The brick Gothic St Marienkirche in Güstrow in Germany is famous for its magnificent Borman winged altar retable with 181 painted wood-carved figures. St Mary’s parish church in Güstrow near Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany is a large brick Gothic hall church. Although part of the church dates from the early 16th century, it … Read more
Ernst Barlach’s Floating Angel (Der Schwebende) in the Dom zu Güstrow brick gothic church is one of the best-known war memorial sculptures in Germany. The Güstrower Dom near Rostock in northern Germany is a large mostly 13th-century brick Gothic former collegiate church. The interior is filled with art with the Angel war memorial statue by … Read more
The longest organ music concert in the world, John Cage’s ORGAN²/ASLSP As Slow As Possible, is playing for 639 years in the St Burchardi Church in Halberstadt in Saxony Anhalt, Germany. The slowest piece of music in the world, or the longest organ music concert ever written, is currently — and for the next six … Read more
St Michael’s in Schwäbisch Hall is a late Gothic church with magnificent vaulting and a surprising amount of art for a Lutheran church. The St Michaelskirche is the main church in the picturesque village Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is a mostly late Gothic church with an impressive choir and elegant vaulting. … Read more
The Hällisch-Fränkisches Museum in Schwäbisch Hall in southern Germany is a free and fun local history museum to visit. Schwäbisch Hall is a picture-perfect German town in Baden-Württemberg complete with many half-timbered houses, a large Gothic church in front of a market square with cafes, a modern art museum, and a river flowing through it. … Read more
Visitors may see modern art for free in the Kunsthalle Würth Schwäbisch Hall and top medieval masterpieces in the nearby Johanniterkirche. Schwäbisch Hall, a beautiful southern German town with many half-timbered houses, a picturesque market square with a large Gothic church, and a fine town museum, surprises many visitors with the large free modern art … Read more
The late Gothic Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen in Halle has organs familiar to Handel and Bach, art by Cranach, and four towers from two previous churches. The Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen (Market Church of Our Dear Lady), or the Marienkirche (St Mary’s), in Halle an der Saale is a late Gothic hall church built mostly … Read more
The Nebra sky disc (Himmelscheibe von Nebra), the oldest concrete depiction of the cosmos, is the top sight to see in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. The State Museum of Prehistory Halle (Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle) in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the oldest and most important archaeological museums in Germany. It is … Read more
Big savings are on offer at the Halle Leipzig The Style Outlets shopping center with 65 factory outlet stores in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. The Halle Leipzig The Style Outlets is a typical European factory stores outlet shopping mall with 65 shops representing over 80 brands offering huge discounts on out of season and overstocked items. … Read more
The largest organ JS Bach played that is still in working condition is the Hildebrandt Orgel in the Stadtkirche St. Wenzel in Naumburg, Germany. In Naumburg, the late Gothic Stadtkirche St. Wenzel is totally overshadowed architecturally by the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage-listed Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul. However, in St Wenzel’s fairly … Read more