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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Harz |
| Town subdivisions | 5 |
| Mayor | Andreas Henke (Left) |
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| Area | 82. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. History The district was Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress The Left (Die Linke is a German political party that came into being on 16 June 2007 as a merger of The Left Party/PDS the former Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 22 km² (31. 7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Population | 39,318 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 478 /km² (1,239 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HZ |
| Postal code | 38820 |
| Area code | 03941 |
| Website | www.halberstadt.de |
Halberstadt is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the district of Harz. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. History The district was
The city was severely damaged in World War II, but retains many important historic buildings and much of its ancient townscape. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Notable places in Halberstadt include the Liebfrauenkirche and St. Stephen Cathedral, churches built in the 12th and 13th centuries, respectively. The cathedral is notable among those in northern European cities 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.
Germania Halberstadt is a football club which plays in Halberstadt. VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt.
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History
Halberstadt was made an episcopal see in 814 and was a popular trade point in the 13th-14th centuries. An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. The Bishopric of Halberstadt was secularized in 1648 according to the Peace of Westphalia and became the Principality of Halberstadt within Brandenburg-Prussia. The Bishopric of Halberstadt (Bistum Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic Diocese from 804 until 1648 and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the late The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of The Principality of Halberstadt (Fürstentum Halberstadt was a state of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Brandenburg-Prussia. Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preußen was a German Monarchy established by the Personal union between the Duchy of Prussia and the
Halberstadt became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, but became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia, a Napoleonic client-state, in 1807. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising The Kingdom of Westphalia was a historical state that existed from 1807 - 1813 in parts of present-day Germany. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. After the defeat of Napoleon, the town was restored to Prussia and subsequently administered within the Province of Saxony. }The Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945 The town became part of Saxony-Anhalt from 1945–1952, after which it was within Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg in East Germany. Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Magdeburg was one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, located in the north of the country The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state After the reunification of Germany, Halberstadt became part of a restored Saxony-Anhalt. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany
A performance of John Cage's composition As Slow As Possible began in the Burchardikirche in Halberstadt in 2001; the performance is scheduled to take 639 years. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr Organ²/ASLSP ( As SLow aS Possible) is a musical piece composed by John Cage and is the subject of the slowest and longest-lasting musical performance
Jewish culture
In the 17th century, Halberstadt had one of the largest Jewish communities in central Europe. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut At the time, nearly one in twelve of the town's inhabitants, almost 700 people, were Jewish. Notable amongst them was Berend Lehmann. Issachar Berend Lehmann, Be(hrend Lehmann, Jissachar Bermann Segal (born 1661 in Halberstadt, Germany, died 1730 in Dresden) was
One example of Lehmann's work was the impressive synagogue he financed in Bakenstrasse, which was completed in 1712. In 1938, after Kristallnacht, most of the building was taken down as the attack on it was said to have left it in danger of collapsing. Kristallnacht ( literally "Crystal night" or the Night of Broken Glass was a Pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10 1938
A short distance from the synagogue, in the Rosenwinkel alley, Lehmann also had a house built for students of Judaism, with a collection of theological writings. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective This building, known as the "Klaus", was where many important students of the Talmud and rabbis were taught. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master The "Klaus" gave Halberstadt the reputation of being an important centre for the study of the Torah. term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to Today the Moses Mendelssohn Academy is based there; this organises exhibitions, congresses and presentations and provides a wide range of information about the Jewish culture and way of life. Moses Mendelssohn ( Dessau, 6 September 1729 4 January 1786 in Berlin) was a German Jewish Philosopher
Notable residents
- Caspar Abel - theologian, historian, and poet
- Johann Christian Josef Abs - teacher and school administrator
- Martin Bormann - private secretary to Adolf Hitler
- Lily Braun - feminist writer
- Gottfried August Bürger - poet
- Johann Augustus Eberhard - theologian and philosopher
- Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim - poet
- Adalbert of Hamburg - Archbishop of 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
- Paul Laurentius - theologian
- George Müller - Christian evangelist and administrator of orphanages
- Adolf Reubke - organ builder
- Jürgen Sparwasser - footballer and manager
- Adolf Stoecker - theologian and politician
- Walter Wislicenus - astronomer
Sister cities
External links
Moses Mendelssohn Akademie [1]
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