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Luther's Wittenberg, the Bauhaus in Dessau and the sky disc of Nebra.
185 museumsSaxony-Anhalt has five UNESCO World Heritage sites. Here the Reformation began, the Bauhaus built its school, and a bronze disc from 3,600 years ago shows the oldest known picture of the sky.
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★ Has its own city story
In Halle, the State Museum of Prehistory shows the Nebra sky disc, with a golden sun, moon and stars on bronze. Halle is also the town where Handel was born. In Wittenberg, the Luther House is the largest museum of the Reformation in the world, and in Eisleben you can see the houses where Luther was born and died. Dessau has the Bauhaus building and the Bauhaus Museum, and next to it the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, one of the first English-style landscape parks on the continent. Quedlinburg, with more than 1,300 timber-framed houses, and Naumburg Cathedral with its lifelike statue of Uta are on the UNESCO list too. Local food: Baumkuchen, the layered 'tree cake' from Salzwedel, Harz cheese, and Halloren chocolate balls from Halle. On 30 April, Walpurgis Night brings witches and bonfires to the Harz mountains, Halle celebrates Handel with a music festival in late spring, and in June Wittenberg replays Luther's wedding with a big town festival.
The big moments, and where to see them today.
The Nebra sky disc, the oldest known picture of the sky.
The world's largest museum of the Reformation, in Luther's own home.
Walk through the school where modern design was born.
Medieval gold, ivory and manuscripts – once stolen, now back home.
From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.
Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.
