Halberstadt - Church of St Martini by Thomas Bugdoll

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Just behind the town hall is the town and civic church of St Martini in Halberstadt, built in the 13th to 14th centuries in the Gothic style. It is one of Halberstadt's three main churches with two towers of unequal height that characterise the townscape.

Halberstadt is a town steeped in tradition in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt and is located on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains. It is one of the oldest towns in the region and can look back on over 1200 years of history.

Halberstadt was an important ecclesiastical and cultural centre in the Middle Ages. The diocese of Halberstadt, which had great influence for centuries, was particularly influential. Despite severe destruction during the Second World War, the city's historical heritage is still visible today. One of the most famous landmarks is the Cathedral of St Stephen and St Sixtus, an impressive Gothic building with one of the most important cathedral treasures in Europe. Also worth seeing are the Liebfrauenkirche, a Romanesque basilica; the Gleimhaus, a literary museum; the Schraube Museum and the Municipal Museum as well as the historic old town with its half-timbered houses.
Halberstadt is internationally renowned for the extraordinary music project "ORGAN²/ASLSP" by John Cage, which has been performed in the Burchardi Church since 2001 and is set to last 639 years - the slowest piece of music in the world.

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