Fritzlar
Fantastic things:
Historical buildings, narrow medieval streets, a taste of centuries gone by - this is your impression of Fritzlar. The town is said to have been founded by St. Boniface.
St. Petri cathedral, one of the most beautiful Romanesque-Gothic churches in the state of Hesse; the town hall (the oldest office building in Hesse); a group of half-timbered houses at the market square with Roland fountain, Wedding House (1580), Gothic sto
ne houses (1310); two km of the preserved city wall with 15 defence towers; the Grey Tower is the oldest preserved defence tower in Germany.
Enchanting Places:
Cathedral treasure and museum at St. Petri Cathedral:
Important treasury with Emperor Henry's cross from the 12th century and the disk reliquary, some of its parts from the 7th century. Religious objects from different eras. Cathedral library with medieval handwritten documents, incunables (early prints) and approx. 10,000 printed volumes from 1501 on.
Regional museum at the Wedding House:
Pre- and early history, cast-iron stoves and roofing tiles, city history (under development), ceramics and agriculture, mineralogy/geology.
Paintings, water colours and drawings by the artist Richard Guhr and his student Hans Otto.
Phone: 0 56 22 /9 88-6 43
Fax: 0 56 22/9 88-6 26
eMail: stadt@fritzlar.de
www.fritzlar.de
