| Main | Births etc |
|---|
Bernburg | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Salzlandkreis |
| Subdivisions | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Henry Schütze |
| Area | |
• Total |
113.45 km2 (43.80 sq mi) |
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 of Waldau (which became 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 has one of the campuses of the regional university. In the Nazi era during World War II, a wing of the town's mental hospital was allegedly used for the so-called T-4 Euthanasia Programme (see Bernburg Euthanasia Centre).
International relations[]
Bernburg is twinned with:
Anderson, Indiana, USA, since 1994
Fourmies, France, since 1967
Rheine, Germany, since 1990- Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
- Chomutov, Czech Republic
- Trakai, Lithuania
See also[]
- Bernburg Euthanasia Centre
References[]
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Landkreisen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf.
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