The best city hikes and walks in Tanger-Elbeniederung

The towers are easily accessible from outside the wall and are well signposted.

The Rosspforte is located at the Elbe Gate and, together with the Rossfurt, formed the only access road from the Elbe into the town of Tangermünde for a long time. The Rossfurt is a 100-meter-long hollow way. The Elbe Gate once had a portcullis, the niches of which are still recognizable today, and features faithful replicas of the gate wings and the Elbe's water level marks. In 2013, it reached its highest level to date at 8.38 meters. Source: https://www.blutana.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/Rosspforte-Tangermuende-2155.html

Reederei Kaiser was founded in 1992 as a family business by Roland and Hannelore Kaiser, thus celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2022. It has since been handed over to the next generation, namely daughter Tina Kaiser, and with 3 ships, it is one of the largest passenger shipping companies in Saxony-Anhalt. The home port and company headquarters are, fittingly, the Kaiser city of Tangermünde on Elbe kilometer 388. Departure points with their own jetties also include the Hanseatic city of Havelberg and the Magdeburg – Rothensee waterway junction. Several times a year, we also offer trips from Burg and Genthin in the Jerichower Land. Source: https://www.reederei-kaiser.de/die-reederei/

The Marktstraße leads on to the Putinnen. These are two towers, standing about 30 meters apart on the city wall. They protect a small staircase that serves as access to the river. The people of Tangermünde frequently relied on the water of the Tanger. For instance, in the 18th century, the city had only 12 wells, which could sometimes barely supply the necessary drinking water. The eastern tower served as a citizens' jail for a time. The already mentioned staircase leads through the western tower. Both towers were built around 1470. Source: https://www.portalsaeule.de/index.php?cat=Mauern%2C%20Tore%20und%20T%C3%BCrme%2FStadtbefestigungen%20in%20Deutschland&page=Tangerm%C3%BCnde_2

The Stephanskirche is located on the highest elevation of Tangermünde – the Prälatenberg. It is one of the outstanding buildings of North German Brick Gothic. Various sources attributed a height of 94 meters to the tower. A few Tangermünde residents and also tourists expressed doubts about this enormous height for many years. Only the measurement of the tower during the renovation (1998-2000) proved the skeptics right and resulted in a height of "only" 87.5 meters. But even with this height, St. Stephan can continue to claim to be the tallest church tower in the Altmark. Source: https://www.tangermuende.info/st.-stephan.html

On the Zollensteig stands the Elisabethkapelle (Chapel of St. Elisabeth), founded in the 13th century and renewed around 1660/70. The church originally belonged to the hospital of the same name. Saint Elisabeth (1207-1231), Landgravine of Thuringia, enjoyed great veneration, especially in the 13th century, as a helper of the sick and the poor. The western end of the Elisabethkapelle was formed by a pillar gable with a small bell tower, projecting ribbon rods, and terracotta as decorative elements. During the great city fire of 1617, the hospital went up in flames. After another fire in 1678, the chapel served as a state salt magazine until the 19th century. That is why the church is still popularly known as Sazkirche (Salt Church). The salt stored here came from Lüneburg, later by water from Halle and Schönebeck. From 1891 to 1926, the Elisabethkapelle was used by the Catholic community, founded in 1888, and once again served its original purpose as a place of worship during this time. Source: https://www.tangermuende.info/sightseeing.html

The oriented brick church was built according to the plans of architect Kurt Matern, cathedral master builder of the Paderborn diocese. The house of worship, with its distinctive tower, was erected in the Neo-Romanesque style and offers 223 seats.

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