Hebetempel in the Palace Park
The Hebetempel is located in the baroque part of Neustrelitz Palace Park and is a classicist building. It was erected in the middle of the 19th century as a point de vue at the intersection of the Baroque visual axis and Tempelallee in place of an earlier structure. A circle
Renaissance Town Torgau
Torgau in Saxony is a beautiful little Renaissance town and former royal seat on the Elbe. It is over a thousand years old. I have a personal history with it, as Hartenfels Castle was used as a prison by the Nazis, who imprisoned my grandfather here. Information about taking this
Two Denominations One Church
As early as around the year 1000, Count Eido von Rochlitz had a first parish church built on the site of today’s cathedral. Some parts of the church are still preserved from this time. After the Reformation, the cathedral became Germany’s first simultaneous church (Roman Catholic and Lutheran) in 1524.
St. Mary’s Church in Pirna
Built at the beginning of the 16th century, St Mary’s Church is one of the largest late Gothic hall churches in Saxony, where the Reformation was introduced in 1539. As the church vault was only completed afterwards, the first Evangelical Lutheran pastor was able to influence the painting of the
The medieval Jüterbog
With its historic town centre, Jüterbog is considered the medieval capital of the Fläming, a historically grown cultural landscape southwest of Berlin. Jüterbog has three monasteries: Kloster Zinna, Mönchenkloster and Liebfrauenkloster (Monastery of Our Lady); three town gates: Dammtor, Zinnaer Tor and Neumarkttor; numerous fortified towers and Brandenburg’s oldest town hall.
Quedlinburg, medieval jewel
The over 1000-year-old town of Quedlinburg, situated on the north-eastern edge of the Harz Mountains, is characterised by numerous Romanesque buildings, over 2000 half-timbered houses and villas from the Wilhelminian and Art Nouveau periods. The Renaissance castle and the collegiate church with its famous cathedral treasure are famous. Due to
Bamberg, Baroque and Beer
The Old Town of Bamberg is one of the largest intact historic city centres in Germany and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The photo shows the Old Town Hall, built in 1467 in the Gothic style. It is located in the middle of the wild river Regnitz and can be
Altenburg
The successful general and ingenious state administrator, whose portrait can be seen here in a window of Altenburg Palace, became regent of the newly created Duchy of Saxe-Gotha in 1640 in the middle of the Thirty Years’ War. His church and school reforms earned him great merit. Immediately after his