34 Sights in Magdeburg, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Magdeburg, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 34 sights are available in Magdeburg, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Magdeburg1. Cathedral of Magdeburg
Magdeburg Cathedral, officially called the Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Catherine, is a Protestant cathedral in Germany and the oldest Gothic cathedral in the country. It is the proto-cathedral of the former Prince-Archbishopric of Magdeburg. Today it is the principal church of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany. The south steeple is 99.25 m tall, the north tower 100.98 m, making it one of the tallest cathedrals in eastern Germany. The cathedral is likewise the landmark of Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, and is also home to the grave of Emperor Otto I the Great and his first wife Edith.
2. Wallonerkirche
The Wallonerkirche, including Sankt-Augustini Church, is a Protestant church in the old town of Magdeburg. The church and the grown community center are used both by the Evangelical Lutheran old town as well as by the Evangelical Reformed community of Magdeburg. The Protestant student community has also been using premises of the church since 2004. In addition to the cathedral, St. Sebastian and St. Petri, the Wallonian church is one of the few historical churches of the Magdeburg old town, which are still preserved and used in church.
3. Jahrtausendturm
Jahrtausendturm is, at 60 metres (200 ft), one of the highest wooden towers in the world. It was established on the occasion of the Bundesgartenschau 1999 in the Magdeburger Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany. The tower houses an exhibition on the development of sciences, which is supported by many descriptive experiments with which the visitor can interact. One notable example is a powerful telescope through which visitors can observe the distant clock-face on the Magdeburger cathedral.
4. Magdeburger Reiter
The Magdeburg Horseman is an equestrian statue that was made around 1240 in the younger Magdeburg workshop. It is an early life-size round equestrian statue of medieval sculpture and is one of the first works of European art history. Two virgins complete it to form a group of figures. The three statues consist of several blocks of fine-grained sandstone. There is a copy on the Alter Markt, the original can be seen in the Kaiser Otto Hall in the Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg.
5. Sankt Marien
St. Mary's Church is the Roman Catholic church in Sudenburg, a district of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. It belongs to the parish of St. Maria, which has its seat at the Church of Mary Help of Christians in the Magdeburg district of Ottersleben, and to the deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg. The church named after St. Mary on Rottersdorfer Straße is a listed building and is one of the cultural monuments in Sudenburg.
6. Glockenturm Sankt Stephanus
St. Stephen's Church is a Protestant church in the Westerhüsen district of Magdeburg, Germany. After destruction in the Second World War, only the church tower remains today. However, it continues to serve as a summer church for the parish of St. Stephen, which uses the parish hall located on the site in case of bad weather. The parish belongs to the parish of Magdeburg-Southeast of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.
7. Otto-von-Guericke-Brunnen
Otto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics of the vacuum, atmospheric pressure, electrostatic repulsion, his advocacy for the reality of "action at a distance" and of "absolute space" were noteworthy contributions for the advancement of the Scientific Revolution.
8. Kettenschleppdampfer Gustav Zeuner
The chain tug Gustav Zeuner was built in 1894 as the first chain tug steamer of the second generation at the Übigau shipyard near Dresden. The ship is the only almost completely preserved relic of chain shipping on the Elbe. The ship was in service on the Elbe from 1895 to 1931 and is now a museum ship in the commercial port of Magdeburg. It is named after the German engineer Gustav Zeuner.
9. Festung Mark
Mark Fortress, formerly known as Kaserne Mark, is a former "defensive barracks" of Magdeburg Fortress. Today it is used as a centre for cultural events in Magdeburg. The building is now a listed building. Due to the few surviving defence barracks in Germany, the Mark Fortress has a supra-regional significance for the history of military construction in the 19th century.
10. Sankt Johannis
The St. Johannis Church in Magdeburg is a former church building in the Altstadt district with the address Johannisbergstraße 1. Until its profanation, it was consecrated to John the Evangelist. Since 1999 it has been used as a ballroom and concert hall of the city of Magdeburg. From January to June 2014, it served as a venue for the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.
11. Albinmüller-Turm
The Albinmüller tower is a lookout tower in the Rotehornpark in Magdeburg and is one of the symbols of the city. The observation tower shapes the Magdeburg city silhouette and is located near the Elbe on the Elbinsel Werder next to the Magdeburg town hall. With its elegance and functionality, the tower is an important example of the new building of the 1920s.
12. Museumsdepot Sudenburg
The Sudenburg Museum Depot is home to a collection of historic tram vehicles in the Sudenburg district of Magdeburg. It is located in a former depot of the Magdeburg tramway, right next to the Ambrosiusplatz stop. It is supervised by the Association of Historical Local Transport & Trams at MVB e.V. (IGNah) on behalf of the Magdeburg Transport Authority (MVB).
13. Sankt-Josef-Kirche
St. Josef is the Catholic church in the Magdeburg district of Neu Olvenstedt. It belongs to the parish of St. John Bosco with its seat at the St. Agnes Church, in the deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg. The church is dedicated to St. Joseph, who since 1955 has been honored by the Catholic Church as Joseph the Worker with a feast day on May 1st.
14. Konzerthalle Georg Philipp Telemann
The Monastery of Our Lady is a monastery complex in the old town of Magdeburg, Germany. The building ensemble is one of the most important Romanesque complexes in Germany. Today, the buildings are used as the municipal art museum of the Monastery of Our Lady. It is located in the immediate vicinity of Magdeburg Cathedral and the city centre.
15. Käthe Kollwitz
The Käthe-Kollwitz monument is a bronze plastic made of bronze in 1956–58 by the sculptor Gustav Seitz. It was built in 1961 in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin on Kollwitzplatz and honors the artist Käthe Kollwitz, who lived at this place from 1891 until the destruction of her residential building in 1943. (Location coordinates).
16. St. Maria Hilf
The Church of St. Mary Help of Christians, officially known as the Church of Mary Help of Christians, is the Catholic church in the Magdeburg district of Ottersleben. The church, named after the Marian title Mary, Help of Christians, is the parish church of the parish of St. Maria, in the deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg.
Wikipedia: Sankt-Maria-Hilf-Kirche (Magdeburg) (DE), Website
17. Sankt Adalbert
Sankt Adalbert is the Catholic church in the Reform district of Magdeburg, Germany. It is the only church in the Diocese of Magdeburg named after St. Adalbert of Magdeburg, the first bishop of the Diocese of Magdeburg. The church belongs to the parish of St. Sebastian in the deanery of Magdeburg.
18. Hubbrücke
The Magdeburg lift bridge is a lift bridge that spans the Elbe in Magdeburg at river kilometre 325.47. It was built in 1848 as a single-track railway bridge and can now be used as a pedestrian bridge. It is one of the oldest and largest lift bridges in Germany and is a listed building.
19. Sankt Andreas
St. Andreas is the Roman Catholic Church in the Magdeburg district of Cracau. The church, which is designated as a monument No. 094 82483, is located on Bassermannstraße, it is the seat of the parish of St. Augustine in the Deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg.
20. Sankt Agnes
Saint Agnes is a Catholic church in the Neue Neustadt district of Magdeburg, Germany. The church, which is designated as an architectural monument, is the seat of the parish of St. John Bosco, and belongs to the deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg.
21. Technikmuseum
The Magdeburg Museum of Technology is one of nine museums in Magdeburg. The collection is presented in the former steel construction hall of the heavy engineering combine "Ernst Thälmann", Dodendorfer Straße 65 in the Magdeburg district of Leipziger Straße.
22. Sankt Mechthild
Sankt Mechthild, named after Blessed Mechthild of Magdeburg, is the Roman Catholic church in the Neustädter Feld district of Magdeburg, Germany. It belongs to the parish of St. John Bosco, in the deanery of Magdeburg of the diocese of Magdeburg.
23. Gesellschaftshaus
The Gesellschaftshaus am Klosterbergegarten is an event building in Magdeburg, Germany, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, on the edge of the Klosterbergegarten. Among other things, it is the seat of the Centre for Telemann Care and Research.
24. Sohlener Mühle
The Sohlener Mühle was an overshot watermill in the district of Sohlen in the village of Beyendorf-Sohlen, which today belongs to Magdeburg. The four-sided mill farmstead on the Sülze is a listed building, but is no longer in use as a mill.
25. Kozlowski-Denkmal
The Kozlowski Monument is a monument erected in Magdeburg in honour of Theodor Kozlowski. The monument, designed as an obelisk, is located on the eastern bank of the River Elbe on the Kleiner Werder street in the Magdeburg district of Werder.
26. Rotehornpark
Rotehornpark, also known as Stadtpark Rotehorn, is the largest city park in the city of Magdeburg with an area of 200 hectares. The park is located on an island on the Elbe and is part of the Saxony-Anhalt Garden Dreams network.
27. Lokschuppen Alte Neustadt
The Lokschuppen Alte Neustadt in Magdeburg is a listed historic locomotive shed located in the district of Alte Neustadt on the property Hafenstraße 9a. It is one of the oldest surviving rectangular locomotive sheds in Germany.
28. Sankt Norbert
St. Norbert is the Catholic church in the Magdeburg district of Buckau at Karl-Schmidt-Straße No. 5. The church, named after St. Norbert of Xanten, belongs to the cathedral parish of St. Sebastian in the diocese of Magdeburg.
29. villa p. - Figurenspielsammlung Mitteldeutschland
The villa p. is a listed Wilhelminian half-timbered villa in the Magdeburg district of Buckau, which houses the puppet play collection of the Magdeburg Puppet Theatre. It is located at Porsestraße 13 in 39104 Magdeburg.
30. Märchenbrunnen
The fairytale fountain on Neustädter Platz was built in a central location in the Neustädter See residential area in Magdeburg as a fountain designed by Annedore and Wolfgang Policek and inaugurated on 23 May 1982.
31. Sankt Georg
The Protestant St. George's Church is located in the centre of the town of Calenberge, which belongs to the Magdeburg district of Randau-Calenberge. St. George is, among other things, the patron saint of farmers.
32. Alter Markt
The Alter Markt is the market square of the city of Magdeburg. The Alter Markt is registered as a monument area under the registration number 094 82654 in the register of monuments of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
33. Großsteingrab Pfahlberg
The Pfahlberg is a megalithic grave in the city of Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Near the streams Große Sülze and Kleine Sülze, this burial complex was located in the Magdeburg district of Sülzegrund.
34. Sankt Johann der Täufer
St. John the Baptist is a Protestant church in the old core of the Magdeburg district of Klein Ottersleben, directly opposite the local manor, which can probably be traced back to a medieval predecessor.
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