The Pre-flaming is the Saxony-Anhalt part of the landscape otherwise located in Brandenburg Flaming. It extends north along the Elbe between the Annaburger Heide area in the southeast to almost the gates Magdeburgs in the north-west. That closes to the north Jerichower Land at.
places
- Annaburg - Small town on the Annaburger Heide; Porcelain factory with factory museum.
- Coswig - Located on the Elbe between Dessau and Wittenberg; Protestant church “St. Nicolai ".
- Jessen - historic market square and Jessen Castle.
- Prettin - small town on the Elbe in the extreme south. The Protestant town church “St. Marien “recognizable. Preserved city wall tower, in the east of the city the renaissance castle Lichtenburg with park.
- Wittenberg - the city of the Reformation with a castle and university church, on whose doors Luther posted his theses; west of the city the Alaris Butterfly Park.
- Rosslau - City on the Elbe; since July 1, 2007 merged with the neighboring city of Dessau to "Dessau-Roßlau".
- Zerbst - Located on the edge of the Elbe between Roßlau and Barby.
Other goals
background
The Vorflaming is the transition area between the moraine landscape of the Fläming in the north to the Breslau-Magdeburg-Bremen glacial valley, the Elbe and Black Elster use. In the south (Weinberg bei Jessen), recognizable as a clear bump in the terrain with a height difference of 50 meters, the Vorflming flattens out to the northwest and hardly develops any height differences at Zerbst. and Roßlau-Wittenberger Vorfläming.
getting there
By plane
The closest airport is the Leipzig / Halle Airport
(IATA: LEJ)which is well connected to the rail and motorway network and has scheduled flights to most domestic airports and some foreign airports. For the onward journey to Wittenberg or Roßlau you should allow one and a half to two hours. Also the Berlin Brandenburg Airport(IATA: BER) can be interesting for the journey due to the good rail and road connections.
By train
Lutherstadt Wittenberg is used every hour by ICE and IC trains from Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich, Halle / S. and Frankfurt am Main. There is a RE connection every two hours from Rostock via Berlin as well as from Halle (Saale) and Leipzig every two hours a free S-Bahn line (you have to alternate when traveling from Halle and Leipzig in Bitterfeld change).
A regional train also leaves every hour Annaburg or. Falkenberg (Elster) (there change direction Cottbus, Elsterwerda, Hoyerswerda) and from Dessau central station or. Rosslau out. Roßlau can also be reached with regional trains on the Berlin-Dessau and Magdeburg-Dessau routes.
Road
The A 9 Munich - Berlin crosses the area, the A 2 Hanover - Berlin passes a little north. The area is accessible from other directions by federal highways. You have to take into account that there are only fixed crossings of the Elbe in addition to the motorways in Schönebeck (-Gommern), Dessau (-Rosslau) and Wittenberg. Otherwise you can cross the Elbe on some ferries.
By boat
The Elbe is navigable (federal waterway) and is used by river cruise ships and excursion steamers. The Weisse Elster is passable for water hikers. Its tributaries, which drain the Fläming, are not navigable.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The main attractions of the region are those included in the world cultural heritage Sites of the Reformation in Wittenberg.
There are also some historic town centers, castles, palaces, village churches and technical monuments.
Along the Elbe, nature is in Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve placed under protection and, combined with flora and fauna, its own place of interest in its untouched state.
