- Weißenfels
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen_Weissenfels.png
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 58
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Burgenlandkreis
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Weißenfelser Land
Höhe = 100
Fläche = 24.74
Einwohner = 29669
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 06667
Vorwahl = 03443
Kfz = BLK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 84 550
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.weissenfels.de/ www.weissenfels.de]
Bürgermeister = Manfred Rauner
Partei = CDUWeißenfels is the largest town of the
Burgenlandkreis district, inSaxony-Anhalt ,Germany . It is situated on the riverSaale , approx. km to mi|30|wiki=yes south ofHalle (Saale) . Weißenfels is the seat of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft "Weißenfelser Land .History
The city received municipal rights in 1185. It was the capital of
Saxe-Weissenfels from 1656 to 1746. Until 2007 it was the capital of the Weißenfels district.Persons
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Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe (1738-1758), playwright
*Konrad Dannenberg (1912- ), rocket scientist
*Hermann Eilts (1922-2006), diplomat and adviser to Kissinger on Mideast
*Horst P. Horst (1906-1999), photographer
*Novalis , penname of poet Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801)
*Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), German composer and organistEconomy
Shoe manufacture was its primary industry until
1991 when the factory shut down. The factory buildings were either torn down partially or rented out.The local dairy company is "
Frischli ". Not far from Weißenfels are two natural springs, the "Leißlinger Mineralwasser " and the "Saskia-Quelle ".TönniesFleisch, Europe's third biggest meat group, runs one of their three meat processing plants in Weißenfels.
ports
Basketball andUnihockey are the two most popular sports in town. Mitteldeutscher Basketballclub (MBC) was playing in the German national basketball league in between 1999 and 2003. Unihockey Club Kreissparkasse Weißenfels won the German Unihockey championship six times, from 2003 to 2008. The Unihockey European Cup, organized every year in order to establish the best team in Europe, was held in Weißenfels and neighbouring citiesHohenmölsen andMerseburg in January 2004.
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