Saxony-Anhalt: Land of religious Revolution and Invention
Facts
- Population 2.72 million.
- Area 20,455 sq. km.
Famous Facts
- In 1517 Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg.
- The Bauhaus movement of design and architecture was based in Dessau.
- The region was once the GDR’s industrial powerhouse.
- Vacuum technology was invented in Magdeburg in the 1650s.
- Händel was born in Halle.
Where about
Saxony-Anhalt is bounded to the north-east by Brandenburg and Berlin and the south-east by Saxony. Thuringia is to the south-west and Lower Saxony and Bremen to the north-west.
How to get there
Magdeburg domestic airport.
