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Bautzen has a very compact and well-preserved medieval town centre with numerous churches and towers and a city wall on the steep embankment to the river Spree, with one of the oldest preserved waterworks in central Europe (built 1558).
Bautzen was first mentioned (as Budissin) in 1002 by the chronicler Thietmar von Merseburg. Before this, the granite outcrop on the river Spree was already populated by East Germans and Slavic Milzeners, who disputed the right of settlement between them.
The town of Bautzen (pop. approx. 40,000) in mountainous Upper Lusatia has built numerous towers in its more than 1,000-year history; currently there are still 17 towers that give the beautiful medieval town an imposing silhouette.
Bautzen is an old city in Saxony, Germany. It is a well preserved medieval city and the cultural center of the Sorbian community in Germany.
- Main Market Square with Town Hall
- St. Petri Cathedral
- Towers in Bautzen Germany – The Best View
- Friedensbrücke
- Ortenburg Castle
- Sorbian Museum
- Bautzen Memorial
- Alte Wasserkunst
- Bautzen Insider Tip – Ruins of St. Nicholas Church with Cemetery
- Bautzen Mustard
The main market of Bautzen turns out rather modest with a size of 50 x 65 meters. This makes it quite difficult to photograph everything given the 54-meter height of the town hall. We recommend going to the southeast corner of the market square for the best view. From here there is the best view of the market including the town hall. By the way, th...
Bautzen Cathedral is a real speciality. Because normally churches are either Protestant or Catholic. Bautzen Cathedral, however, is both. Here, both Protestants and Catholics have a part of the church to themselves and thus celebrate services separately, but under one roof. And this has been the case, with short interruptions, since 1524! By the wa...
Bautzen wird auch die “Stadt der Türme” genannt und in der Tat hat die Stadt einige davon zu bieten. Nicht alle von ihnen sind jedoch zugänglich. Besichtigen könnt ihr den Lauenturm mit dem Lauentürmer. Vorher müsst ihr euch über die Öffnungszeiten informieren. Bei der Stadtführung “Bautzen – Stadt der Türme” kommt ihr auf den Matthiasturm, der son...
The Peace Bridge itself is not one of the Bautzen sights. It is 20 metres high and one of the longest crossings of the Spree. However, the view of the old town from here is particularly beautiful. From the Friedensbrücke you can photograph the most important sights of the city at once, including the town hall and the Alte Wasserkunst.
The Margraves of Meissen had Ortenburg Castle built in 1002 to protect their borders. It was in Ortenburg Castle that the Peace of Bautzen was concluded between the Holy Roman Empire and Poland. Meanwhile, Bautzen remained in the hands of the Slavic tribe of the Milzener. The Ortenburg includes the Matthias Tower, which formed the entrance in the M...
The Sorbian Museumgives you an insight into the more than thousand-year-old history of the Sorbs. The Slavic minority is the traditional heart of Upper Lusatia. In the building in Ortenburg Castle you will find a permanent exhibition that provides very detailed information about the history of the Sorbs from the first settlement of the region by Sl...
The Bautzen memorial site commemorates the suffering of the political prisoners who were incarcerated in the state security prisons in Bautzen. The extensive exhibition explains everything from surveillance and the reasons for Stasi detention to arrests, torture methods and the inhumane treatment of political prisoners. In the oppressively cramped ...
The Alte Wasserkunst (“Old Water Art”) in Bautzen was not only part of the city’s fortifications. As a technical system, it also served to supply the city with water. This was especially useful when the city was under siege by foreign troops. During a visit to the Old Waterworks (admission 3 euros), you can not only learn about this unique technica...
A real insider tip that cannot be discovered at first glance is the Nikolai Church. It actually no longer stands, because it was destroyed during a siege of the city during the Thirty Years’ War. The attempt to rebuild it failed. Only some of its foundation walls remain. Between them today stretches the Nikolai cemetery, where people are still buri...
I don’t know what I would do without it: Bautz’ner Senf (Bautzen Mustard). I am a self-confessed fan of Bautz’ner Senf and even take it with me to Ukraine so that I am supplied with it until my next visit to Germany. Because for me, there is no better. I’m not alone in this, because Bautz’ner is the market leader in eastern Germany, with 70 per cen...
Bautzen looks back on a long history and was first mentioned in 1002 as Budusin, or Budyšin in Sorbian. Today, it is one of Germany’s best preserved medieval towns with a beautiful skyline of 14 medieval towers.
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Aug 1, 2024 · Bautzen was first mentioned as “Civitas Budusin” in 1002 and thus looks back on more than 1000 years of history. In the city you will find many towers, gates and bastions as well as hundreds of cultural monuments from different centuries, so a tour of the city is a foray through its history.
