The origins of the protestant St. Maurice and Catherine`s church are in the 10th century, when Emperor Otto I donated a monastery in Magdeburg. The today gothic appearing sacral building holds still innumerable traces of the Romanesque previous building worth being discovered and admired.

The cathedral of Halberstadt, in its present form, was erected on the ruins of the previous building in 1222, which was destroyed by Heinrich the Lion in 1179. During the Second World War the church was heavily damaged but was rebuilt until1956.

The former collegiate church St. Servatii is one of the most famous high Romanesque buildings in Germany. In the 10th century Quedlinburg became one of the most important palatinate under the rule of King Heinrich I. After Henry‘s death his widow Mathilde founded a monastery for women on the Schlossberg (castle`s mount).

Naumburg Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, whose main construction period was in the 13th century, combines late Romanesque and early Gothic elements in elegant beauty. In particular, the cathedral has become famous for early Gothic stonemasonry by the Naumburg Master which is impressive with its realistic design.

The crypt of the cathedral of Merseburg St. Johannes and Laurentius from the early 11th century is one of the most important and most beautiful examples of the Romanesque architecture in Germany. In the cathedral`s library the famous "Merseburger spells " were discovered, written in old-high-German language.

The cathedral of Havelberg was built immediately after the so-called crusade against the Wends and the final repression of the Slavic tribes in 1149. Monks lived in the monastery belonging to the cathedral according to the Premonstratensian rule until its rescission in 1507.