Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen

The Marktkirche Our Lady, additionally called St. Mary's Church, is the youngest of the medieval churches in the metropolis of Halle, Saale and is one of the maximum vital homes of past due Gothic in Central Germany. Its four towers together with the Red Tower are the landmark of the city corridor, the town of 5 towers. The church celebrated its 450th anniversary in 2004. The Marktkirche was constructed between 1529 and 1554 from the centuries vintage predecessors St. Gertruden and St. Marien.

The western Gertrudenkirche came from the 11th century and changed into the church of the Salzwirker inside the valley of Halle, the location around modern Hallmarkt. The 12th century Eastern Church of St. Mary changed into the parish church of the traders and craftsmen of the Bergstadt, the better streets around the market square. The ruler of the town of Halle, Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Magdeburg archbishop and Elector of Mainz, wanted for his residence town Halle a representative church in a principal vicinity, which corresponded to his thoughts.