Guide to Bach Tour

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Description | Events in Life History of J.S. Bach | Performance Dates of J.S. Bach’s Vocal Works | Features of Interest | Information & Links | Photos | Maps

Description

Naumburg (35,000 inhabitants) is one of those pretty little medieval towns for which Germany is so famous. Once a powerful market town and member of the Hanseatic League, it's best known for its exquisite cathedral, but its friendly people and general accessibility are equally charming. Its claims to fame are brief visits by Martin Luther (he stayed, preached, drank and taught here twice), and the fact that it was, for several years, the residence of Friedrich Nietzsche.

The town goes absolutely barking mad on the last weekend in June with the Kirsch Fest, held at the Vogelwiese at the southeast end of town. It celebrates the unlikely story, dating from the Middle Ages, of the lifting of a blockade by Czech soldiers when their leader, Prokop, gave in to requests by the town's children, dressed in their Sunday finest, to please leave and let the townsfolk eat again.

J.S. Bach visited Naumburg once, in 1746, in order to examine the organ in Wenzelskirche.

Events in Life History of J.S. Bach

Date/Year	Event
Leipzig (1741-1750)
Sep 27, 1746	Organ examination in Wenzelskirche, Naumburg
Posthumous Years (1750-1800)
Fall 1750	Gottfried Heinrich joins the household of his brother-in-law Johann Christoph Altnickol in Naumburg
Feb 12, 1763	Death of Gottfried Heinrich (age 39) in Naumburg

Performance Dates of J.S. Bach’s Vocal Works: None.

Features of Interest	Information & Links
Dom – Cathedral of Sts Peter & Paul Marienplatz. Marien-Magdalen-Kirche. Hohe Lilie. Stadtkirche St Wenzel (St Wenceslas Curch). Nietzsche Haus.	Stadt Naumburg/Saale (Official Website) [German] Naumburg Online [German] Stadtmuseum Naumburg (Saale) [German] Cityreview: Sachsen Anhalt > Naumburg (Saale) [German] Naumburg (Saale) (Meinestadt) [German]

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (March 2004)

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