Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg

Name: Quedlinburg Abbey
Address: Quedlinburg, Germany

#1 among attractions in Quedlinburg

Top attraction, Monastery, Romanesque architecture

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Quedlinburg Abbey was a house of secular canonesses in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of the East Frankish King Henry the Fowler, as his memorial. For many centuries it and its abbesses enjoyed great prestige and influence. ()

Local name: Stift Quedlinburg Architectural style: Romanesque architectureCoordinates: 51°47'9"N, 11°8'12"E

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Quedlinburg Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stiftskirche St Servatii und Domschatz, Blasii Church, Lyonel-Feininger Galerie, Klopstock Museum.

~130 ftNW
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Architecture
Stiftskirche St Servatii und Domschatz, Quedlinburg
1 min walk • The theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg was perpetrated by United States Army Lieutenant Joe T. Meador in the days prior to the end of World War II in Europe. Precious church objects stored near Quedlinburg, Germany, were found by the U.S. Army.
~1310 ftNE
Church
Blasii Church, Quedlinburg
7 min walk • St. Blasii is a church building in Quedlinburg.
~540 ftN
Museum
Lyonel-Feininger Galerie, Quedlinburg
3 min walk • The Lyonel Feininger Gallery is a staff museum in Quedlinburg, founded in 1986. In 2006, it was transferred to the sponsorship of the Moritzburg Foundation - Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle and was already included in the Blue...
~430 ftN
Museum, Specialty museum
Klopstock Museum, Quedlinburg
3 min walk • The Klopstock House of the Quedlinburg Municipal Museums is the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, one of the founders of classical German literature. In his time he was read more often than his contemporaries Goethe and Schiller.
~1210 ftNE
Museum, Specialty museum
Fachwerk Museum Standerbau, Quedlinburg
6 min walk • Fachwerkmuseum Ständerbau der Städtischen Museen Quedlinburg is a half-timbered museum and listed half-timbered house in Quedlinburg.
0.4 miNE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
GutsMuths-Haus, Quedlinburg
11 min walk • The GutsMuths-Haus is a listed building in the town of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The founder of the German gymnastics movement Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths was born in the building.
0.6 miNE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
Church of St. Nicholas, Quedlinburg
16 min walk • St. Mikołaj - parish church of the New Town in Quedlinburg. Its two 72 meters high towers are still the dominant of the panorama of the city seen from the castle hill. An example of gothic architecture in central Saxony.
~1810 ftNE
City hall
Rathaus Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg
9 min walk • The Town Hall of the Old Town in Quedlinburg is an example of municipal architecture in central Saxony. This building connects: Gothic, late Renaissance, and neo -Baroque styles. It is one of the most important historic Quedlinburg secular buildings. The first town hall was built here in 1310.
~90 ftNE
Museum
Schlossberg, Quedlinburg
1 min walk • The Schlossberg is an elevation of the Northern Harz foreland. It is located in Quedlinburg in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt and is the site of Quedlinburg Abbey.
~1550 ftW
Church
St. Wiperti, Quedlinburg
8 min walk • St. Wipeta is located southwest of the castle hill in Quedlinburg. Together with the Collegiate Church of St. Serwacy represents the Romanesque style in this city. Despite the turbulent history, he still kept the oldest remains ...
0.4 miNE
Church
Market Church, Quedlinburg
10 min walk • St. Benedict in Quedlinburg, parish church of the city of Quedlinburg, an example of late Roman and Gothic architecture. It is located next to the town hall, next to the city market.

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Which popular attractions are close to Quedlinburg Abbey?

Nearby attractions include Schlossberg, Quedlinburg (1 min walk), Stiftskirche St Servatii und Domschatz, Quedlinburg (1 min walk), Klopstockhaus, Quedlinburg (3 min walk), Klopstock Museum, Quedlinburg (3 min walk).

How to get to Quedlinburg Abbey by public transport?

The nearest stations to Quedlinburg Abbey:

Bus

Quedlinburg, Kaiser-Otto-Straße • Lines: 230, 251 (2 min walk)
Wipertistraße • Lines: 251 (8 min walk)

Train

Quedlinburg (17 min walk)