Halberstadt
Halberstadt | |
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Timber framed houses in the city centre Cathedral treasure Halberstadt city centre | |
Location of Halberstadt within Harz district | |
Coordinates: 51°53′45″N 11°2′48″E / 51.89583°N 11.04667°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
District | Harz |
Subdivisions | 7 Ortschaften |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–27) | Daniel Szarata[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 142.97 km2 (55.20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 40,457 |
• Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 38820 |
Dialling codes | 03941 |
Vehicle registration | HZ, HBS, QLB, WR |
Website | www.halberstadt.de |
Halberstadt (
In World War I Halberstadt was the site of a German military airbase and aircraft-manufacturing facilities. In World War II Halberstadt was a regional production center for Junkers aircraft, which also housed an SS forced labor camp. Halberstadt now includes the area where the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp was situated.
Today the city has around 450
Geography
Halberstadt is situated between the Harz in the south and the
The town center retains many important historic buildings and much of its ancient townscape. Notable places in Halberstadt include Halberstadt Cathedral, the Church of Our Lady (Liebfrauenkirche) and St Martin's, churches built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Halberstadt is the site of the first documented large, permanent pipe organ installation in 1361.[5] The cathedral is notable among those in northern European towns in having retained its medieval treasury in virtually complete condition. Among its treasures are the oldest surviving tapestries in Europe, dating from the 12th century.[6][7] The town is also a stop on the scenic German Timber-Frame Road.
Divisions
The town of Halberstadt consists of Halberstadt proper and the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:[8]
- Aspenstedt
- Athenstedt
- Emersleben
- Klein Quenstedt
- Langenstein
- Sargstedt
- Schachdorf Ströbeck
These are all formerly independent municipalities: Emersleben was absorbed into Halberstadt in 1995, Klein Quenstedt in 1996 and Aspenstedt, Athenstedt, Langenstein, Sargstedt and Schachdorf Ströbeck in 2010.[8]
History
In 814 the
On Henry's downfall, the Halberstadt diocese was elevated to a
From 1479 the diocese was administered by the
Halberstadt became part of the newly established
After the defeat of Napoleon the town was restored to Prussia and subsequently administered within the Province of Saxony. From 1815 Halberstadt was home to the Prussian 7th (Magdeburg) Cuirassiers "von Seydlitz" regiment, with Otto von Bismarck in the rank of an officer à la suite from 1868. The town's economy was decisively promoted by the opening of the Magdeburg–Halberstadt Railway in 1843. The tramway was inaugurated in 1903.[citation needed]
In 1912 the
In the last days of
Halberstadt was part of newly established
Jewish culture
Halberstadt's Jewish community is mentioned in records from the 13th century and the town had a synagogue in 1464.[14] In the early 18th century, Halberstadt had one of the largest Jewish communities in central Europe and was known as a center of theology and learning after Berend Lehmann (1661–1730) founded a beth midrash there in 1703. The building, called the"Klaus", included a library and living quarters for scholars to study the Talmud.[15] Lehmann also financed an impressive Baroque synagogue that was completed in 1712.[14]
Halberstadt's synagogue was ransacked and burned in the 9 November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom.[16] The synagogue's Torah scrolls were removed and burned in the street. On 18 November 1938, the local building authority ordered the demolition of the synagogue and required the Jewish community to pay the cost of the work.[17]
Today the Moses Mendelssohn Academy is based in the "Klaus", providing exhibitions, presentations, and information about Jewish culture.
One of the world's slowest, longest "concerts"
A performance of
Education
Halberstadt is site of the Harz University of Applied Studies.
Transport
The town can be reached via the Bundesstraße 6n (since 2019 called Bundesautobahn 36), 79, 81, and 245 federal highways. Halberstadt station is an important railway hub on the Magdeburg–Thale and Halle–Vienenburg lines, mainly served by Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt.
Halberstädter Verkehrs-GmbH operates the city's public transport system, comprising the Halberstadt tramway network of two lines, and six city bus lines.
Sport
Notable people
- Caspar Abel, theologian, historian, and poet
- Albert of Saxony (philosopher), logician, physicist, and Bishop of Halberstadt from 1366 to 1399
- Gabriel Bach, (1927 - 2022), a German-born Israeli jurist, who was a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel and deputy prosecutor in the prosecution of Adolf Eichmann
- Johann Christian Josef Abs, teacher and school administrator
- FreiligrathsTrompeter von Mars-la-Tour
- Lily Braun, feminist writer
- Wibke Bruhns, journalist and author, author of My Father's Country
- Gottfried August Bürger, poet
- Carré Theatre
- Karl Friedrich von Dacheröden, lawyer
- Johann Augustus Eberhard, theologian and philosopher
- Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, poet
- Hamburg-Bremen
- Ferdinand Heine, ornithologist
- Azriel Hildesheimer, rabbi
- Gustav Eduard von Hindersin, general
- Johann Georg Jacobi, poet
- Israel Jacobson, philanthropist and father of Reform Judaism
- Alexander Kluge, film director and author
- Issachar Berend Lehmann, banker, merchant, diplomatic agent and army contractor
- Paul Laurentius, theologian
- George Müller, Christian evangelist and administrator of orphanages
- Emil D. Munch, American politician
- Adolf Reubke, organ builder
- Eberhard Graf von Schmettow, general
- Jürgen Sparwasser, footballer and manager
- Adolf Stoecker, theologian and politician
- Friederike Vohs (1777–1860), operatic soprano
- Helmut Weidling, general
- Andreas Werckmeister, organist and music theorist, from 1696 to 1706
- Walter Wislicenus, astronomer
- Carl Zillier, American politician
- Martin Bormann, private secretary to Adolf Hitler one of the fiercest criminals and anti-Semites of the 1900s
Twin towns – sister cities
Halberstadt is twinned with:[18]
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
- Náchod, Czech Republic
- Villars, France
- Wolfsburg, Germany
See also
- Bishopric of Halberstadt, a Roman Catholic diocese and state of the Holy Roman Empire until the Peace of Westphalia
- Principality of Halberstadt, the secularized successor to the Bishopric of Halberstadt after the Peace of Westphalia
- Gebrüder Büttner Kaffeegroßrösterei, a former Halberstadt-based coffee roastery and import
- Halberstädter Würstchen
References
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ https://www.mdr.de/geschichte/mitteldeutschland/orte/halberstadt/historische-altstadt-fachwerk-sanierung-modellstadt-100.html
- ^ https://www.halberstadt.de/de/ortsteile.html
- ^ Kennedy, Michael (Ed.) (2002). "Organ". In The Oxford Dictionary of Music, p. 644. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- ^ a b Hauptsatzung der Stadt Halberstadt, March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1848325821(p. 450)
- ^ LIFE. Time Inc. 1944-04-10. p. 94.
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- ISBN 0 7106 00 38 0. page 483
- ^ https://www.volksstimme.de/lokal/halberstadt/ist-austritt-aus-der-deutschen-fachwerkstrasse-eine-notwendige-einsparung-oder-der-verlust-einer-guten-werbeplattform-fur-halberstadt-3154914
- ^ a b "Communities - Saxony - Anhalt - Halberstadt – Saxony-Anhalt (English)". synagogues-eastgermany.anumuseum.org.il. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ISBN 978-0-8147-9376-3.
- ^ Weiner Holocaust Library. "List of synagogues burned down in Berlin, Cologne and Halberstadt". -, Anonymous person(s): List of synagogues burned down in Berlin, Cologne and Halberstadt, -: - -. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "The Baroque Synagogue Of Halberstadt - Moses Mendelssohn Academy Halberstadt". www.moses-mendelssohn-akademie.de. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ "Partnerstädte". halberstadt.de (in German). Halberstadt. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
External links
- Official Webpage
- Moses Mendelssohn Akademie
- The American Cyclopædia. 1879. .