The Church of the Market of the Holy Spirit is the largest wooden church in Germany and, because of its architecture and furnishings, it is one of the most important architectural monuments of the Baroque period in North Germany. The church was built between 1639 and 1642 entirely of oak and spruce wood. The building is covered with wooden sleepers and has been repainted in its original blue colour since 2013.
The Gustav-Adolf-Stabkirche is a reproduction of the Borgund stave church built between 1907 and 1908. During a study trip to Norway, the architect Karl Mohrmann saw staves churches and, inspired by them, he decided to reproduce one in Germany, arguing that this type of church existed throughout the entire region of North Germany at the beginning of Christianization.
The Neuwerkkirche is one of the most important Romanesque churches in the Harz Mountains. It was founded in the 12th century by the then imperial bailiff Volkmar and his wife Helena as the collegiate church "St. Maria in horto" (St. Mary in the Rose Garden).
The monastery is a former Augustinian Monastery, known for its Baroque was begun in 1701. Its collegiate church of St George was built between 1711 and 1714.
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