ASCHERSLEBEN

'Aschersleben' () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 22 km east of Quedlinburg, and 45 km northwest of Halle (Saale).
Aschersleben is also the seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") Aschersleben-Land, which consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):

★ Aschersleben
★ (26.438)

★ Freckleben (768)

★ Drohndorf (529)

★ Groß Schierstedt (649)

★ Mehringen (1.157)

★ Schackenthal (328)

★ Westdorf (806)

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History

People

External Links

History

★ First mention in 753

★ During World War II, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was located here. It was established to provide slave labour for Junkers (aircraft) and Motorenwerk (automotive).^[1]

People

★ Adam Olearius 1603 - 1671, writer and diplomat

★ Johann Esaias Silberschlag, 1721 - 1791, theologian and scientist

★ Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806-1881), chemist and physicist

★ Gerd von Rundstedt; 1875 - 1953, World War II general

★ Hermann Gieseler; 1889 - 1948, union leader

★ Otto Arndt; 1920 - 1992, politician in the FRG

★ Gerd Höfer; born 1943, politician

★ Ernst Klodwig; 1903 - 1973 in Hamburg; Formula 1 driver for BMW

External Links

★ www.aschersleben.de