Merseburg
Merseburg is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig.
Merseburg is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg.
The University of Merseburg is located within the town. Merseburg has around 35,000 inhabitants.
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Worth seeing in and around Merseburg
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Merseburg Cathedral
Merseburg Cathedral is the proto-cathedral of the former Bishopric of Merseburg in Merseburg, Germany. The mostly Gothic church is considered an artistic and historical highlight in southern Saxony-Anhalt.
700 m · cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Merseburg Cathedral
- 02Episcopal Palace
Renaissance three-wing palace, built as an episcopal residence, later used by Prince-Electors and Dukes of Saxony, then by Prussian governors.
- 03Merseburger Ständehaus
Representative historistic building from the 1890s.
- 04Willi-Sitte-Galerie
- 05Franzosen-Brunnen
Historic well that has existed since medieval times, in front of a passage between to benefice houses.
- 06St Maximus' Church
13th-century Gothic three-aisled hall church.
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Things to do
- 01Domstadt Kino
7 (tram station "Merseburg Zentrum", 150 m from train station),.
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Where to eat
Die Sonne - Mediterranean restaurant (mostly Italian cuisine) - highly recommended place (http://sonne-merseburg.de/) Taverne Kreta - Greek restaurant, decent food and very popular among local merseburgers (https://www.taverne-kreta-merseburg.de/) Various Middle Eastern eateries spread all over the center of Merseburg (Kebab, Shawarma and everything else from Syria to Turkey) McDonald's outside of the city centre…
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Getting to Merseburg
- Airports
- Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 18 km · Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 83 km · Dresden (DRS), 126 km
- Stations
- Merseburg Central Station, 300 m
- Erfurt → Merseburg79 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · €12–16
- Dresden → Merseburg126 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · €15–21
- Berlin → Merseburg162 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €19–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Merseburg
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Next door to Merseburg
Merseburg is 26 km from Leipzig, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.