A town on the Elbe- Havel canal, northeast of Magdeburg around a former weir, "the Saxon Sluices" (Sachsenschleusen). It is now a minor administrative centre in the land of Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... For the Biblical Havel, see Abel. ... View of Magdeburg with the cathedral, from the tower of the Johanniskirche Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. ... -1... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ...

Burg is a site of a large transmitter for long- and mediumwave. The Am transmitter in Burg, Germany is a huge facility for longwave and mediumwave broadcasting. ...