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Naumburg

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Also known as Naumburg an der Saale, Naumburg/Saale

Naumburg () is a town in (and the administrative capital of) the district Burgenlandkreis, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany. It has a population of around 33,000. The Naumburg Cathedral became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. This UNESCO designation recognizes the processes that shaped the European continent during the High Middle Ages between 1000 and 1300: Christianization, the so-called "Landesausbau" and the dynamics of cultural exchange and transfer characteristic for this very period.

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Naumburg is a town of about 33,000 people in central Germany that serves as the administrative capital of its district. It is notable for its cathedral, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018 because it represents important medieval European developments in Christianity, settlement expansion, and cultural exchange between 1000 and 1300.

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Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_coa
Stadtwappen Naumburg (Saale).svg
German location.image_plan
Naumburg (Saale) in BLK.svg
German location.state
Sachsen-Anhalt
German location.district
Burgenlandkreis
German location.elevation
130
German location.area
129.9
German location.postal_code
06618, 06628
German location.area_code
03445, 034466, 034463
German location.licence
BLK
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
15 0 84 355
German location.divisions
18
German location.website
www.naumburg.de
German location.mayor
Armin Müller
German location.leader_term
2021–28
German location.party
CDU

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
district capital
Country
Germany
Located in
Halle District
Population
32336
Area
129.9
Elevation
130
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Wethau
Capital of
Burgenlandkreis
Shares border with
Großheringen
Official website
www.naumburg.de
Image
KLG 4553 Naumburger Dom.jpg
Dialing code
034466
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Commons category
Naumburg (Saale)
twinned administrative body
Les Ulis
topic's main category
Category:Naumburg (Saale)
inception
1028-00-00
category for people born here
Q18691538
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Naumburg
Commons gallery
Naumburg (Saale)
category of associated people
Category:People from Naumburg (Saale)
short name
Na
postal code
06628
hashtag
NaumburgSaale
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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Attractions
  • Naumburg Cathedral
  • Old Town of Naumburg
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts and culture
  • Hussite Cherry Festival
  • Central German St. James Way
  • Transromanica
  • Education
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • Bishops of Naumburg
  • References
  • External links

Naumburg () is a town in (and the administrative capital of) the district Burgenlandkreis, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany. It has a population of around 33,000. The Naumburg Cathedral became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. This UNESCO designation recognizes the processes that shaped the European continent during the High Middle Ages between 1000 and 1300: Christianization, the so-called "Landesausbau" and the dynamics of cultural exchange and transfer characteristic for this very period.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Naumburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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