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Almost 7,000 years of tangible history and cultural assets of European and international importance make Saxony-Anhalt a heartland of German history. From Saxony-Anhalt the Reformation went around the world. The well-known Luther Cities Wittenberg, Eisleben and Mansfeld are a magnet for visitors from all over the world. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are of special importance: the Luther Memorial Sites in the Luther Cities Eisleben and Wittenberg, the Bauhaus and its Sites in Dessau, the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz and the Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg. The Nebra Sky Disc is part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.

Roman treasures, Bauhaus and the Winckelmann experience

1.5 million visitors per year succumb to the fascination with the Romanesque period. Even today, you can follow in mystical footsteps at 88 original sites in 73 locations, and discover real treasures. In 2018, the museum celebrated its 25th anniversary with exhibitions, events and culinary highlights along the “Romanesque Road”.

Stendal’s famous son Johann Joachim Winckelmann will receive a whole experience with the new Winckelmann museum in 2018, and it is therefore the only museum worldwide, that is dedicated to the founder of classic archaeology and modern art history.

The art, design and architecture school BAUHAUS is of global importance, and equally closely linked to Saxony-Anhalt. Founded in 1919 in Weimar, it moved to Dessau in 1925 and became one of the most successful cultural export articles in Germany. With compositions on the sites of the modern era in Saxony-Anhalt, your curiosity will be piqued for the international Bauhaus jubilee 2019, where the 100th anniversary of the founding of Bauhaus in Weimar, Dessau and Berlin will be celebrated together.