Schwanebeck

The municipal area is situated northeast of Halberstadt, on the Bundesstraße 245 highway to Hamersleben.

The area belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt, which after the Protestant Reformation was finally secularised according to the 1648 Peace of Westphalia.

Bishop Albert II of Halberstadt had a chapel erected in 1334 which soon became a major pilgrimage site.

The present parish church dedicated to St Peter was erected about 1345 and rebuilt in a Baroque style in the late 17th century.

With the Brandenburg Principality of Halberstadt, Schwanebeck was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Saxony by 1817.

Ballenstedt Blankenburg (Harz) Ditfurt Falkenstein Groß Quenstedt Halberstadt Harsleben Harzgerode Hedersleben Huy Ilsenburg Nordharz Oberharz am Brocken Osterwieck Quedlinburg Schwanebeck Selke-Aue Thale Wegeleben Wernigerode
St Peter's Church