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Giebichenstein Castle sits on a rock above the Saale. Built as a bishop's seat in the 12th century and destroyed by fire 400 years later, it is now the most beautiful ruin in the city.

Giebichenstein Castle sits on a rock above the Saale. Built as a bishop's seat in the 12th century and destroyed by fire 400 years later, it is now the most beautiful ruin in the city. Here was Halle's birth, it was ruled from here, here "Ludwig the Springer" managed to escape from prison by making a daring leap into the Saale. The ruins served as inspiration for Romantic poets. The old castle is full of history and stories. You can discover it in a newly designed exhibition. https://halle365.de/veranstaltungsort/burg-giebichenstein

The obelisk made of black granite was inaugurated on August 30, 1896 and is located on a rock near the Kröllwitzer Saale bank.

Good trail route, nice local recreation area

The old imperial cathedral in Merseburg is not only an outstanding place of German history, but also filled with numerous art objects worth seeing. The Langhans organ with well over 5000 pipes is another highlight.

961 Giebichenstein was first mentioned. In the second half of the 12th century the construction of a stone fortification, the upper castle, began. The castle served the Archbishops of Magdeburg as a temporary seat of government, until the completion of the Moritzburg in Halle (1503) as their main residence. During the Thirty Years' War (1636) the fortress was partially ruined. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the castle ruins were an important symbol of German Romanticism. In 1906, the city of Halle acquired the castle ruins from the Prussian domain administration and made them accessible to the public. It has been an open-air architecture museum since 1966. As a result of extensive restoration work since the early 1990s, further remains of the wall have been uncovered, making a visit to the Giebichenstein much more intuitive. (Circumferential walls, foundations of residential buildings, including a residential tower, with walls three to five meters thick. Foundations of the castle church 17 m long, wall thickness 2.20 m. Courtyard with original medieval paving. Barrel vault). The gate tower (12th century) as a lookout tower offers a unique, unforgettable view over the Saale valley. Since 1921, the lower castle has been the seat of today's art school in Halle - Burg Giebichenstein. Source: https://m.halle.de/de/Kultur/Tourismus/Sehenswertes/History-discovery/Burg-Giebichenstein/

Very good view of the castle with the Saale in the foreground

There is a commemorative plaque on the west side of the bridge that commemorates a special event. King Friedrich Wilhelm III is said to be on the bridge. received the news of the Battle of Waterloo and the victory over Napoleon in the presence of Princes Friedrich Wilhelm IV and Wilhelm I. The news was brought by Colonel Adolf Eduard von Thile.[2] The commemorative plaque was erected when the bridge was renamed Waterloo Bridge in 1891. After the Second World War, the commemorative plaque disappeared; but it was reattached in 1999. Source: Wikipedia