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Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: Quedlinburg is a medieval German town situated north of the Harz Mountains. The Münzenberg and Schloßberg of Quedlinburg are situated on two slopes of the Harz Mountains. Quedlinburg is considered one of the most beautiful cities of Germany, the steep, narrow cobblestone streets are lined with more than 2000 half-timbered buildings. The Old Town of Quedlinburg has the most half-timbered houses in Germany. The Romanesque Collegiate Church of St. Servatius and Castle of Quedlinburg on the Schloßberg are dominating the Old Town of Quedlinburg. The town became the first capital city of Germany when King Heinrich I was crowned in Quedlinburg in 919. He was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. During the tenth and first half of the eleventh centuries, Quedlinburg continued to be the political centre of the Ottonian Empire. Queen Mathilde, the queen consort of Heinrich I, founded a convent in 936, their granddaughter Mathilde became the first abbess in 966. The royal graves of King Heinrich I and Queen Mathilde are in the crypt of the Collegiate Church of St. Servatius on the Schloßberg. Quedlinburg is the birthplace of the poet Klopstock, who influenced the early work of Goethe. The Lyonel Feininger Gallery is a museum dedicated to the artist Lyonel Feininger, one of the first masters at the Bauhaus in Weimar. Quedlinburg was spared during World War II, most of the buildings are authentic. Quedlinburg was part of the former DDR. Since the reunification of Germany, Quedlinburg started the restoration works of the town. The Collegiate Church, the Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg gained the status as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1994. 

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   The Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: Quedlinburg is considered one of the most beautiful towns of Germany, the narrow, cobblestone streets are lined with more than two thousand half-timbered buildings. The Collegiate Church of St. Servatius, the Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg were declared a UNESCO World Heritage in 1994. 

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   The Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: A Benedictine monastery and the Marienkirche, the St. Mary's Church, were founded on the Münzenberg in 946. The monastery was completed in 995. After the Protestant Reformation and the dissolution of the monastery in 1539, the monastery and church fell into disrepair.

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   Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: The river Bode. Quedlinburg is situated north of the Harz Mountains, it was built on two slopes of the Harz mountains, on two hills, the Burgberg and Münzenberg. In the 16 century, small half-timbered houses were built inside the ruins of the Benedictine monastery on the Münzenberg, the poorest part of Quedlinburg.

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   Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: The footpath up the Burgberg, Castle Hill. Quedlinburg became the first capital of Germany when King Heinrich I was crowned here in 919. He was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. During the 10th and the first half of the 11th centuries, the town of Quedlinburg continued to be the political centre of the Ottonian Empire.

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   Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: The Romanesque Collegiate Church of St. Servatius and the Castle of Quedlinburg are situated on the Schloßberg or the Burgberg. The church and the castle are dominating the historic town of Quedlinburg. The royal graves of King Heinrich I and Queen Mathilde are situated in the crypt of the Collegiate Church of St. Servatius. 

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   The Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: The Castle of Quedlinburg on the Burgberg. The Castle of Quedlinburg was founded by King Heinrich I. The Castle Gate is dating from the 15th century. The three wings of the castle were rebuilt in the Renaissance Style in the 16th until the 18th centuries.

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   Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: The massive entrance gate to the Castle of Quedlinburg, situated on top of the Burgberg, the Castle Hill. The Lyonel Feininger Gallery at the foot of the Burgberg presents the work of Lyonel Feininger, a German-American draftsman, graphic artist, painter and photographer, and also one of the first Bauhaus masters in Weimar.

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   Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: At the foot of the Burgberg stands the birth house of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, he influenced the early work of the famous German poet and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Klopstock's birth house is one of more than two thousand authentic half-timbered houses in the historic town of Quedlinburg.

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   Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: Quedlinburg was spared during World War II, most of the buildings are authentic, the most of them are dating from the 17th century. Quedlinburg has the most half-timbered houses in Germany. The Collegiate Church, the Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. 

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    Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: The river Bode flows through the Old Town of Quedlinburg. Quedlinburg is situated on the west bank of the small river. Quedlinburg was part of the former DDR. Since the German reunification in 1990, the town of Quedlinburg started the restoration works of the town.