Saxony Anhalt
The federated state of Saxony-Anhalt is renowned for its rich cultural heritage and possesses the highest concentration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany. The Harz National Park is a major tourist attraction. It includes the Brocken, with an elevation of 1,141 meters the highest mountain of Northern Germany.
Saxony-Anhalt has a reputation for the traditional beauty of rural towns like Wernigerode and Quedlinburg. Martin Luther, a seminal figure in the Reformation, was born and died in Eisleben. The composer Kurt Weill is associated with the city of Dessau, where the Kurt Weill Festival is hosted annually. The state capital is Magdeburg and the largest city is Halle (Saale).
Saxony-Anhalt is located in the northern center-east of Germany. It covers 20,452 km² and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants.
- 2.180.684 inhabitants
- 20.452 km²
- 10 student cities
- 13 universities
- 615 degree programms
Dessau-Roßlau
Dessau-Roßlau is a kreisfreie Stadt (urban district) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Mulde. The town was formed by merger of the towns of Dessau and Roßlau in the course of the "Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt" (Sachsen-Ahalt Regional Boundary Reforms) on 1 July 2007. The reform involved a ...
Halle
Halle (Saale) is a city in the southern part of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. Halle is an economic and educational center in central-eastern Germany. The University of Halle-Wittenberg is the largest university in Saxony-Anhalt and one of the oldest universities in Germany, and a nurturing ground for the local startup ecosystem. Together with ...
Köthen
Köthen (Anhalt) is a city in Germany. It is the capital of the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, about 30 km (19 mi) north of Halle. Köthen is the location of the main campus and the administrative centre of the regional university, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences/Hochschule Anhalt which is especially strong in information ...
Magdeburg
Magdeburg is the capital city and the second largest city of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the archbishopric of Magdeburg, was buried in the town's cathedral after his death. Magdeburg's version of German town law, known as Magdeburg rights, sprea...
Merseburg
Merseburg is a town in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle (Saale). It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg. The University of Merseburg is located within the town. Merseburg has around 33,000 inhabitants....
Wernigerode
Wernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,041 in 2012. Wernigerode is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely situated on the Holtemme river, on the north slopes of the Harz Mountains. Wernigerode is located on the Ger...
- Bernburg
- 33.633 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 28 degree programms
- Dessau-Roßlau
- 84.606 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 16 degree programms
- Friedensau
- 419 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 8 degree programms
- Halberstadt
- 40.526 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 7 degree programms
- Halle
- 238.762 inhabitants
- 3 universities
- 291 degree programms
- Köthen
- 25.641 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 34 degree programms
- Magdeburg
- 229.924 inhabitants
- 2 universities
- 168 degree programms
- Merseburg
- 33.873 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 26 degree programms
- Stendal
- 40.281 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 10 degree programms
- Wernigerode
- 33.710 inhabitants
- 1 university
- 27 degree programms
