5 Reasons Why You Should Visit Landsberg SaxonyAnhalt Uncover the Hidden Gems of Relaxed Germany

Things to do in Saxony-Anhalt will occupy you for days, so don’t just make a stop in its capital Magdeburg. The city itself is already very interesting and offers many things to do for which you can easily spend a day or two there. But if you are already visiting Magdeburg, look further.

If you are keen on cycling, you will love the Saxony-Anhalt with its Elberadweg (cycling path) along the river Elbe, passing Magdeburg too. In total the cycling path is  almost 1000 kilometers long.

The Elbe River offers one more thing to do, which I really enjoyed – the raft ride along the river. We did this in Magdeburg  during the sunset and was fantastic. Amazing views and a perfect way to see the city from another perspective.

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In the middle of the Harz Mountains you will find the longest two-line zip line in Europe. The ride is for the brave ones, but it gives you so much fun when doing it. If you’re not keen on adrenalin, you can skip this and rather cross the suspension bridge underneath, which offers a nice experience too.

Oh yes, also the region Saxony-Anhalt can offer you great wine, including the Rotkappchen sparkling wine. In fact, the sparkling wine Rotkappchen is one of the most popular sparkling wine in Germany. Every third open bottle in Germany is theirs.

I don’t know what attracts me to the half-timbered houses, but they truly are so charming, that I am always impressed when seeing them. I really enjoyed the ones in Halberstadt.

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Small, but very charming Freyburg town is known for wines and not just for the Rotkappchen sparkling wine production. Hike up between the vineyards, offering beautiful views over the Freyburg town.

Not far away from the place, where the Nebra Sky Disk was found, now stands a beautiful museum, where you can find all information about this oldest concrete depiction of the cosmos worldwide. The Nebra Sky Disk is associatively dated to 1600 BC and is now also listed on the UNESCO World heritage list.

Did you know that you can find a work of Hundertwasser in Magdeburg? The famous architect did his last project in the city, where now also an Art Hotel can be found. Staying a night in it, sure is one of a kind experience – after all, you will be sleeping in the Hundertwasser house.

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No matter where you are traveling to, trying the local cuisine should always be a must. If you are looking for good local food stop at the Rastkeller restaurant, which is very popular among locals. It can be found in Magdeburg and has a long tradition, as it has been a restaurant since 17th century.

You will find numerous Romanesque sights in the Saxony-Anhalt region, which are also listed on the Transromanica list – in total there are 88 of them in the region. Transromanica organization connects more than 300 Romanesque sights in 9 different European countries. Its main function is taking care of the Romanesque sights promotion and sustainability, what also creates local tourism development. The Romanesque era was mostly about monastic buildings, so you will really enjoy exploring Saxony-Anhalt if you are into monasteries and cathedrals. You can find more about the Transromanica organization and Romanesque sights, which we have visited here.

There are of course many other things to do in Saxony-Anhalt, which are worth your attention, but having only 5 days to travel around, we could not see them all. Nevertheless, if you are limited with time, these are definitely one of the best things to do when visiting the German region Saxony-Anhalt.

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We have visited the Saxony-Anhalt as a press trip organized by Transromanica organization, but everything written is based on our personal experiences and thoughts, on which no one had any impact.

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Coordinates: 51°32′N 12°10′E  /  51.533°N 12.167°E  / 51.533; 12.167 Coordinates: 51°32′N 12°10′E  /  51.533°N 12.167°E  / 51.533; 12.167

The town is located betwe the cities of Halle, about 19 km (12 mi) in the southwest, Leipzig, about 25 km (16 mi) in the southeast, and Bitterfeld-Wolf, about 15 km (9.3 mi) in the north. Located in the Leipzig Bay of the North German Plain, Landsberg lies within the larger Leipzig-Halle agglomeration in the Ctral German Metropolitan Region.

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The municipal area immediately borders the indepdt city of Halle in the southwest and the Nordsachs district of Saxony in the southeast. After several incorporations in rect years, it currtly comprises 11 localities (Ortschaft):

Known far beyond Landsberg is the Felsbad (Cliff Bath), a swimming pool complex with diving platforms, a 50-metre (160 ft) stretch of competition swimming lanes, and a vast shallow pool where non-swimmers may bathe. Furthermore, the town is the namesake of the well known – in Germany – Landsberger Gemge (roughly Landsberg Batch), a winter catch crop made out of crimson clover, Italian ryegrass and fodder vetch, which is used as livestock fodder or silage.

The oldest known trace of early settlemts in what is now Landsberg dates from the Neolithic. It is first documted as civitas holm in a 961 deed issued by King Otto I of Germany, th located in the Slavic lands beyond the southeastern borders of the Duchy of Saxony along the Saale River.

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Landsberg Castle from the 12th ctury onwards was the seat of the Margraves of Landsberg. Held by the Saxon noble House of Wettin, it was rebuilt wh Margrave Conrad of Meiss ceded the March of Lusatia with Landsberg to his son Theodoric I in 1156. A loyal follower of the Hohstauf emperor Frederick Barbarossa, Theoderic accompanied him on his Italian campaign of 1176/77 against the cities of the Lombard League and witnessed the peace negotiations leading to the Treaty of Vice. Back in Germany, he had a Staufian double chapel erected on the Landsberg castle hill. Built in a Romanesque style up on a cliff and visible ev far from the town, it is one of Landsberg's landmarks up to today.

Wh the Wettin margrave Hry III of Meiss about 1258 re-established the Margraviate of Landsberg for his second son Theodoric, Landsberg Castle had already lost its status as the margravial residce to Weißfels. Upon the death of Theoderic's son Frederick Tuta in 1291, Landsberg fell to the Ascanian margrave Otto IV of Brandburg. During decades of feuds betwe the Wettin and Ascanian dynasties the castle decayed and today only traces of wall remain.

The settlemt at the foot of the castle arose around the St Nicholas parish church dating from the 13th ctury. In 1579, the citizs of Landsberg were granted town privileges by the Saxon electors, though on condition not to erect city fortifications. Severely damaged during the Thirty Years' War, the Landsberg double chapel about 1658/62 was restored at the behest of the Wettin duke Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg.

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In 2019, two people were killed and two others were injured in a terrorist attack in the city of Halle. Two of the injuries occurred in the city of Landsberg.

The town's coat of arms, called Landsberg Pales (Landsberger Pfähle) according to heraldic blazon, is first known to have appeared in the late 12th ctury, and the margraves of the Wettin dynasty, local rulers since the 10th ctury, used it as their arms.

The blue Landsberg Pales appear on the coat of arms of numerous towns and cities in Ctral Germany, such as Chemnitz, Dresd (in black), and Leipzig.

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