- Memleben
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Memleben Ortsteil of Kaiserpfalz Coordinates 51°17′N 11°34′E / 51.28333°N 11.56667°ECoordinates: 51°17′N 11°34′E / 51.28333°N 11.56667°E Administration Country Germany State Saxony-Anhalt District Burgenlandkreis Town Kaiserpfalz Basic statistics Area 16.76 km2 (6.47 sq mi) Elevation 120 m (394 ft) Population 716 (31 December 2006) - Density 43 /km2 (111 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate BLK Postal code 06642 Area code 034672 Memleben is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz. It is located on the river Unstrut.
In the 10th century the Pfalz or villa regia of Memleben, a kind of seasonal king's court, was one of the favourite places of the German king Henry the Fowler and his son Otto I the Great.
On behalf of Otto II, son of Otto I, a Benedictine monastery, Memleben Abbey, was built there in 973 to honour the memory of his father. It became one of the most important monasteries in the German kingdom for a short time.
Remains of the church and the monastery are still to be seen.
Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants.
It also has an animal training center open to the public. [1]
External links
Categories:- Villages in Saxony-Anhalt
- Burgenlandkreis
- Burgenlandkreis geography stubs
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