Nebra(official name:Nebra (Unstrut),pronounced[ˈneːbraˈʊnʃtʁuːt]) is a town in the district ofBurgenlandkreisofSaxony-Anhalt,Germany.It is situated on the riverUnstrut.Nebra has become nationally and internationally known as the site where theNebra sky disc,a notableBronze Ageartifact, was discovered. The town has a population of around 3,300.
Nebra | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Nebra (Unstrut) within Burgenlandkreis district  | |
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| Coordinates:51°17′N11°34′E/ 51.283°N 11.567°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Burgenlandkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Unstruttal |
| Government | |
| •Mayor(2022–29) | Antje Scheschinski[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.42 km2(9.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,085 |
| • Density | 120/km2(310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| Postal codes | 06642 |
| Dialling codes | 034461 |
| Vehicle registration | BLK |
| Website | stadt-nebra.de |
Geography
editLocation
editNebra lies betweenQuerfurtandNaumburgon theUnstrutriver in the west ofBurgenlandkreisdistrict.
Subdivisions
edit| Locality | Population |
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| Nebra | 2467 |
| Reinsdorf | 551 |
| Wangen | 551 |
Neighboring communities
editNeighboring towns are Querfurt,BarnstädtandSteigra(all three inSaalekreis) to the north,Karsdorfto the east,Bad Bibrato the south andKaiserpfalzto the west.
History
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The oldest historical documents mentioning Nebra date back to 876.Town privilegeswere acquired in the 12th century.
Nebra Castle was built in 1540 by the von Nißmitz brothers.
For many centuries, redsandstonewas mined in the region which was used for castles and farmhouses.
Between 1952 and 1994, Nebra was the seat of the Nebra municipality inHalle district.
The name of the town was changed on 1 January 1998, fromNebratoNebra (Unstrut).
On 1 July 2009 the previously separate village ofWangenwas merged with Nebra,[3]and on 1 September 2010 the villageReinsdorfwas annexed.[4]
Nebra today features the Courths-Mahler archives andArche Nebra,a museum on the history of the Nebra sky disk. The sky disc itself is exhibited at theHalle State Museum of Prehistory.
In 1962, fourMagdalenianfigurines were found near Nebra from the lateUpper Paleolithic,which belong to the oldest known artwork in Saxony-Anhalt. The figures are 12,000 to 14,000 years old.
TheNebra sky diskwas 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.
Notable people
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- Gallus Dreßler(1533–around 1585), cantor and composer
- Michael Ranft(1700–1774), was thediaconateto Nebra 1727–1740.
- Hedwig Courths-Mahler(1867–1950), bestseller author
- Karl Artelt(1890–1981), German revolutionary, resided in Nebra 1924-1980, buried in Nebra cemetery
- Dieter Lindner (racewalker)(born 1937), racewalker
- Georg Christoph Biller(1955–2022), chorus conductor andThomaskantor
References
edit- ^Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse,Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt,accessed 10 November 2022.
- ^"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022"(PDF)(in German).Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt.June 2023.
- ^Gebietsänderungen vom 02. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2009,Statistisches Bundesamt
- ^Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010,Statistisches Bundesamt
External links
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Media related toNebra (Unstrut)at Wikimedia Commons