Place:Weißenfels, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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NameWeißenfels
TypeFormer District
Located inHalle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany     (1990 - 2004)
Also located inSachsen-Anhalt, Germany     (2004 - 2007)
See alsoBurgenlandkreis, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germanychild
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Lützen ( - 2007 )
Weißenfels ( - 2007 )


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Weißenfels was a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from south clockwise) Burgenlandkreis, Merseburg-Querfurt and the Saxon district Leipziger Land.

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Near the small town Goseck archaeologists, discovered in 1999 was the oldest solar observatory in Europe, beating Stonehenge by more than 2000 years. Around 5000 BC the circular trench with a diameter of 75 meters was surrounded with wood palisades, with three openings which allowed to measure the date of the spring and autumn equinox. Excavations on the site are planned to continue until 2007.

The district in today's borders was created in 1994 when the two previous districts Weissenfels and Hohenmölsen were merged.

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