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| Genthin | ||
| federal state | Saxony-Anhalt | |
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| Residents | 13.985 (2019) | |
| height | 49 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 (0)3933 802225 https://www.stadt-genthin.de/verzeichnis/visitenkarte.php?mandat=57605 | |
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Genthin is a small town in the Elbe-Havel Canal Jerichower Land. Genthin is of Wendish origin and appears as a city as early as 1171.
getting there
By train
Genthin is on the long-distance railway from Berlin via Magdeburg to Hanover. RegionalExpress trains from Magdeburg via Berlin stop here every hour Frankfurt (Oder) and vice versa.
In the street
The B 1 runs through Genthin from Magdeburg to Brandenburg. If you want to arrive via the A2, you have to take the exit 
76 Ziesar leave the autobahn and continue on the B 107 (26 km).
mobility
Tourist Attractions
At Genthin train station there is a memorial commemorating the Railway disaster of December 22nd, 1939 remind. It was a rear-end collision that resulted in 186 deaths and 106 injuries, making it the worst railway accident in Germany.
1 St. Mary, Mühlenstrasse 29. Tel.: 49 (0)3933 8718-0, Fax: (0)3933 8718-22, Email: [email protected]. St. Maria Neo-Romanesque church from 1903, the community still includes the Holy Spirit in Kirchmöser, St. Peter in Tuchheim.Open: Tuesdays and Fridays 10 am–12pm, Thursdays 5.30pm – 6pm.
- St. Trinity, Big school street. Tel.: 49 (0)3933 3605, Email: [email protected]. Open: from May to September on Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 3 pm, from October to April on request.. The baroque church was built between 1702 and 1722.
activities
shop
kitchen
accommodation
Practical advice
1 Genthin Tourist Information, Bahnhofstrasse 8, 39307 Genthin. Tel.: (0)3933 802225, Fax: (0)3933 822896.
trips
- Brandenburg on the Havel (29 km east, B 1) - Katharinenkirche and cathedral.
literature
Web links
- http://www.genthin.de - Genthin official website
