Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt
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Nienburg is a town in the district of Bernburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located in the lower Saale valley, approx. 5 km northeast of Bernburg. In June 2005 its population was 4,449.
The first mentions of Nienburg in travel recordings date from 961. About a quarter of the medieval centre of the town is occupied by the Benedictine monastery. The church of the monastery was inaugurated in 1004; at the same time Nienburg became a market town.
In 1623, during the Thirty Years' War, the town was destroyed. In 1825 a suspension bridge over the river Saale was constructed, but because of unforeseen movements it tore during the inauguration festivities, resulting in over a hundred casualties.
Nienburg is also the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Nienburg (Saale), which consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
- Baalberge (1.431)
- Biendorf (868)
- Cörmigk (556)
- Edlau (503)
- Gerbitz (672)
- Gerlebogk (344)
- Latdorf (776)
- Neugattersleben (922)
- Nienburg (Saale), Stadt * (4.449)
- Peißen (1.257)
- Pobzig (409)
- Poley (667)
- Preußlitz (781)
- Wedlitz (427)
- Wiendorf (338)
- Wohlsdorf (527)
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