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This article is about the town in Saxony-Anhalt; for Naumburg in Hesse, see Naumburg, Hesse.

Naumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly a part of East Germany. It is approximately 60 km southwest of Leipzig, 50 km south-southwest of Halle, and 40 km north-northeast of Jena. Image File history File links Wappen_Naumburg_(Saale). ... Image File history File links Map_naumburg_saale_in_germany. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... The Burgenlandkreis is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... Naumburg is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. ... Length 413 km Elevation of the source 728  m Average discharge  ?  m³/s Area watershed  ?  km² Origin  Germany Mouth  Elbe Basin countries Germany Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany: the Saxonian Saale (German: Sächsische Saale) and the Franconian Saale (German: Fränkische Saale). ... The Burgenlandkreis is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... GDR redirects here. ... Leipzig ( ; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk from the Sorbian word for Tilia) is, with a population of over 506,000, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ... Halle (also called Halle an der Saale (literally Halle on the Saale, and in some historic references is not uncommonly called Saale after the river) in order to distinguish it from Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia) is the largest town in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt. ... This article is about the German town of Jena. ...

Industries of the city include manufacture of foodstuffs, textiles, machinery and toys.

The town is in a wine-growing region, with numerous vineyards in the surrounding area.

History

Naumburg was first mentioned in 1012 as the new castle of the Ekkehardinger, the Margrave of Meissen, was founded at the crossing of two trade-routes. The successful foundation not long beforehand of a Propstei Church on the site of the later Naumburger Cathedrial was mentioned in the Merseburger Bishops Chronicles in 1021. In 1028 Pope John XIX gave his approval for the transfer of the Bishopric from Zeitz to Naumburg. Until the Reformation (until 1568) Naumburg was the seat of the bishops. The last Catholic bishop was Julius von Pflug. The foundation of the Cathedral school is dated to 1030. Naumburg is known as a town since 1144. ... John XIX (born in Rome, died October 1032), born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032. ... Julius von Pflug Julius von Pflug (1499, Eythra – 3 September 1564, Zeitz) was from 1542 until his death the last Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Naumburg. ...

Naumburg was a significant trading centre on the Via Regia in the Middle Ages, especially through the Naumburger Trade Fairs, first known to have taken place in 1278. The emergence of leipzig as a trade-fair centre from 1500 and the Thirty Year War adversely affected the Naumburg economy. Via Regia means Kings Road. It is an Imperial Road and an Ancient road. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...

The territory of the parish which was secularised in middle of the 16th century was handed over to the Dukes of Saxony, who administered the district through a government endowment(Stiftsregierung) and later provided Administrators.

After the fraternal competition between the four brothers of John George I Elector of Saxony in 1657 the Naumburger administrative area belonged to the secondogeniture area of Saxony-Zeitz, which the youngest son Moritz inherited. John George I (5 March 1585 - 8 October 1656), elector of Saxony, second son of the elector Christian I. He succeeded to the electorate in June 1611 on the death of his elder brother, Christian II. The geographical position of electoral Saxony hardly less than her high standing among the...

Before the Moritzburg was built in Zeitz, the Naumburger city castle served as the residence of this line. This period came to an end with the death of the last Protestant representative of the line Saxony-Zeitz in the year 1718. The Naumburger administrative area reverted to the Dresdner Dukes of Saxony, it was thereby fully integrated into the albertine Saxony, however it remained until 1815 the seat of its own administrative authority (e.g. Consistory of the area Naumburg-Zeitz). After the Vienna Congress in 1815 Naumburg was ceded to Prussia and in 1832 cathedral sovereignty. Motto: Suum cuique Latin: To each his own Prussia at its peak, as leading state of the German Empire Capital Königsberg, later Berlin Political structure Duchy, Kingdom, Republic Duke1  - 1525–68 Albert I  - 1688–1701 Frederick III King1  - 1701–13 Frederick I  - 1888–1918 William II Prime Minister1,2...

In 1846 the town was connected to the rail track from Halle to Erfurt, in 1889 to Artern and eventually in 1900 to Teuchern. On the 15th September 1892 Naumburg received a tramline, which was powered with steam for the first years. From the 2nd January 1907 it was converted to electrical operation. Halle is the name of two cities in Germany, and both a municipality and a town in Belgium. ... Mariendom and the Severikirche. ... Artern is a town in Thuringia, Germany. ... Teuchern is a town in the district of Weißenfels, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...

Although industrialisation was only weakly developed, a Workers' club was founded in 1848. During the 1920 Kapp Putsch 5 workers were killed. The establishment of the local Communist Party followed in December 1920. In the German Democratic Republic Naumburg was a site of mechanical engineering, pharmaceutical industry and the metal and shoe industries. Additionally, Naumburg was used as a garrison town by the Soviet Air Force. Unofficial figures are given that one Soviet soldier per inhabitant was stationed in the barracks in Naumburg. The political changes in 1989 led to many demonstrations and gatherings in the churches of the city. The Putsch —or more accurately the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch —was an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic, based in opposition to the imposed Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. It was branded right-wing, monarchist and reactionary afterwards. ... “East Germany” redirects here. ...

Naumburg was founded by the margraves of Meissen around 1000 CE. Later it was ceded to the bishops of Zeitz, when the diocese seat was moved here in 1028. In 1142 it received town rights. Old town of Meißen. ... Zeitz is an old town in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is situated on the river Weiße Elster in the middle of the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. ...

In the 15th century Naumburg was a free member of the Hanseatic League but, in 1564, it was conquered by Saxony, to which remained until 1815, when became part of Prussia. Carta marina of the Baltic Sea region (1539). ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ... Motto: Suum cuique Latin: To each his own Prussia at its peak, as leading state of the German Empire Capital Königsberg, later Berlin Political structure Duchy, Kingdom, Republic Duke1  - 1525–68 Albert I  - 1688–1701 Frederick III King1  - 1701–13 Frederick I  - 1888–1918 William II Prime Minister1,2...

Historical population levels(ab 1960 31. December):

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Main sights

Naumburg in 1900

Naumburg Cathedral

The most important architectural landmark of the town is the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral (also known as Naumburger Dom), an impressive late Romanesque and Gothic Cathedral, built between the 13th and 15th centuries. The early Gothic western gallery was built in 1250. The eastern gallery was added in the high gothic style in the first half of the 14th Century. The Romanesque Crypt under the east gallery was established around 1170 and was part of an earlier building. Both of the east spires are comprised of eight sided levels and have Baroque canopies. The pulpit dates from 1466. The southwest spire was initially completed in 1884; both west spires beside the west gallery are closely modelled on the spires of the cathedrals of Laon and Bamberg. Image File history File links Naumburg_Saale_um_1900. ... Image File history File links Naumburg_Saale_um_1900. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Naumburger_Dom_3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Naumburger_Dom_3. ... Naumburg Cathedral - western towers and cloister courtyard. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Interior of Cologne Cathedral Gothic architecture is a style of architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, which flourished in Europe during the high and late medieval period. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... For other uses of Ambo, see Ambo, Ethiopia, Kom Ombo, ambulance Ambo (band). ...

Its interior includes glass windows from the Middle Ages, as well as the famous 13th century statues of the founders of the cathedral, Margrave Ekkehard and his wife Uta, with other local noblemen and women.

The western tower is open to the public from Easter 2007, having been closed for some time for renovations.

Other attractions include:

• The late Gothic town hall (Rathaus).
• The late Renaissance residence of the Duke Moritz of Saxony-Zeitz.
• The Gothic St. Wenceslas Church, which displays paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and the Hildebrandt organ that Johann Sebastian Bach played on.
• The former bishop's castle Schönburg, which overlooks the town and the Saale River.

Some parts of the medieval town fortifications survive, including the old town gate Marientor. Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. ... A self portrait Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 – October 16, 1553) was a German painter. ... The organ builder Zacharias Hildebrandt was born in 1688 in Münsterberg/Silesia. ... Bach in a 1748 portrait by Haussmann Places in which Bach resided throughout his life Johann Sebastian Bach (pronounced ) (21 March 1685 O.S. – 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the...

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche spent his childhood in Naumburg in the family house, now a museum. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (IPA: ) was a German philosopher. ...

People

One of the most significant composers for the organ in Renaissance Germany, Elias Ammerbach, was born in Naumburg in 1530. Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The organ is a keyboard instrument played using one or more manuals and a pedalboard. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Elias Ammerbach (Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach) (c. ...

• Johann Heinrich Acker
• Johann Gottfried Gruber
• Christian Lobeck
• Johann Georg Graevius
• Botho Strauß
• Bishops of Naumburg
  • Johannes Agricola
  • Johannes Ambundii
  • Nicolaus von Amsdorf
  • Bishop of Naumburg, Engelhard (1206-1242), see List of religious leaders in 1220
• Volquin (von Naumburg) 1209–1236, see Livonian Brothers of the Sword

pedigree of "Naumburg"

• Walter M. Naumburg, see Dawn Upshaw
• Friedrich Nietzsche lived in Naumburg as a boy with his maternal relatives

Johann Heinrich Acker (12 August 1647, Naumburg – 21 September 1719, Gotha) was a German writer. ... Johann Gottfried Gruber (November 29, 1774 - August 7, 1851), German critic and literary historian, was born at Naumburg on the Saale. ... Christian August Lobeck (June 5, 1781 - August 25, 1860), was a German classical scholar. ... Johann Georg Graevius (properly Guava or Greffe) (January 29, 1632 - January 11, 1703), German classical scholar and critic, was born at Naumburg, Saxony. ... Botho Strauss (born 1944 in Naumburg) is a German playwright, novelist and essayist. ... Johannes Agricola (originally Schneider, then Schnitter) (April 20, 1494 - September 22, 1566) was a German Protestant reformer. ... Johannes Ambundii de Swan, also written as Abundi, Ambundij, Habundi, Habendi, Habindi, Almanni and ~ von Schwan (first records 1384 - died 16 June 1424) was . ... Nicolaus Von Amsdorf, (1483-1565), German Protestant reformer, was born on December 3rd 1483 at Torgau, on the Elbe. ... Engelhard Corporation NYSE: EC is an international Fortune 500 and Forbes 500 company headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey. ... 1219 religious leaders - Events of 1220 - 1221 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year See also: List of state leaders in 1220 Buddhism Christianity Roman Catholic Church - Honorius III, Pope (1216-1227) Patriarch of Jerusalem - Raoul of Merencourt (1214-1225) Archbishop of Tyre - Simon of Maugaustel (1217-1227) Bishop of Acre... Volquin (Wolquin, Folkvin, Volkewin) was the Master of the Order of Brothers of the Sword from 1209 to 1236. ... Livonian Brothers The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Latin Fratres militiae Christi, literally the brothers of the army of Christ), also known as the Christ Knights, Sword Brethren or The Militia of Christ of Livonia, was a military order organized in 1202 by Albert of Buxhoeveden, bishop of Riga (or... Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee), is an American soprano. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (IPA: ) was a German philosopher. ...

External links

• Naumburg Tourist Information (in English)Elkan Naumburg