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Leipzig's 500-year-old cellar restaurant, immortalised when Goethe set Faust's barrel-riding scene here; bronze Mephisto and bewitched students guard the stairs down from the Mädlerpassage.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · Europe
Wettin sits on the route: 10 minutes from Beesenstedt, 51km from Quedlinburg.
Wettin is a town located in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. With a population of 2,046, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Wettin sits in Germany, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Berlin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Wettin to your route.
Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling families of the United Kingdom and Belgium.
In 982, Dedo I (d. 1009) andRead more
Frederick (d. 1017), sons of Theodoric I of Wettin, perhaps count of Hassegau, received lands taken from the Wends, including the county (or Gau) of Wettin on the right bank of the Saale. There is a legend that the family is descended from one Wettekind, but this can not be attested in any history. At least one reference claims that the castle was built by a descendant of Dietrich named Thimo.
That castle is a rebuilt ruin, used as part of a building that houses a school and other public institutions but other castles owned by the Wettin family, from the 15th century, still exist in Meissen, and on the Elbe river.
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Wettin is located in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 51.5860 latitude, 11.8063 longitude.
Wettin has a population of approximately 2,046 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Leipzig's 500-year-old cellar restaurant, immortalised when Goethe set Faust's barrel-riding scene here; bronze Mephisto and bewitched students guard the stairs down from the Mädlerpassage.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Over 1,300 half-timbered houses spanning eight centuries cluster below the Romanesque collegiate church where Germany's first king lies buried; UNESCO-listed yet still missing from most itineraries.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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A colossal 91m granite monument in Leipzig marking the 1813 battle, climbable for sweeping city views.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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