Memleben
Memleben | |
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Ortsteil of Kaiserpfalz | |
 Memleben Abbey Church ruins | |
Location of Memleben  | |
Burgenlandkreis | |
| Town | Kaiserpfalz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.76 km2 (6.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2006-12-31) | |
| • Total | 716 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 06642 |
| Dialling codes | 034672 |
| Vehicle registration | BLK |
Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is known for former Memleben Abbey, the site of a medieval Kaiserpfalz.
Geography
It is located southwest of Nebra on the Unstrut River. The former municipality was merged with the neighbouring villages of Bucha and Wohlmirstedt into Kaiserpfalz on 1 July 2009.
Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants. It also has an animal exhibition park with a small circus.[1]
History
A settlement called Mimelebo was already documented in a 780 register of the
Res gestae saxonicae by the contemporary chronicler Widukind of Corvey
, his intestines were buried in a Memleben church.
On behalf of Emperor
Imperial abbey became one of the most important monasteries in the German kingdom for a short time, until in 1015 Emperor Henry II
ceded it back to the monks of Hersfeld Abbey.
The monastery buildings were devastated during the
Protestant Reformation the abbey was finally dissolved in 1548, its estates were seized by the Electorate of Saxony and ceded to the newly established Pforta
state school. Remains of the church and the monastery are still to be seen.
St. Martin's Church has its origin in the Middle Ages and is currently being renovated.
References
- ^ "Tierschule Memleben Service-Angebote". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
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