Tourist Attractions in Quedlinburg
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Quedlinburg, lying on the river Bode in the northern Harz foreland, is an attractive town with many half-timbered houses and other fine old buildings, set in beautiful countryside.
Quedlinburg was the birthplace of the first German woman doctor, Dorothea Erxleben (1715), the educationalist Johann Christoph Guts Muths (1759) and Carl Ritter (1779), who ranks with Alexander von Humboldt as one of the founders of modern scientific geography.
Quedlinburg was the birthplace of the first German woman doctor, Dorothea Erxleben (1715), the educationalist Johann Christoph Guts Muths (1759) and Carl Ritter (1779), who ranks with Alexander von Humboldt as one of the founders of modern scientific geography.
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Castle Museum
The Renaissance castle which stands above Quedlinburg, contains the Schlossmuseum.
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Central Area
In Central Quedlinburg stand the lovely Renaissance Town Hall, the Museum of Half-Timbering, and some interesting churches.
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Fachwerkmuseum
The Museum of Half-Timbering offers information on the history of half-timbered houses, of which many fine examples can be seen in Quedlinburg.
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Klopstock House
Klopstock House is the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. Today it contains the Museum of Literature.
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St Wigbert Church
St Wigbert Church is an aisled Romanesque basilica which was renovated in the 1950s, incorporating a Romanesque doorway from a Münzenberg monastery.
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