Saxony-Anhalt . Landtag, Parliament building in Magdeburg, Germany
The Saxony-Anhalt Landtag occupies four adjoining houses at Domplatz 6–9, directly opposite Magdeburg Cathedral. Behind the restored bourgeois-baroque facade of the 1720s, the interior follows Bauhaus-era functional design, with a glass front curved toward the inner courtyard that won Saxony-Anhalt's architecture prize in 1998.
The three baroque houses at Domplatz 7–9 were built in the 1720s for wine merchant Johann Christian Winneberg, master mason Georg Reinecke and fortress engineer Cornelius von Walrave; Domplatz 9 housed the Prussian district court from 1879 to 1905. Partly destroyed in 1944, the buildings were rebuilt from 1953 to 1956, with the ruined Domplatz 6 added in baroque forms. On 28 October 1990 the new Landtag met in Dessau and voted 57 to 49 for Magdeburg over Halle as capital; it first sat here on 17 January 1991.
The building serves as a place where citizens can watch debates and take part in discussions about regional matters. It brings together people to talk about questions that affect Saxony-Anhalt.
The building can be visited on weekdays with guided tours that show visitors the baroque architecture and how the legislative process works. Visitors should note that tours need to be arranged in advance and visiting hours are limited.
The plenary hall's glass front curves toward the inner courtyard because the protected outer wall, built from wartime rubble, ruled out a free-standing round chamber; the design by Kirchner and Przyborowski with Lindemann and Thamm won Saxony-Anhalt's architecture prize in 1998.
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