Place:Anhalt, Germany

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Name	Anhalt
Alt names	Herzogtum Anhalt	source: Full German name
	Duchy of Anhalt	source: Wikipedia
	Free State of Anhalt	source: Wikipedia
Type	Duchy, Former state
Coordinates	51.971111°N 11.47°E
Located in	Germany (1863 - 1918)
See also	Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany	name after 1945

Contained Places

Former district: Bernburg; Cöthen
Inhabited place: Ballenstedt; Coswig; Dessau; Frose; Gernrode; Gross Alsleben; Güsten; Harzgerode; Hecklingen; Hoym; Jessnitz; Nienburg; Oranienbaum; Raguhn; Reuden; Rieder; Rosslau; Sandersleben; Warmsdorf; Wörlitz; Zerbst; Ziebigk
Unknown: Alikendorf; Amesdorf; Badeborn; Bornum; Buko; Drosa; Freckleben; Gerlebogk; Großmühlingen; Großwirschleben; Kermen; Kleinalsleben; Kleinmöhlau; Kleutsch; Leps; Neeken; Niederlepte; Opperode; Pakendorf; Plötzkau; Radisleben; Ragösen; Rodleben; Roßdorf; Waldau; Wulfen; Wörpen

Note: In keeping with the 1900-rule at WeRelate, places in Germany are organized as they were in 1900 when Germany was known as the German Empire.

In 1900, Anhalt was a duchy, also recognized as a state (land), in the German Empire.

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Timeline

1806 - Napoleon elevates Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen to duchies
1863 - the Duchy of Anhalt is formed by uniting the 3 duchies above
1918 - Anhalt becomes a state within the Weimar Republic and becomes known as the "Free State of Anhalt"
1945 - Anhalt becomes united with the Prussian parts of Saxony and becomes known as the federal state of "Saxony-Anhalt"
1952 - "Saxony-Anhalt" is dissolved as a federal state
1990 - "Saxony-Anhalt" is reestablished as a federal state in Germany

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