Magdeburg Tip
by Mauzl
... it is - and always was - very hard in our family to get all the brothers & sisters together for a photo-shoot... but sometimes we even manage to get together for a birthday - this was my 24th one by the way :0)
The pic is already nearly 4.5 years old. It shows from left to right:
my brother Bernhard (now 26 yrs)& his wife Susen (now 28 yrs), my youngest brother Frank-Martin (now 18 yrs) - I 'in persona' :)- , my brother Andreas (now 23 yrs)& my sister Tabea (now 24 yrs & also in VT under 'Tabjutie'). The guy who sit's on the floor was a friend who showed up on my birthday & smuggled himself into the pic :0)
Wernigerode
by hunterV
I have warm memories of visiting Wernigerode, a small town in the mountain area famous for its medieval architecture.
The Old City Hall is one of the architectural gems of the town.
This is where a lot of newly married couples used to arrive (or still come) to celebrate their wedding.
I liked visiting that "wedding city".
Hundertwasser House
by Kathrin_E
A paradise bird has landed on Breiter Weg and on the corner of Domplatz. The colourful house, named the "Green Citadel", has been designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and shows his typical style. It has only been completed in 2005, five years after the artist’s death, though.
Der Kathedral St Sebastian
by Mariajoy
There were several lovely churches in the city centre which we didn't have time to investigate unfortunately. St Sebastian's was one of them!
St Sebastian's is also considered to be a cathedral. The cornerstone was laid in 1015 by archbishop Gero. IIt was destroyed in the same city fire as the other churches and buildings in Magdeburg, and then re-built as a gothic church in the 14th/15th century.
Historistic Architecture round Hegelstraße
by Kathrin_E
While Magdeburg’s centre has been reduced to rubble in World War II, the area south of the Dom has survived the war remarkably well. Hegelstraße and the surrounding smaller streets have been planned in the Gründerzeit, the late 19th and early 20th century, and built up with five or six storey city houses and historistic facades. After the reunification this quarter has been well restored. It has become the prettiest and most attractive residential quarter in town.
"... and Hasselbachplatz"
Nearby Hasselbachplatz, though only two blocks further, still looks run down. Some of the old houses around have been restored, others are still close to collapse – from these you can guess what the whole quarter looked like 20 years ago.
The central post office in Breiter Weg is another fine example of historistic architecture around 1900.
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Older Tram
Hegelstraße
City Carré
Ernst-Reuter-Allee, courtyard
