The east Thuringian Skat and residence town of Altenburg

7 February 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Orangery and teahouse © Lucas Friese/cc-by-sa-3.0

Orangery and teahouse © Lucas Friese/cc-by-sa-3.0

Altenburg is a city in Thuringia, located 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Leipzig, 90 kilometres (56 miles) west of Dresden and 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region between Gera, Zwickau and Chemnitz with more than 1 million inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of 33,000.   read more…

Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt

14 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Hundertwasser house 'The Green Citadelle' © Doris Antony

Hundertwasser house ‘The Green Citadelle’ © Doris Antony

Magdeburg is the largest city and the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.   read more…

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