Bernburg

Bernburg
Bernburg
Coordinates	51°48′0″N 11°44′0″E / 51.8°N 11.733333°E / 51.8; 11.733333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Salzlandkreis
Municipal assoc.	Bernburg
Town subdivisions	7
Mayor	Henry Schütze
Basic statistics
Area	55.15 km2 (21.29 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m  (279 ft)
Population	31,329  (31 December 2006)
- Density	568 /km2 (1,471 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SLK
Postal code	06406
Area codes	03471, 034692
Website	www.bernburg.de
Location of the town of Bernburg within Salzlandkreis district

Bernburg is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the district of Salzlandkreis. It is situated on the river Saale, approx. 30 km downstream from Halle. The town is dominated by its huge Renaissance castle featuring a museum as well as a popular, recently updated bear pit in its moat.

The church of St. Stephen in the village Waldau (which became a part of Bernburg in 1871) was first mentioned in 964; the present building dates from around 1150. It is a stop on the Romanesque Road or Strasse der Romanik. Bernburg is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("administrative entity") Bernburg.

Bernburg has one of the campuses of the regional university. In the Nazi era during World War II, the town's mental hospital was for several years used for the T-4 Euthanasia Program.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bernburg is twinned with:

• Anderson, USA, since 1994
• Fourmies, France, since 1967
• Rheine, Germany, since 1990
• Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
• Chomutov, Czech Republic
• Trakai, Lithuania

External links

• Official Website of the city (in German)
• Bernburg Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)
• Bernburg Castle

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