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- Halle is the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany with a population of 233,700. Located on the river Saale, it is often referred to as Halle an der Saale, or Halle (Saale) for short, to distinguish it from other municipalities in Germany sharing the same name.
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May 18, 2024 · Located on the banks of the River Saale, Halle is surrounded by picturesque landscapes and natural beauty. The Saale-Unstrut wine region, the Harz Mountains, and the Dübener Heide Nature Park are just a short drive away, offering ample opportunities for outdoor activities and exploration.
Halle is the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany with a population of 233,700. Located on the river Saale, it is often referred to as Halle an der Saale, or Halle for short, to distinguish it from other municipalities in Germany sharing the same name.
Halle is the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany with a population of 233,700. Located on the river Saale, it is often referred to as Halle an der Saale, or Halle (Saale) for short, to distinguish it from other municipalities in Germany sharing the same name.
Location: Covering an area of about 135.01 km 2 and bearing the burden of 232470 inhabitants, Halle sits on the right bank of the Saale river (hence called Halle an der Salle) flowing through the surrounding neighboring plains from the Free State of Thuringia to the Thuringian basin. Leipzig lies only 35 kilometers away from this historic town.
- Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen
- Halle State Museum of Prehistory
- Händel-Haus
- Halloren Chocolate Factory
- Marktplatz
- Roter Turm
- Kunstmuseum Moritzburg
- Halle-Neustadt
- Stadtgottesacker
- The Francke Foundations
One of Central Germany’s finest Late Gothic churches, Halle’s 16th-century Marktkirche is unmissable thanks to its four towers. These are four of the five towers that give Halle its nickname “Stadt der fünf Türme”. That unusual pair towers on the east side are watchmen’s towers and were linked high up by a bridge. Martin Luther preached at the Mark...
Saxony-Anhalt’s archaeological discoveries are shown in chronological order at this world-class museum. The permanent exhibition begins at the start of the Stone Age and ends in the early Iron Age, roughly 2,000 years ago. If there’s one item that you absolutely have to see, it’s the Nebra sky disk. This bronze disc, 30 centimetres in diameter was ...
The Baroque composer George Frideric Handel was born at this Renaissance complex in 1685. His father, Georg had purchased the property in 1666, and the building itself dates back to at least 1558. The tradition of painting the facade yellow is from the first half of the 17th century, when the house was known as the Zum Gelben Hirsch (the Yellow Sta...
In Halle since the start of the 19th century The Halloren Chocolate Factory is the oldest chocolate factory in Germany still in business. More than two centuries of chocolate-making expertise is revealed at the museum, which has puzzles for little ones, antique chocolate-making equipment and multi-sensory installations like a listening station and ...
Fourteen streets in Halle lead to the city’s 16,000-square-metre Marktplatz, hosting many of the monuments on this list like the Marktkirche and Roter Turm. People have been trading at Marktplatz since the 1100s when the first communal warehouse (a forerunner to department stores) was established for Halle’s dressmakers and fabric traders. There’s ...
Halle’s fifth tower is also the tallest, rising to 84 metres on Marktplatz just a few metres from the Marktkirche. The tower was 88 years in the making, and was completed in the Late Gothic style in 1506. If you squint you can just make out the cluster of 246 spikes on the gilded orb at the very top of the spire. As a free-standing campanile Halle’...
Saxony-Anhalt’s art museum is in the residence of the Archbishops of Magdeburg. The palace is an Early Renaissance building from the turn of the 16th century but was obliterated in the Thirty Years’ War a century later and stayed in ruins. In 2010 the palace was adapted into a modern design by Spanish architecture firm Nieto Sobejano. The courtroom...
West of the Altstadt, on the opposite bank of the Saale is Post-War Germany’s largest construction project. Begun in the 1960s and built for Halle’s chemical plant workers, Halle-Neustadt was a socialist model city for 100,000 people. Neustadt was designed to be healthy, modern and comfortable, but also instil an ideology in its inhabitants. In the...
Originally east of the city walls, the Stadtgottesacker is a Renaissance cemetery created in 1557. The design is based on Pisa’s Camposanto Monumentale, and the complex is seen as a masterpiece of German Renaissance architecture. The cemetery is enclosed by a wall, and facing inwards are 94 beautifully ornamented arcades sheltering tombs. In 1882 a...
August Hermann Francke’s contribution to Halle is this orphanage and school founded in 1695. Within 30 years the Francke Foundations had become a large educational complex with teacher training facilities and even businesses like a publishing house and pharmacy. In line with Reformation ideals Francke’s plan was to provide an education for children...
Did you know that the Saale flows through Halle partly in four parallel arms? This means that there are six major islands in the city - and a lot of culture, history and art.
Dec 19, 2023 · Picturesquely situated along the Saale River, the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt is just a stone’s throw away from seven UNESCO World Heritage Treasures – and a beauty itself. Welcome to Halle!
