities of Wittenberg and Eisleben , the Wörlitz Castle Park , the old town of Quedlinburg and the Naumburg Cathedral .
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Middle Elbe, Anhalt
The area around Lutherstadt Wittenberg is primarily shaped by cultural tourism, which relates to Martin Luther , but also to Lucas Cranach and Philipp Melanchthon . There is also the Wörlitz Park from the time of Prince Leopold III. , and the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve .
In Lutherstadt Wittenberg there is a Hundertwasser house that is used as a grammar school.
The Elbe has developed into another important tourist destination . You can go by boat, canoe or on the international R2 cycle path along the Elbe, one of the last almost natural and undeveloped rivers in Europe.
One of Dessau-Roßlau's tourist attractions is the Bauhaus Dessau .
Romanesque Street, Magdeburg
The Romanesque Road with the center of Magdeburg runs through almost the entire country . There are numerous Romanesque churches and monasteries here. One example is the Magdeburg Cathedral . Magdeburg is also a focus for meeting and congress tourism .
In Magdeburg, the Elbauenpark is located with the millennium tower on the site of the former Federal Garden Show . There is also an exhibition center . The Magdeburg Spring Fair , the largest regional folk festival , takes place once a year . The Hundertwasser House, also known as the Green Citadel, is also a tourist magnet.
Altmark, Heide
The largely flat Altmark is characterized by old Hanseatic cities such as Salzwedel , Stendal and Tangermünde . The Arendsee, an important tourist attraction, is also located here . The Romanesque Road is continued in the “Romanesque side roads in Altmark and Havelwinkel ”.
In the south of the Altmark is the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide , which is partly used for military purposes.
Halle (Saale)
In Halle there are several theaters as well as an opera and the Steintor Varieté , the oldest variety theater in Germany. There are also numerous museums in the city, for example the State Museum of Prehistory , in which the Nebra Sky Disc , excavated in 1999 , is on display.
In addition, there are the Francke Foundations in Halle , which were founded in 1698 by the pedagogue and theologian August Hermann Francke for orphans. On the other hand, Halle is known for the Halloren and for the Halloren and Salinemuseum , in which the history of salt production under the Halloren is illustrated.
The art college Burg Giebichenstein is internationally known , which on the one hand includes a castle built around 900 AD and on the other hand also an art college of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg .
There is also the market square with the red tower and the market church as well as the Handel monument.
Burgenland
Southern Saxony-Anhalt, known as Burgenland ( Burgenlandkreis ) , with its large number of magnificent, partly very well-preserved castles, offers attractions such as the Saale-Unstrut wine-growing region with the Rotkäppchen sparkling wine cellar in Freyburg (Unstrut) or Naumburg (Saale) and Laucha the unstrut . The 1000-year-old Zeitz , with its underground corridor system and Moritzburg , hosted the 1st State Horticultural Show in Saxony-Anhalt in 2004. Zeitz also houses the Lutherid library and has been the seat of the Lutherid Association since 2001 , which is why the place calls itself the city of Luther's descendants .
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Another popular travel destination is the Harz with its narrow-gauge railway , the Brocken and a wide range of hiking and winter sports options. The old towns of Halberstadt in the Harz foreland, Quedlinburg (world cultural heritage) and Wernigerode are located here .
Way of St. James
The Way of St. James from Görlitz to Eisenach, opened in 2003, leads in Saxony-Anhalt via Merseburg , Naumburg (Saale) , Bad Kösen and Eckartsberga . It is increasingly frequented.
literature
- Ev.-luth. Landesjugendpfarramt Sachsen (Ed.): The Ecumenical Pilgrimage through Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia . Dresden 2003.