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Type: Town with 34,800 residents. Description: town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Categories: urban municipality in Germany, Hanseatic city, district capital and locality. Location: Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Central Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
Website. www.merseburg.de. Merseburg ( German: [ˈmɛʁzəbʊʁk] ⓘ) is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Saalekreis district.
- 88 m (289 ft)
- Saalekreis
Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. Its area is 1,434.2 km 2 (553.7 sq mi). It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Kyffhäuserkreis , Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzlandkreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nordsachsen, Leipzig (both Saxony) and Burgenlandkreis.
- 1,434.2 km² (553.7 sq mi)
- Germany
Merseburg, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies on the left bank of the Saale River, just south of Halle. Founded about 800 as a frontier fortress against the Slavs, it was a favourite residence of the German kings Henry I the Fowler (d. 936), Otto I, and Henry II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Die etwa 34.000 Einwohner zählende Stadt Merseburg, eine ehemalige Kaiserpfalz, liegt im Süden des Bundeslandes Sachsen-Anhalt, etwa 10 km südlich von Halle. Überblick. Karte. Routenplaner.
Merseburg is a more than thousand-year-old town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Mapcarta, the open map.
Another sweet spot is the town of Merseburg. Make sure to stroll through the Merseburg Castle and its gardens and museum, the historical City Church Sankt Maximi which was built probably in the 10th century, and then of course downtown.
