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Another small, but very remarkable town in terms of history and culture. It used to be a member of the Hanseatic League, too, and is mostly noted for its massive Romanesque cathedral.
Havelberg is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Havel, and part of the town is built on an island in the centre of the river. The two parts were incorporated as a town in 1875. It has a population of 6,436 (2020).
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Landesfeuerwehrmuseum Sachsen-Anhalt
Fire brigade equipment and paraphernalia from old leather buckets to modern fire engines; especially large collections of old East German fire engines.
St. Marien
Gothic, double-towered brick church from the 15th century that replaced a Romanesque predecessor. Astronomical clock.
Rathaus
Mainly dating from the 15th century, with Gothic and Renaissance-style elements. In the interior, there is a wall with 15th-century wood carvings, the oldest secular carved work north of the Alps. In front of it stands a 5.4-m-high Roland statue dating from the 16th century and symbolising the town's privileges.
Dedicated to the town's most famous son, the 18th-century archeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann. It is located in the place of Winckelmann's birth house. The permanent exhibition shows documents and items from Winckelmann's life. An "adventure museum" targets children, including an "archeologist's camp", "time travel" to the ancient Pompeii (dressing up as ancient Romans, discovering and reconstructing imitated found pieces), a 15.6-metre-high, walkable Trojan horse, weighing 45 tons, a labyrinth garden and a playground with ancient Roman and Greek games.
Stadtbibliothek
Located in the former Franciscan monastery's refectory. A modern annex, built from bricks too, was added in 2012.
Museum of regional history, including cloister garden.