What to See in Quedlinburg - Top Sights and Attractions

Reservoir in Germany. The Bremer Teich is an historic reservoir that lies south of the two villages of Bad Suderode and Gernrode in the Harz Mountains of Germany, and is used as a recreation area. It impounds the Bremer Graben, an artificial channel fed by water from the Bode and the Saale. The water reservoir was built in the 18th century in the Lower Harz. It has an area of ca. 4 ha. The pond is located on the Romanesque Road and the North Harz Cycleway.

The pond was originally called the Hirschteich ("Stag Pond"). It was laid out in 1796 and was actually intended to trap deer.

In 1696, in the area around the pond, the last bear was killed by the Anhalt prince, Victo Amadeus, whilst he was par force hunting. To commemorate this event the Bear Monument (Bärendenkmal) was erected in 1900.

The Bremer Teich owes its name to the engineer, Bremer, who built the dam. The dam is an earth barrage with internal compaction (Innenverdichtung) In 1968 this was further reinforced by and the pond became the Bremer Dammteich. A youth hostel, camp site and restaurant have been built by the pond.

The Bremer Teich is no. 196 in the system of hiking checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel.^[2]

The theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg was perpetrated by United States Army Lieutenant Joe T. Meador in the days prior to the end of World War II in Europe. Precious church objects stored near Quedlinburg, Germany, were found by the U.S. Army. They were placed under guard, but eight extremely valuable objects went missing, including a 9th-century illuminated manuscript gospel book, the Samuhel Evangeliar, and a printed evangeliary dating to 1513, both with jewelled book-covers, as well as reliquaries, an ivory liturgical comb, a perfume-flask made out of rock crystal and other irreplaceable artifacts of historical importance.

The most famous illuminated manuscript associated with the town, the 5th-century Quedlinburg Itala fragment, once in the church, had been moved to a museum in Berlin and was not stolen.

The missing artifacts started resurfacing in 1987. After various lawsuits against and negotiations with the heirs of the by-then deceased Meador, they were restored to their rightful owners. William Honan, an author and journalist working for The New York Times, published in 1997 an account of the theft and how he traced it to the Meador family.^[3]

St. Mikołaj - parish church of the New Town in Quedlinburg. Its two 72 meters high towers are still the dominant of the panorama of the city seen from the castle hill. An example of gothic architecture in central Saxony.

A Nowe Miasto settlement was established in the 12th century, located northeast of the Old Town - a former settlement located around the church of St. Benedict needed her own parish. Consequently, in 1222 the construction of the New Town parish began. The original Romanesque basilica was gradually rebuilt in the Gothic spirit, first the western part - a nave body built in the form of a three -nave hall. Then in the fourteenth century a new Gothic presbytery and a monumental Western facade with two multi -storey towers were built. In the 18th century, the church was thoroughly balanced, in 1712 the church received a monumental two -storey main altar and in 1731 the pulpit. In addition, a wooden emporae was erected on the west side, where new organs were erected in 1849. At the beginning of the 20th century there is a thorough renovation of the church. In the 90s of the last century, the windows of the church received stained glass windows made by Ferdinand Mūller.

The Town Hall of the Old Town in Quedlinburg is an example of municipal architecture in central Saxony. This building connects: Gothic, late Renaissance, and neo -Baroque styles. It is one of the most important historic Quedlinburg secular buildings.

The first town hall was built here in 1310. In the 15th century it was rebuilt, in 1616-1619 the main entrance was decorated with a monumental portal preceded by stairs, which caused the building to receive a representative character. In 1901, the building was enlarged by an eastern neo -baroque wing to build a new ceremonial room.

It is located at the northern frontage of the Old Town Square. The oldest part is formed by a two -story building covered with a high gable roof enriched with dormers. The compact block of the building, built of the whole stone, has a two-storey tower in the south-east corner. It is decorated with a blind butter, characteristic of gothic facades. The portal is a flanked gate with monumental columns carrying the peak with sculptural decoration. It is created by a cartouche with the city's coat of arms, the figure of Type - the goddess of prosperity, and ornamental decoration characterizing the dusk of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque.

In front of the town hall, next to the corner tower, there is a monumental figure of Roland - the main character of the song about Roland - the historical Count of Breton marchia about which he mentioned in Vita Karoli Magnia Einhard. This late -Gothic work is dated 1427.