Kemberg

Infobox German Location
image_photo = Kemberg church tower.jpg
image_caption = Bell tower in the Markt church
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen_Kemberg.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 47
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 38
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Wittenberg
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Kemberg
Höhe = 76
Fläche = 65.02
Einwohner = 4950
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 06901
Vorwahl = 034921
Kfz = WB
Website = [http://www.kemberg.de/ www.kemberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Rainer Schubert
Partei = SPD

Kemberg is a municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and the seat of the administrative municipality ("Verwaltungsgemeinschaft") of Kemberg. The town lies on the north edge of the Dübener Heide Nature Park.

Kemberg includes the subdivicions of Bergwitz, Klitzschena, and Ateritz.

History

On 1 July 2005, the municipality of Bergwitz with its subdivision of Klitzschena, was amalgamated with Kemberg, as was the municipality of Ateritz (with its subdivisions of Gommlo and Lubast) on 1 January 2006

Main sights

The town's most striking sight is the soaring Church of Our Lady ("Unser Lieben Frauen") which can be seen far away over the "Elbaue" (natural polder). It is a hall church with a nave and two aisles dating from the 15th century (or so it is believed) with an 86-m-tall tower built in the 19th century. There are things there such as remnants of wall paintings from the late Middle Ages, a sacrament house made of sandstone and a carved altar (both from the 15th century) and a very nice baptismal font. Also worth seeing are the late Gothic town hall with its Renaissance additions and the old town wall from the 14th century, parts of which are still well preserved.

Kemberg's well preserved town centre takes the visitor to bygone days and is always worth seeing on foot. The town is also well placed for outings to the nearby heath, and to Wittenberg.

Transportation

Kemberg lies on Federal Highway ("Bundesstraße") B 2 to Bad Düben, on the State Highway ("Landesstraße") L129 from Bergwitz to Bad Schmiedeberg and on the district road ("Kreisstraße") K2024 between Reuden and Trebitz.

Bergwitz lies on "Bundesstraße" B 100 from Wittenberg to Bitterfeld and on "Landesstraße" L129 from Selbitz to Kemberg.

Klitzschena lies on district road K2041 from Bergwitz to Seegrehna.

Bundesautobahn 9 (Munich - Berlin) can be reached by the "Vockerode" interchange 22 km away.

Bergwitz railway station lies on the Deutsche Bahn line between Wittenberg and Bitterfeld.

From 1903 to 1951, there was a railway connection between Bergwitz and Kemberg. The former station has been demolished. There is now a hypermarket there.

Famous people

* Bartholomäus Bernhardi, Theologian
* Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat and resistance fighter in the July 20 Plot

External links

* [http://www.kemberg.de Town of Kemberg]