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Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul is one of the most important sacred cultural monuments from the European High Middle Ages, and is a major visitor attraction on the Romanesque Road.
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Merseburg Cathedral
Merseburg Cathedral of St. Johannes and St. Laurentius, which was originally Ottonian/early Romanesque, is a building that has developed and undergone several major changes over the centuries.
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Neuenburg Castle
Neuenburg Castle, situated above the town of Freyburg, is the largest castle of the landgraves of Thuringia and was established in around 1090 by Ludwig the Springer.
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Querfurt Castle
Querfurt Castle is the town’s emblem. It covers a ground area of around 3.5 hectares, making it the largest castle in central Germany and seven times larger than the famous Thuringian Wartburg.
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Rudelsburg Castle
Rudelsburg Castle is the best-known castle in the Saale countryside. It was first documented in 1172.
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Saaleck Castle
Saaleck Castle was a building belonging to the margrave of Meißen. The castle was given to him as a fiefdom, which brought with it the right to exercise jurisdiction and exact the payment of tithes. The castle changed owners many times up to the Reformation.
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Pforta Abbey
In 1137 Cistercian monks settled on the northern side of the slopes of the Saale, not far from Naumburg, and founded the abbey of “St. Marien zur Pforte”, which soon became one of the wealthiest abbeys in the eastern Thuringian region.
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Memleben Abbey and Imperial Palace
On the southern route of the Romanesque Road lies Memleben, the place of death of both King Heinrich I (†936) and his son Emperor Otto I (†973).
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Merseburg Castle
High above the Saale on the castle hill and visible from far away towers the ensemble of the cathedral and castle, which is unique in terms of its complex architecture.
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Moritzburg Castle and Zeitz Cathedral
On the site of Moritzburg Castle is the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, whose crypt dates back to the 10th century, making it the oldest sacred Christian stone building east of the Saale.
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Burgscheidungen Castle
The Unstrut Valley is surrounded by vineyards, and extends through southern Saxony-Anhalt in a cultural landscape that goes back for centuries.
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Goseck Castle
Goseck Castle – located between Naumburg and Weißenfels – rises on a steep slope above the Saale Valley.
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Neu-Augustusburg Castle, Weißenfels
The Baroque Neu-Augustusburg Castle, which was built between 1660 and 1694 on the ruins of an old fortress, is an emblem of the town of Weißenfels that is visible from far away.
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Parish church of St Mary, Freyburg
Nowadays the parish church of St Mary can be described as the most important architectural monument in Freyburg.
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Eckartsburg
The Eckartsburg fortress is still a handsome and partly preserved ruin, and offers much of interest to visitors.
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Romanisches Haus Bad Kösen
The Romanisches Haus is one of the oldest secular buildings in central Germany.
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Schönburg Castle
Schönburg Castle was built by the Thuringian Count Ludwig the Springer. According to legend he had the castle constructed out of love for Adelheid, the wife of the Wettin count palatinate.
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Chapel of St Ägidius
The Chapel of St Ägidius in Naumburg is a treasure from the Romanesque period. This stone chapel named after the saint lies on the northern side of Naumburg Cathedral.
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Wettin Castle
The family seat of the House of Wettin rises majestically above the town of Wettin. Wettin was documented in 961 as Vitin civitas.
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Petersberg collegiate church
The construction of the three-aisled, cross-shaped basilica, the minster of the Augustinian monastery founded by Count Dedo of Wettin, began some time after 1124.
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Double chapel of Landsberg
Today the double chapel of “Sanctae Crucis” rises alone like a Romanesque tower house on a porphyry hilltop above the town of Landsberg. It can look back over a history of more than 800 years.
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Haynsburg
Haynsburg Castle was first documented in 1185 by the nobleman “Conradus de Hagensberg”, who is known to have lived until 1223, and in 1238 it was referred to as a fortified site in a document by the margrave Heinrich.
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Convent of Poor Clares, Weißenfels
With its rich and varied history, the Convent of Poor Clares is a unique cultural asset for the town of Weißenfels.
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Neumarktkirche Merseburg
The Neumarktkirche St. Thomae is a treasure on the Romanesque Road.
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Droyßig Castle
Droyßig Castle was owned by Albrecht von Droyßig, who founded a branch of the Order of the Templars.
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