The route takes the form of a figure-of-eight, with a northern and a southern loop, and the city of Magdeburg as its centre, linking village churches, monasteries, cathedrals and castles built between 950 and 1250 and which therefore represent the emergence of Christianity in this part of Germany. Their Romanesque architecture can be recognised by its angular shapes and the round arches of the windows and doors as shown on the official Romanesque Road signs. As well as the specific Romanesque stops en route, there are other villages and churches to explore.
Major places of interest
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Magdeburg Cathedral Haldensleben: Nordhusen Church ruin Halberstadt Cathedral Memleben Abbey, crypt Hamersleben monastery churchCathedral Unser Lieben Frauen monasterySt Peter's Church
St Sebastian's Church
Niedere Börde , Groß Ammensleben Benedictine abbeyHillersleben AbbeyHaldensleben , Hundisburg Castle, Nordhusen ChurchBebertal cemetery chapelWalbeck, Börde monastery churchWiepke , village churchEngersen , village churchRohrberg , village churchDiesdorf , monastery churchSalzwedel , St Lawrence's ChurchArendsee , Benedictine abbeyBeuster , monastery churchHavelberg , cathedral
Sandau St Nicolas' ChurchSchönhausen , village churchWust , village churchMelkow , village churchWulkow , village churchJerichow Monastery , collegiate church Redekin , village churchGenthin , Altenplathow churchBurg Unser Lieben Frauen church, St Nicolas' churchLoburg Unser Lieben Frauen churchGommern -Leitzkau, St Peter's church, St Mary's monastery churchPretzien , St Thomas' church (1140)
Wanzleben CastleSeehausen, Börde , St Peter and Paul churchHadmersleben AbbeyGröningen monastery churchAm Großen Bruch , Hamersleben monastery churchHuy -Dedeleben, Westerburg water castleHuysburg Benedictine abbeyHalberstadt , cathedral, Liebfrauenkirche Osterwieck , St Stephan's churchIlsenburg Benedictine abbeyDrübeck Benedictine abbeyBlankenburg am Harz , Michaelstein AbbeyQuedlinburg , St Servatius' church, St Wigbert's churchGernrode , Saint Cyriakus church Ballenstedt Benedictine abbeyFalkenstein Castle Frose monastery churchErmsleben monastery church (Konradsburg Klostermansfeld Benedictine abbeyEisleben , Helfta Abbey
Seeburg CastleSangerhausen , St Ulric's churchTilleda Kaiserpfalz Allstedt CastleQuerfurt CastleMemleben Abbey Eckartsberga , Eckartsburg Bad Kösen , Romanesque House, Saaleck Castle , Rudelsburg , Pforta monastery Naumburg , cathedral , curiaGoseck CastleZeitz , cathedralFreyburg , Neuenburg Castle and St Mary's churchMerseburg , cathedral , St Thomas' churchHalle , Burg Giebichenstein , Böllberg village churchLandsberg CastlePetersberg St Peter's churchBernburg , castle, St Stephan's church at WaldauNienburg Abbey Hecklingen Benedictine abbey
As an incentive to raise the profile and support the economy along the Romanesque Road in the Saxony-Anhalt region there is an annual competition for the 'Romanesque Prize', worth €10,000.[ 2]
