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At least the tower is clearly visible from the cycle path.

I don't know if I, as a cyclist, should consider this a highlight. In any case, cyclists can now get through (dismounting, because it's so narrow), while drivers have to take detours.

Very beautiful old church

From the ferry you have this great view

The church hall is spanned by a beamed ceiling. The three-sided gallery and the pulpit date from the time of construction. The colorfully painted wooden statue of the Madonna in the choir, originally from a no longer existing carved altar, dates to around 1460. The altarpiece and the painting of the blessing Christ on the west gallery date from 1898 by the genre painter Günther. On the walls of the church hall hang several small oil paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries: Lazarus' Resurrection, Mary with the Child, the Flagellation of Christ, and a legend painting.[7] The church has two bells. The smaller one, with a diameter of 0.88 m, dates from the 13th century. The larger one, with a diameter of 1.10 m, bears the inscription Sit tempestatum per me omne genus fugatum ("May every kind of storm be driven away by me," leonine hexameter) in capital letters, with the prayer Ave Maria below. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marien_(Rothenburg)

The church, located on a ridge on the banks of the Saale River, was built between 1840 and 1844 according to a design by Friedrich August Stüler in the neo-Romanesque round-arch style from the local reddish sandstone. This new building was financed by a donation from the Prussian King Frederick William IV. It was built on the same site, but larger and on a more secure foundation. For this purpose, the cemetery and its surrounding wall were also leveled.[3] It is a squat rectangular building with a semicircular, windowless apse in the east and a slender, square west tower. Baldachin-like, open entrance halls flank the tower on the north and south sides. Flat pillars topped with pinnacles are located at the corners of the nave. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marien_(Rothenburg)

St. Mary's Church is the Protestant church of Rothenburg in the Saalekreis district of Saxony-Anhalt, part of the Wettin-Löbejün municipality. It belongs to the Wettin parish association in the Halle-Saalkreis church district of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.[1] The church is listed as a historic monument in the local register of monuments under registration number 094 55151.[2] Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marien_(Rothenburg)

In 1565, the gatekeeper's house was built on the upper castle. The keep of the upper castle appears already ruinous in Merian's 1640 account. It was completely demolished in 1697. The upper castle burned down in the town fire of 1660. In 1663, the Trothas sold their fief to Johann Heinrich von Menius. He built the Menius House on the town side from 1663 to 1689. The lower castle was sold in 1446 by Archbishop Friedrich to Koppe von Ammendorf and Caspar aus dem Winckel. The Ammendorf family received the Saale side of the castle, and the Winkel family the town side. In 1555, the Winkel family acquired the Ammendorf share, thus becoming the owner of the entire lower castle. Around 1600, the lower castle underwent extensive expansion under Christoph aus dem Winckel. Three gables in Baroque style were added to the courtyard side of the Ammendorf house. The striking Winkel Tower at the northern tip was built in 1606. Between 1768 and 1770, the Winkel House was renovated in the Rococo style. In 1795, the Winkels sold the entire Wettin estate to the von Merode family, who sold it to Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia on November 4, 1803. Louis Ferdinand had the Winkel Palace expanded once again for residential purposes until 1806. After his death, the lower castle was used solely for commercial purposes. The tenants established a brewery and a distillery in the buildings. Between 1806 and 1813, the gatehouse on the north side was demolished and the access road was widened. Around 1830, the upper floors of the north and south wings were demolished. The keep, which had long been in ruins, was demolished in 1860, as was St. Peter's Church in 1840. Several outbuildings were built on the castle grounds in the 19th and 20th centuries. They still define the castle's appearance today. The area around the gate of the Lower Castle was significantly altered after 1930 when it was used as a Gauführerschule (district leader school) for the Nazi Party. In the early 1950s, the Finance School for Farmers moved into the Lower Castle. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Wettin