The UNESCO World Heritage City of Quedlinburg

Gold, precious stones and ivory, filigreed on medieval reliquary boxes, shrines and gospels, enchant visitors to the Quedlinburg Cathedral Treasury. In the treasure chamber of the collegiate church high above the picturesque half-timbered town, one of the most historically significant treasures in Germany can be seen. Most of these are gifts from the Ottonian dynasty to Quedlinburg's ladies' monastery. A treasure of strong women.

In order to ensure the protection of the Ladies' Monastery, a patron was appointed by Emperor Otto I. In the 15th century, a collegiate governor was appointed for the first time to represent the interests of the abbess vis-à-vis the townspeople and the inhabitants of the collegiate area. There were a total of 25 collegiate governors in Quedlinburg over the centuries.

Detail of a capital in the collegiate church of St Servatius in Quedlinburg

View of the interior of the collegiate church of St. Servatius with altar retable

The crypt of the collegiate church of St. Servatius in Quedlinburg is a spacious hall crypt with rich architectural decoration. It is one of the most beautiful rooms of its kind in all of Europe. It was created in the course of the new construction of the church between 1070 and 1129, incorporating older components.

The vault paintings were also created as early as the 12th century and are thus among the oldest surviving wall paintings in Germany. They depict scenes from the Old and New Testaments, as well as individual saints and historical figures, including a bishop and a male ruler, the latter inscribed as OTTO MAGNUS.

In addition to the tombs of the ruling couple, the crypt of the collegiate church contains a number of valuable abbess tombstones and unique late Romanesque vault paintings. The oldest tomb slabs were made already in the 1st half of the 12th century. They show the deceased emperor's daughters who presided over the monastery as abbesses (including Beatrix I, daughter of Henry III) - as full-length figures and are thus among the oldest surviving full-length grave slabs in Europe.

Über 2000 Bauten aus allen Stil- und Zeitepochen machen Quedlinburg zu einem Musterbeispiel der Entwicklung des Fachwerkbaus schlechthin.

In the Klopstock House, built in 1570, the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was born in 1724. Klopstock's work made him a founder of classical German literature and he was famous far beyond the borders of Germany. Attached to the museum in the Klopstock House are a library and an archive.

The Lyonel Feininger Gallery is a museum in Quedlinburg founded in 1986. It displays works by the New York Bauhaus artist Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), which were saved from destruction by the Nazis by Hermann Klumpp of Quedlinburg, a fellow Bauhaus student. The collection, one of the most extensive closed collections of prints, etchings, lithographs and woodcuts by the artist, documents his creative periods from 1906 to 1937.
In 2006, it was transferred to the sponsorship of the Moritzburg Foundation - Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle and was already included in the Blue Book as a Cultural Memory Site in 2003. As a result, the museum is now one of the cultural beacons in the new German states. The museum has been part of the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation since 2014.

The listed two-story Gothic building (left) is one of the oldest town halls in central Germany and its core dates back to the beginning of the 14th century. It was first mentioned in 1310. From 1616 to 1619 (Renaissance portal with city coat of arms) and from 1899 to 1901, alterations and extensions were made. The festival hall, completed in 1901, is particularly worth seeing (guided tours via the Quedlinburg Information Office).