GERMANY ~ Quedlinburg - UNESCO ~

... Great aerial view of a charming small medieval town with the largest number of half-timbered houses in Germany... the narrow, cobblestone streets are lined with over 1300 half-timbered houses... it has a nice market square with the town hall and the Roland statue, the Castle Hill with the Collegiate Church St Servatius, and several other churches...  the authentic Middle Ages urban layout has hardly changed in the 700 years that have passed... it's like stepping back in time... this city along with the other cities in the region truly represent some hidden gems in the Harz mountains of northern Germany... with "of course"😉 a lovely special postmark... Thanks you very much Dustin!!(✿ ♥‿♥)

Photo: Steffen Schellhorn Quedlinburg is a City in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and lies on the Bode River, in the northern foothills of the Lower Harz Mountains, southwest of Magdeburg.

Founded in 922 as a fortress by Henry I (the Fowler), it became a favourite residence of the Saxon emperors, and in 968 Otto I founded an imperial abbey there (with his daughter Mathilda as abbess), which was secularized in 1803. A member of the Hanseatic League until 1477, the city then came under the protection of the electors of Saxony until it passed to Brandenburg in 1698.

The church, castle, and old town were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

Stamp:

Flora - Flowers
(Issued 11-05-2017)