Merseburg
Merseburg is a more than thousand-year-old town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Although the historic centre was largely destroyed in World War II, the town has several notable buildings, including the Merseburg Cathedral of St John the Baptist and the episcopal palace.Places of Interest
Highlights include Merseburg Cathedral and Merseburg Hauptbahnhof.
Merseburg Cathedral
Cathedral
Merseburg Cathedral is the proto-cathedral of the former Bishopric of Merseburg in Merseburg, Germany. The mostly Gothic church is considered an artistic and historical highlight in southern Saxony-Anhalt.
Merseburg Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
Merseburg Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the town of Merseburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is located on the Halle–Bebra railway and Deutsche Bahn assigns it to category 4.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schkopau and Leuna.
Schkopau
Town
Schkopau is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Schkopau is situated 4 km north of Merseburg.
Leuna
Town
Leuna is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle, on the river Saale. The town is known for the Leunawerke, at 13 km2 one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in Germany, where a very wide range of chemicals and plastics is produced. Leuna is situated 4 km southeast of Merseburg.
Merseburg
- Type: Town with 36,400 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
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Latitude
51.3564° or 51° 21′ 23″ north
Longitude
11.9961° or 11° 59′ 46″ east
Population
36,400
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE MEG
Open location code
9F3H9X4W+HF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Merseburg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Merseburg”
- Arabic: “مرزيبورغ”
- Arabic: “مرسيبورغ”
- Aragonese: “Merseburg”
- Armenian: “Մերզեբուրգ”
- Arpitan: “Merseburg”
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- Azerbaijani: “Merzeburq”
- Bashkir: “Мерзебург”
- Basque: “Merseburg”
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- Belarusian: “Мерзебург”
- Belarusian: “Мэрзэбург”
- Bengali: “মার্সেবার্গ”
- Breton: “Merseburg”
- Bulgarian: “Мерзебург”
- Catalan: “Merseburg”
- Cebuano: “Merseburg (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Merseburg”
- Chechen: “Мерзебург”
- Chinese: “梅泽堡”
- Chinese: “梅澤堡”
- Corsican: “Merseburg”
- Croatian: “Merseburg”
- Czech: “Merseburg”
- Czech: “Merseburk”
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- Dutch: “Merseburg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرسيبورج”
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- Estonian: “Merseburg”
- Finnish: “Merseburg”
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- German: “Merseburg”
- Greek: “Μέρζεμπουργκ”
- Hebrew: “מרזבורג”
- Hindi: “मेर्ज़ेबर्ग”
- Hungarian: “Merseburg”
- Icelandic: “Merseburg”
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- Interlingua: “Merseburg”
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- Italian: “Merseburg”
- Japanese: “ハレ=メルゼベルク”
- Japanese: “メルゼブルク”
- Kongo: “Merseburg”
- Korean: “메르제부르크”
- Kurdish: “Merseburg”
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- Latin: “Merseburga”
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- Luxembourgish: “Merseburg”
- Macedonian: “Мерзебург”
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- Neapolitan: “Merseburg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Merseburg”
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- Norwegian: “Merseburg”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Merseburg”
- Persian: “مرزبورگ”
- Picard: “Merseburg”
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- Romanian: “Merseburg”
- Romansh: “Merseburg”
- Russian: “Мерзебург”
- Sardinian: “Merseburg”
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- Serbian: “Merseburg”
- Serbian: “Мерзебург”
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- Slovenian: “Merseburg”
- Spanish: “Merseburg”
- Spanish: “Merseburgo”
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- Swedish: “Merseburg”
- Swiss German: “Merseburg”
- Tatar: “Мерзебург”
- Tumbuka: “Merseburg”
- Turkish: “Merseburg”
- Ukrainian: “Мерзебург”
- Ukrainian: “Мерзебурґ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mjezybor”
- Urdu: “مرسیبرگ”
- Uzbek: “Merseburg”
- Venetian: “Merseburg”
- Vietnamese: “Merseburg”
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- Waray (Philippines): “Merseburg”
- Welsh: “Merseburg”
- Wolof: “Merseburg”
- Zulu: “Merseburg”
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