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Nebra (official name: Nebra (Unstrut), ) is a town in the district of
The oldest historical documents mentioning Nebra date back to 876. Town privileges were acquired in the 12th century.
Nebra Castle was built in 1540 by the von Nißmitz brothers.
For many centuries, red Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010
Statistisches Bundesamt Nebra today features the Courths-Mahler archives and ''Arche Nebra'', a museum on the history of the Nebra sky disk. The sky disc itself is exhibited at the Halle State Museum of Prehistory. In 1962, four Magdalenian figurines were found near Nebra from the late Upper Paleolithic, which belong to the oldest known artwork in Saxony-Anhalt. The figures are 12,000 to 14,000 years old. The Nebra sky disk was found in Wangen near Nebra in 1999. It only became public in 2002 when the finders tried to sell it and were eventually arrested following a sting operation in Basel, Switzerland. The sky disc is thought to have been created between 2100 and 1700 BCE and to have been buried in approximately 1600 BCE.
* Gallus Dreßler (1533–around 1585), cantor and composer
* Michael Ranft (1700–1774), was the diaconate to Nebra 1727–1740.
* Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), bestseller author
* Karl Artelt (1890–1981), German revolutionary, resided in Nebra 1924–1980, buried in Nebra cemetery
* Dieter Lindner (racewalker) (born 1937), racewalker
* Georg Christoph Biller (1955–2022), chorus conductor and Thomaskantor
Burgenlandkreis
Burgenlandkreis () is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is .
History
The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. ...
of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
, Germany. It is situated on the river Unstrut. Nebra has become nationally and internationally known as the site where the Nebra sky disc, a notable Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
artifact, was discovered. The town has a population of around 3,300.
Geography
Location
Nebra lies between Querfurt and Naumburg on the Unstrut river in the west ofBurgenlandkreis
Burgenlandkreis () is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is .
History
The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. ...
district.
Subdivisions
Neighboring communities
Neighboring towns are Querfurt, Barnstädt and Steigra (all three in Saalekreis) to the north, Karsdorf to the east, Bad Bibra to the south andKaiserpfalz
The term ''Kaiserpfalz'' (, "imperial palace") or ''Königspfalz'' (, "royal palace", from Middle High German ''phal ne'' to Old High German ''phalanza'' from Middle Latin ''palatia'' luralto Latin ''palatium'' "palace") refers to a number o ...
to the west.
History
The oldest historical documents mentioning Nebra date back to 876. Town privileges were acquired in the 12th century.
Nebra Castle was built in 1540 by the von Nißmitz brothers.
For many centuries, red sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
was mined in the region which was used for castles and farmhouses.
Between 1952 and 1994, Nebra was the seat of the Nebra municipality in Halle district.
The name of the town was changed on 1 January 1998, from ''Nebra'' to ''Nebra (Unstrut)''.
On 1 July 2009 the previously separate village of Wangen was merged with Nebra, and on 1 September 2010 the village Reinsdorf was annexed.Statistisches Bundesamt Nebra today features the Courths-Mahler archives and ''Arche Nebra'', a museum on the history of the Nebra sky disk. The sky disc itself is exhibited at the Halle State Museum of Prehistory. In 1962, four Magdalenian figurines were found near Nebra from the late Upper Paleolithic, which belong to the oldest known artwork in Saxony-Anhalt. The figures are 12,000 to 14,000 years old. The Nebra sky disk was found in Wangen near Nebra in 1999. It only became public in 2002 when the finders tried to sell it and were eventually arrested following a sting operation in Basel, Switzerland. The sky disc is thought to have been created between 2100 and 1700 BCE and to have been buried in approximately 1600 BCE.
Notable people
* Gallus Dreßler (1533–around 1585), cantor and composer
* Michael Ranft (1700–1774), was the diaconate to Nebra 1727–1740.
* Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), bestseller author
* Karl Artelt (1890–1981), German revolutionary, resided in Nebra 1924–1980, buried in Nebra cemetery
* Dieter Lindner (racewalker) (born 1937), racewalker
* Georg Christoph Biller (1955–2022), chorus conductor and Thomaskantor
References
External links
{{Authority control Archaeological sites in Germany Burgenlandkreis