Tourist attractions Halle

The fortress at Moritzberg (destroyed during the Thirty Years War) today contains the finest art collection in Saxe-Anhalt. The collection, devoted to German painting and sculpture of the 19C and 20C , includes first-class works from the Romantic, ..

The present church was built during the first half of the 16C on the site of two ruined Romanesque churches, of which only the towers remain. The church has three naves and no chancel. Note the altarpiece on the high altar painted by a pupil of Cra..

The composer's birthplace is now a museum devoted to his life and work. Period musical instruments are exhibited in one section, including several 16C and 17C keyboard instruments.

This huge square is overlooked by the towers of the Market Church and the Red Tower (15C), nearly 80m high. In the centre stands a statue of Handel (1859). The market and tramway line make it the busiest part of the city.

This hall church with 3 naves (1388-1511) is typical of the Late Gothic style, with its reticulated star-vaulting. It contains works by the sculptor, Conrad of Einbeck (15C).

In around 1520, Albert of Brandenburg transformed the primitive early 14C church into a Gothic hall-church with 3 naves. The statues on the pillars and pulpit (c1525) already show the influence of the Renaissance.

This museum is devoted to the history of salt mining carried out by the «Halloren», the Halle saltworkers' guild.

Dedicated to the Holy Cross, the chapel of Landsberg is a sober edifice with three apses covered by a hip roof. The double chapel owes its present form to Margrave Konrad of Landsberg, who had a separate chapel, reserved for the lords, added between ..