Prenzlau Attractions

Prenzlau still has considerable stretches of its old town walls (13th-14th C.), with three gate-towers (Blindower Torturm, Mitteltorturm, Steintorturm), the Hexenturm (Witches' Tower), the Pulverturn (Powder Tower) and a number of wiekhäuser (houses built into the town walls).

In the paving of Ernst-Thälmann-Platz in Prenzlau can be seen the "Execution Stone" (Richtstein), the medieval place of execution.

The monastic church of the Holy Cross (1275-1343) in Prenzlau is brick-built in Early Gothic style. The refectory (now the Heimatmuseum) of the old Dominican monastery has wall paintings of 1516.

The Sabinerkirche (Early Gothic, rebuilt 1816-17) in Prenzlau has a fine altar of 1597.

In Ernst-Thälmann-Platz stands St Mary's Church (13th-14th C.) in Prenzlau, one of Germany's finest examples of brick-built Gothic architecture, with a magnificent east gable. The church was burned out in the closing days of the Second World War but has been rebuilt in its original form. There are plans to make it a Museum of Culture.

At the southwest corner of the church can be seen a bronze figure of Martin Luther (by Ernst Rietschel, 1903), a copy of the original found in Worms.

Two notable churches in Prenzlau are the ruined St Nicholas's Church (mid 13th C.), the town's oldest parish church, and St James's Church (second half of 13th C.), a flat-roofed church built of undressed stone.

This former Franciscan church (1235-70) in Prenzlau, known as Trinity Church since 1865, is a rectangular groin-vaulted church of undressed stone.