Holiday in Saxony-Anhalt

About Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt, located in the heart of East Germany, has an astonishing density of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and combines Romanesque architecture, Reformation history, and untouched natural landscapes. Five World Heritage Sites in one federal state — this is unique in Germany and reflects the cultural and historical significance of this often underestimated region. Wittenberg, the city of Luther, is the birthplace of the Reformation: In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church, changing the world. The Luther memorials are part of the UNESCO World Heritage, as are the Bauhaus buildings in Dessau, where Walter Gropius founded the most influential design school of the 20th century in 1925. The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, with the Wörlitz Park, is one of the earliest and most beautiful landscape gardens in continental Europe. The Harz mountains in the southwest rise with the Brocken (1,141 m) as the highest peak in northern Germany. The narrow-gauge railways of the Harz Brocken Railway steam through deep fir forests to the summit — one of the last regular steam railways in Germany. Quedlinburg, with over 2,000 half-timbered houses from eight centuries, has the best-preserved medieval old town in Germany and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Magdeburg, the state capital, surprises with the Green Citadel, the last building by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and the Romanesque cathedral as the oldest Gothic cathedral in Germany. The Romanesque Road connects 80 Romanesque buildings over 1,000 kilometers.