The Jerichower Land is in the northeast of Saxony-Anhalt. It borders the to the north Prignitz, in the east Brandenburg and in the west to the Elbe, on the other side of which the Altmark connects. In the south there is a smooth transition to the landscape of the Pre-flaming.
Regions
places
- 1 Castle (near Magdeburg) - Located on the northern foothills of the Vorfleming; County town of the district of Jerichower Land. That is worth seeing there 1 St. Nikolai Lower Church
as a large, little changed Romanesque town church made of field stone and the late Gothic 2 Upper Church of Our Dear Women. - 2 Genthin -
- 3 Gommern - Located in the southwest of the Jerichower Land district; Saint Trinity Church and moated castle.
- 4 Jerichow - The eponymous place is around the medieval 3 Jerichow Monastery originated, which is one of the earliest and most beautiful brick buildings of the Romanesque in Germany. It is assumed that builders from Italy brought the construction technology here because it has no known forerunners here.
Other goals
- 5 Schönhausen (Elbe) - Bismarck's birthplace with 4 Schönhausen village church, particularly noteworthy because of its unusual size and as Otto von Bismarck's baptistery
- 6 Sandau - with Romance 5 Parish Church of Sandauwhich was restored after partial war destruction.
- 7 Loburg - Castle, church ruins, Wendgräben Castle, Storchenhof
- 8 Moan - Castle, castle park, memorial stone battle 1813
background
language
getting there
by car
The A 2 (Berlin - Hanover) crosses the region in an east-west direction, as does Bundesstrasse 1.
by train
The main line Berlin - (Potsdam) - (Brandenburg) - Magdeburg crosses the region in an east-west direction with regional express stops in Burg and Genthin, among others. From the south you can travel via the route (Leipzig) - (Dessau) - Magdeburg with regional express stops in Gommern and Biederitz, among others.
by boat
North of the A1 motorway near Magdeburg there is only one other road bridge near Tangermünde that crosses the Elbe. However, there are car ferries in the places
- Rogätz
- Ferchland
- Arneburg
- Sandau.
by bicycle
The Elbe cycle path leads both from the north and from the south into (and through) the Jerichower Land.
mobility
The rail network has been thinned out quite a bit in recent years by the closure of various branch lines, without bus lines having created a full replacement, especially on weekends.
This makes the car the only realistic way of getting from A to B quickly. Those who want to travel more slowly have favorable conditions by bike due to the comparatively sparse settlement, which generates hardly any traffic, especially on side streets, and the flat topography.
Tourist Attractions
The district of Jerichower Land is architecturally shaped by the brick buildings from the Romanesque period, which are often found here. The foundation building is the well-preserved Jerichow Monastery, which is well worth seeing. After its completion (consecration in 1172), the builders found work on numerous Romanesque village churches from the turn of the 13th century, which are worth seeing because of their mostly careful execution in brick and partly because of their furnishings. Some of them are stations at the Romanesque Road. These include the
- 6 City Church Jerichow
- 7 Großwulkow village church
- 8 Kleinwulkow village church
- 9 Melkow village church
- 10 Redekin village church
- 11 Fischbeck village church
- 12 Giesenslage village church especially carefully executed and in good condition
- 13 Wust village church with the tomb of those von Katte, including the decapitated one Lieutenant von Katte, Childhood friend of Frederick II.
activities
- Dampfzug-Betriebsgemeinschaft e.V. Loburg working group: Steam train rides from Loburg
kitchen
nightlife
As in the neighboring western Havelland, in parts of the Jerichower Land (around the village of Schollene) the nights are darker than elsewhere due to sparse settlements and sparse infrastructure. This leads to a nightlife of its own kind: stargazers armed with telescopes and look for the best (darkest) observation points. This has meanwhile been ennobled by the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) as the first star park in Germany.
