Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town
A medieval town at the foot of the Harz with more than 1,300 timber framed houses and a Romanesque church on a castle hill. Henry the Fowler was buried here in 936. The whole town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Where
- Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.7833, 11.1500
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Open LOQAH when you are at Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Saxony-Anhalt volume with your photos and a note.
Near Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town
Wernigerode Castle 25 km
A schloss in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode. The present building was finished in the late 19th century and resembles Neuschwanstein, though its foundations are much older. It sits on a hill above the town and houses a museum of 19th century life, with sweeping views across the Harz.
Harz 36 km
A highland area in northern Germany, spreading across Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. It is a landscape of forests, granite outcrops and old mining towns, with narrow gauge steam trains running to the Brocken, its highest summit.
Brocken 37 km
The highest peak of the Harz at 1,141 metres, a bare granite summit often wrapped in fog. In German legend witches gather here on Walpurgis Night, and a steam railway runs to the top.
Magdeburg Cathedral 50 km
Officially the Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Catherine, a Lutheran cathedral and the oldest Gothic cathedral in Germany. It was the proto-cathedral of the former Prince-Archbishopric of Magdeburg. Work began in 1209, and its two towers stand about 100 metres high above the Elbe river in the centre of the city.
Imperial Palace of Goslar 51 km
A historical building complex at the foot of the Rammelsberg hill in the south of Goslar, north of the Harz mountains. It covers an area of about 340 by 180 metres. Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire held court here from the 11th century, and the great hall is among the largest secular Romanesque buildings.
Rammelsberg Mines and Goslar 56 km
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Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm 78 km
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Naumburg Cathedral 83 km
A late Romanesque and early Gothic cathedral in Naumburg on the Saale, built mainly in the 13th century. Its west choir holds twelve life sized founder figures, including the famous statue of Uta. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Questions
Where is Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town?
Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town is in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Wernigerode Castle (25 km), Harz (36 km), Brocken (37 km).
How do I get the Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Quedlinburg Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Saxony-Anhalt volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
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