We’ll find ourselves in a fabulously beautiful city, strolling through its narrow streets, where you’ll see over 1,600 half-timbered houses, some of which are 800 years old. The city-monument of Quedlinburg was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 1994. The town hall, market square, St. Servatius Church (the burial place of the first German king, Henry the Fowler, and his wife, Matilda), the palace, the Münzenberg musicians’ settlement, Hell Street, the shoemaker’s courtyard, and, of course, the most unusual half-timbered houses from all eras—from the Middle Ages to the present day—and much more await us in this amazing city.
During the tour, we’ll learn about the theft of the century, why Himmler made this city sacred to the Third Reich, how Dorothea Erxleben became Germany’s first female doctor—150 years before women were admitted to university medical schools—and where the city center boasts Europe’s largest collection of works by the American artist Feininger. Near Quedlinburg, we’ll visit the site where, according to legend, witches gather on Walpurgis Night.
10-11 am
