Havelberg Old Town and Cathedral

Havelberg is a wonderful day destination. The old town of the Hanseatic city is on an island, which is cool in itself. Havelberg is quite small, so the range of accommodation is available but manageable. Unfortunately, Havelberg no longer has a train station. If you don't want to spend the night here, you can take the bus to Glöwen in Brandenburg, Schönhausen (Elbe), Tangermünde or Stendal, which are connected to the rail network. Of course you can also cycle there.

Since 2008 Havelberg leads the name "Hanseatic Havelberg". She followed her tradition as an old Hanseatic city, because in addition to Gardelegen, Salzwedel, Osterburg, Stendal, Seehausen, Tangermünde and advertising Havelberg has been Hanseatic city since 1358. In the Rostock directory Havelberg is listed as a member of the Hanseatic League from the beginning. Havelberg was demonstrably part of the Hanseatic League until 1478, ie 120 years long. In the publication of the Brandenburg Main Archive, Volume 38, reference is made to Havelberg's relation to the Hanseatic League (Lieselott Enders, Die Prignitz, History of a Curvey Landscape from the 12th to the 18th Centuries). Attended by the Hanseatic city of Rostock in 1359 at the general Hanseatic day in Lübeck (Eckhardt Müller-Mertens - Investigations into the history of the Brandenburg towns in the Middle Ages,

In a printed leaflet “Discover Havelberg” with a map, 18 historically valuable or distinctive places are shown that are worth visiting in the Hanseatic city of Havelberg. All objects have an information board with the object number and a brief description.
The “Discover Havelberg” leaflet is available for € 0.50 from the Tourist Information.