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Last December, the United Cathedral Foundations of Merseburg and Naumburg and the Collegiate Abbey of Zeitz were able to purchase a fragment from the chronicle of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg (975/976-1018) at auction with the help of the Cultural Foundation of the Federal States, the State of Saxony-Anhalt and private donors.

In 2022, 27,720 visitors came to the Merseburg Imperial Cathedral. "With the visitor numbers from 2022, we are almost approaching the figures before the coronavirus pandemic," says Dr Holger Kunde, Director of the United Cathedral Foundations, looking back on the past year. "This is mainly due to the consecration anniversary 'Consecrated for eternity. 1000 years of the consecration of Merseburg Cathedral' in 2021, which shone far beyond Merseburg and the state borders and helped to draw more attention to Merseburg Cathedral and its city," continued Dr Holger Kunde.

The Merseburg Organ Festival is one of the major organ festivals in Europe. They have a firm place in the musical life of Saxony-Anhalt and attract numerous music lovers from all over the world to the Merseburg Imperial Cathedral every year in September.

"The cliff is an exhibit that brings history to life," said Roland Trampe, employee of the Künker auction house, at the handover of a silver cliff from 1547 today in the cloister of Merseburg Cathedral.

"The consecration anniversary 'Consecrated for eternity. 1000 years of the consecration of Merseburg Cathedral' last year shone beyond Merseburg and the state borders, attracting large numbers of visitors to the cathedral and will also help to draw more attention to Merseburg Cathedral, its city and indeed the entire region in the coming years," says Dr Holger Kunde, Director of the United Cathedral Foundations, looking back on 2021.