Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Quedlinburg, Germany
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Experience Quedlinburg in Germany in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in QuedlinburgSight 1: St. Nikolai
St. Nikolai in Quedlinburg is the parish church of the Neustadt in Quedlinburg. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1222. This makes it the oldest church in the Neustadt district. Today it is registered as a cultural monument. It belongs to the Protestant parish of Quedlinburg within the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.
Sight 2: GutsMuths-Denkmal
The GutsMuths Monument is a monument to Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, the founder of the German gymnastics movement and important reform pedagogue.
Sight 3: ehemalige Franziskanerkapelle
The Franciscan Building, also known as the Franciscan Chapel, is a listed building in the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Sight 4: St. Aegidii
St. Aegidii is a late Gothic church in Quedlinburg, Germany. In its present form, it is a three-aisled hall church with a southern transept, rectangular choir and west tower.
Sight 5: Schreckensturm
The Schreckensturm, also known as the Schreckensdüvel, is a medieval defensive tower of the city fortifications of the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt. In modern times, holiday apartments were set up in the listed tower.
Sight 6: Sankt Mathilde
St. Mathilde, also St. Mathildis, in Quedlinburg is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Mathilde. It belongs to the Catholic Pastoral Region of the Harz in the Diocese of Magdeburg and is registered in the Quedlinburg Register of Monuments.
Sight 7: Nordharzer Städtebundtheater
Das Nordharzer Städtebundtheater ist ein Dreispartenhaus in der Region Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt. Der Bühnenbetrieb ging 1992 aus der Fusion des Stadttheaters in Quedlinburg und des Volkstheaters in Halberstadt hervor und wird seither unter einer gemeinsamen betriebswirtschaftlichen und künstlerischen Leitung geführt.
Sight 8: Goetzesches Mausoleum
The Goetzsche Mausoleum, also known as Grufthaus Gebhardt or Grufthaus Goetze, is a listed mausoleum in the old town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Sight 9: Marktkirche
The Marktkirche St. Benedikti is a church building of the Protestant parish in Quedlinburg.
Wikipedia: St. Benedikti (Quedlinburg) (DE), Website, Youtube
Sight 10: Quedlinburger Roland
The Quedlinburg Roland is a 2.75 meter high Roland statue made of red sandstone on the market square at the southwest corner of the town hall of the city of Quedlinburg. Their creator is unknown. With its size, it is the second smallest known Roland and is registered in the Quedlinburg monument register.
Sight 11: Kulturkirche St. Blasii
St. Blasii is a church building in Quedlinburg, Germany.
Sight 12: Fachwerkmuseum im Ständerbau
The half-timbered museum Ständerbau of the Städtische Museen Quedlinburg is a half-timbered museum and listed half-timbered house in Quedlinburg.
Sight 13: Schachtbrunnen
The Schachtbrunnen is a listed fountain in the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, named after the merchant Friedrich Schacht.
Sight 14: Am Stadtwall
The house Hohe Straße 28 is a listed building in the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt.
Sight 15: Weißer Engel
Weißer Engel may refer to:Weißer Engel (Quedlinburg), a listed building White Angel (Mileševa), a fresco in Serbia Apotheke zum weißen Engel, a building of the Viennese Art Nouveau style White Angel (award) of the Free State of Bavaria
Sight 16: Vitzthum von Eckstedtsche Freihof
The Vitzthum von Eckstedtsche Freihof is a listed farm in Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt.
Sight 17: Museum Lyonel Feininger
The Museum Lyonel Feininger, formerly Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie, is a personal museum founded in 1986 in Quedlinburg. In 2006, it was transferred to the sponsorship of the Moritzburg Foundation – Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle and was included in the Blue Book as a cultural memorial in 2003. This makes the museum one of the cultural beacons in the new federal states today. The museum has been part of the Cultural Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt since 2014.
Sight 18: Klopstockhaus Quedlinburg
The Klopstockhaus of the Quedlinburg Municipal Museums is the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, one of the founders of classical German literature. At the time, he was read more often than his contemporaries Goethe and Schiller. Today, the Klopstockhaus contains a literature museum that provides information about Klopstock's life and work, but also about other Quedlinburg personalities. The house is registered in the Quedlinburg register of monuments. Attached to the museum are a library and an archive. Immediately to the east is the house Schlossberg 13, which is also a listed building. At the western end of the garden is the pavilion of the Klopstockhaus.
Sight 19: Stiftskirche St. Servaii Domschatz Quedlinburg
The Quedlinburg Cathedral Treasure is one of the most important treasures in Germany. These are 63 pieces of the treasure of the Quedlinburg convent, which are now exhibited in two rooms of the collegiate church of St. Servatii in Quedlinburg. A large part of the treasures came to the convent as gifts from the Liudolfingian ruling house.
Sight 20: Schlossberg (Schloss und Stiftskirche)
The Schlossberg is an elevation of the northern Harz foreland. It is located in Quedlinburg in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt and is the location of Quedlinburg Abbey.
Sight 21: Stiftskirche St. Servatius
The former collegiate church of St. Servatius in Quedlinburg – also known as St. Servatii or Quedlinburg Cathedral – is a monument of high Romanesque architecture dedicated to Saints Dionysius and Servatius. The flat-roofed, three-aisled basilica, built mainly between 1070 and 1129, was the church of the Quedlinburg convent. The church has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994, together with Quedlinburg's old town and castle, and it is also a protected cultural asset according to the Hague Convention and is registered in the Quedlinburg Register of Monuments.
Wikipedia: Stiftskirche St. Servatius (Quedlinburg) (DE), Website, Website, Heritage Website
Sight 22: Münzenberg
The Münzenberg is a district of Quedlinburg.
Sight 23: St. Marien auf dem Münzenberg
St. Mary's on the Münzenberg was the third large pre-Romanesque church in Quedlinburg after the collegiate church and St. Wiperti.
Sight 24: Ferienhaus Klosterküche
The house Münzenberg 50 is a building in the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In the house is the listed medieval fireplace of the former monastery bakery.
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