On my walk through Quedlinburg, I came across this Moravian Star. Generally, it is an Advent decoration popular in Germany and other places where there are Moravian congregations. The German name Herrnhuter Stern refers to the city of Herrnhut. There the stars were first commercially produced.
Tag: Saxony-Anhalt
Blankenburg Castle in Blankenburg (Harz)
Blankenburg Castle (Schloss Blankenburg) stands on a limestone high over Blankenburg in Saxony-Anhalt. Frederica of Hanover, mother of Queen Sofía of Spain, was born here in 1917.