Merseburg

Merseburg is a cathedral and college town on the Saale in southern Saxony Anhalt. It is the executive seat of the Saalekreis and part of the transnational agglomeration of the cities of Leipzig and Halle. In the metropolitan location of Central Germany, that is predominantly characterized with the aid of those regional facilities, Merseburg functions as a center of excellence. Immediately adjoining to Merseburg are the chemical websites Schkopau and Leuna.

Merseburg, one of the oldest towns in relevant Germany, became expanded to the royal palace within the tenth century and is taken into consideration the hometown of the Merseburg spells from the 9th to 10th century. The first point out in the 9th. Already in prehistoric times, a primary agreement inside the place of brand new Merseburg is detectable. The Merseburg Museum includes reveals from the tombs of ribbon and string ceramics, the Bronze Age, the quit of the Hallstatt period, the Roman imperial generation, the Migration Period and settlements of the Elbe Slavs.