Bernburg

Bernburg
Bernburg
Location of the town of Bernburg within Salzlandkreis district
Coordinates	51°48′N 11°44′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Salzlandkreis
Town subdivisions	7
Mayor	Henry Schütze
Basic statistics
Area	113.45 km2 (43.80 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m  (279 ft)
Population	35,516 (31 December 2010)
- Density	313 /km2 (811 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SLK
Postal code	06406
Area codes	03471, 034692
Website	www.bernburg.de

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, the town's mental hospital was for several years used for the T-4 Euthanasia Program.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Bernburg is twinned with:

• Anderson, USA, since 1994
• Fourmies, France, since 1967
• Rheine, Germany, since 1990
• Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
• Chomutov, Czech Republic
• Trakai, Lithuania

External links

• Official Website of the city (in German)
• Bernburg Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)
• Bernburg Castle