Place:Bernburg, Anhalt, Germany

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NameBernburg
TypeFormer District
Located inAnhalt, Germany
Also located inDessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany     (1990 - 2004)
Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany     (2004 - 2007)
See alsoSalzlandkreis, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germanychild
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Inhabited place
Bernburg ( - 2007 )
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Bernburg was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Schönebeck, Köthen, Saalkreis, Mansfelder Land and Aschersleben-Staßfurt.

History

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There was an independent principality called Anhalt-Bernburg following the subdivision of the principality of Anhalt in 1603. This mini state was elevated to the rank of a duchy in 1806, and merged once more with the other parts to form a united duchy of Anhalt again in 1863.

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