Halle - Germany

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Halle, a former ducal town, is considered one of the oldest cities in Germany and Saxony Anhalt. It has a rich history and many historical sites to discover.

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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. 

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 Marktkirche three times, and 140 years later, George Frideric Handel was baptised here. 

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’s Roter Turm has no equivalent in Germany. The tower has a carillon of 76 bells, the largest in Europe with a total weight of almost 55 tons. - in: https://www.thecrazytourist.com

 

Foto: Ulrich Findeisen

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the Hallmarkt dates back to the medieval era. It was earlier a hub for salt processing and was later established as a city square. The square is flanked by several historic buildings, an old church, a city library, government buildings and the Göbel Fountain.