🏰 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg: Old and new towns of Quedlinburg
Medieval German town with over 2,000 half-timbered houses, 10th–19th centuries, Saxony-Anhalt
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- Location: Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on the Bode River
- Half-timbered houses: 2,100+ surviving examples from 15th–19th centuries
- Founded: 10th century; collegiate church built 936
- UNESCO inscription: 1994
Quedlinburg is a medieval town in eastern Germany that preserves one of Europe's largest ensembles of half-timbered architecture spanning nearly 1,000 years of settlement. Divided into distinct old and new quarters by the Bode River, it comprises a Collegiate Church and castle complex perched on a sandstone outcrop, surrounded by cobblestone streets and timber-framed houses. Quedlinburg was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. As of 2026, the town remains fully inhabited and ...