Merseburg

Summary

Merseburg is an urban municipality in Germany^[1]. Merseburg ranks in the top 6% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Merseburg was a member of Mayors for Peace^[3].
• Merseburg is located in Saalekreis^[4].
• Merseburg is in the country of Germany^[5].
• Merseburg is on the body of water Saale^[6].
• Merseburg is on the body of water Geisel^[7].
• Merseburg's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[8].
• Merseburg's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[9].
• Merseburg's instance of is recorded as district capital^[10].
• Merseburg's shares border with is recorded as Schkopau^[11].
• Merseburg's shares border with is recorded as Leuna^[12].
• Merseburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Châtillon^[13].
• Merseburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Genzano di Roma^[14].
• Merseburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bottrop^[15].
• Merseburg's coat of arms is recorded as Q1648085^[16].
• Merseburg's postal code is recorded as 06217^[17].
• Merseburg's Commons category is recorded as Merseburg^[18].
• Merseburg's local dialing code is recorded as 03461^[19].
• Merseburg's archives at is recorded as Historisches Stadtarchiv Merseburg^[20].
• 881 marks the founding of Merseburg^[21].
• Merseburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 51.354444444444, 'longitude': 11.992777777778}^[22].
• Merseburg's official website is recorded as https://www.merseburg.de/^[23].
• Merseburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Merseburg^[24].
• Merseburg's Commons gallery is recorded as Merseburg^[25].
• Merseburg has a population of {'amount': '+34052'}^[26].
• Merseburg has a population of {'amount': '+34197'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Merseburg is in the country of Germany^[5]. Merseburg is located in Saalekreis^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Saale^[6], a river^[28], in Germany^[29] and Geisel^[7], a river^[30], in Germany^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'amount': '+54.73'}^[32] and {'amount': '+53.76'}^[33]. Elevations include {'amount': '+88'}^[34] and {'amount': '+98'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+34052'}^[26], {'amount': '+34197'}^[27], {'amount': '+34080'}^[36], {'amount': '+33641'}^[37], {'amount': '+34335'}^[38], and {'amount': '+34721'}^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban municipality in Germany^[8], Hanseatic city^[9], and district capital^[10].

History and Context

881 marks the founding of Merseburg^[21].

Why It Matters

Merseburg ranks in the top 6% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).^[2] Merseburg has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Merseburg is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]