Nebra (Unstrut)







Place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany


































































Nebra

Coat of arms of Nebra
Coat of arms

Location of Nebra (Unstrut) within Burgenlandkreis district



Saxony
Thuringia
Saxony-Anhalt
Saalekreis
An der Poststraße
Meineweh
Bad Bibra
Balgstädt
Burgwerben
Dehlitz
Deuben
Droyßig
Eckartsberga
Elsteraue
Finne
Finneland
Freyburg
Gleina
Goseck
Gröben
Gröbitz
Großkorbetha
Gutenborn
Hohenmölsen
Kaiserpfalz
Kaiserpfalz
Karsdorf
Krauschwitz
Kretzschau
Lanitz-Hassel-Tal
Laucha an der Unstrut
Leißling
Lützen
Mertendorf
Molauer Land
Naumburg
Nebra
Nessa
Osterfeld
Prittitz
Reichardtswerben
Reinsdorf
Schkortleben
Schnaudertal
Schönburg
Sössen
Storkau, Weißenfels
Stößen
Tagewerben
Teuchern
Trebnitz
Weißenfels
Wengelsdorf
Wethau
Wetterzeube
Zeitz
Zorbau
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Nebra is located in Germany

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Nebra is located in Saxony-Anhalt

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Coordinates: 51°17′N 11°34′E / 51.283°N 11.567°E / 51.283; 11.567Coordinates: 51°17′N 11°34′E / 51.283°N 11.567°E / 51.283; 11.567
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Burgenlandkreis
Municipal assoc. Unstruttal
Government

 • Mayor
Antje Scheschinski (Ind.)
Area

 • Total 25.42 km2 (9.81 sq mi)
Elevation

50 m (160 ft)
Population
(2017-12-31)[1]

 • Total 3,142
 • Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
06642
Dialling codes 034461
Vehicle registration BLK
Website www.stadt-nebra.de

Nebra (official name: Nebra (Unstrut)) is a town in the district of Burgenlandkreis of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Unstrut. Nebra has become nationally and internationally known as the site where the Nebra sky disc, a notable Bronze Age artifact, was discovered. The town has a population of around 3,300.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


    • 1.1 Location


    • 1.2 Subdivisions


    • 1.3 Neighboring communities




  • 2 History


  • 3 Notable people


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Geography



Location


Nebra lies between Querfurt and Naumburg on the Unstrut river in the west of Burgenlandkreis district.



Subdivisions






















Locality

Population

Nebra 2467
Reinsdorf 551
Wangen 551



Neighboring communities


Neighboring towns are Querfurt, Barnstädt and Steigra (all three in Saalekreis) to the north, Karsdorf to the east, Bad Bibra to the south and Kaiserpfalz to the west.



History





Nebra Sky Disk, a famous artifact of the Bronze Age




New Castle of Nebra


In 1962, four Magdalenian figurines were found near Nebra from the late Upper Paleolithic, which belong to the oldest known artwork in Saxony-Anhalt. The figures are 12,000 to 14,000 years old.


The town is perhaps most famous due to the Nebra sky disk, which was found in Wangen near Nebra in 1999. It only became public in 2002 when the finders tried to sell it and were eventually arrested following a sting operation in Basel, Switzerland. The sky disc is thought to have been created between 2100 and 1700 BCE and to have been buried in approximately 1600 BCE.


The oldest historical documents mentioning Nebra date back to 876. Town privileges were acquired in the 12th century.


Nebra Castle was built in 1540 by the von Nißmitz brothers.


For many centuries, red sandstone was mined in the region which was used for castles and farmhouses.


Between 1952 and 1994, Nebra was the seat of the Nebra municipality in Halle district.


The name of the town was changed on 1 January 1998, from Nebra to Nebra (Unstrut).


On 1 July 2009 the previously separate village of Wangen was merged with Nebra,[2] and on 1 September 2010 the village Reinsdorf was annexed.[3]


Nebra today features the Courths-Mahler archives and Arche Nebra, a museum on the history of the Nebra sky disk. The sky disc itself is exhibited at the Halle State Museum of Prehistory.



Notable people




Hedwig Courths-Mahler around 1900




  • Gallus Dreßler (1533-around 1585), cantor and composer


  • Michael Ranft (1700–1774), was the diaconate to Nebra 1727–1740.


  • Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), successful writer


  • Dieter Lindner (racewalker) (born 1937), racewalker


  • Georg Christoph Biller (born 1955), chorus conductor and Thomaskantor




References





  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2017" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German)..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ StBA: Änderungen bei den Gemeinden Deutschlands, siehe 2009, 2. Liste


  3. ^ StBA: Änderungen bei den Gemeinden Deutschlands, siehe 2010




External links


Media related to Nebra (Unstrut) at Wikimedia Commons










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