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Merseburg
Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Merseburg

Merseburg is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig.

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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 35,000 inhabitants.

Get in

Getting to Merseburg

Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ IATA) is 25 km from Merseburg. There is however no direct rail link, so you will have to take a taxi to get into town or change trains in Halle.

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    Merseburg
See

Worth seeing

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    Merseburg Cathedral
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    Episcopal Palace

    Renaissance three-wing palace, built as an episcopal residence, later used by Prince-Electors and Dukes of Saxony, then by Prussian governors.

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    Merseburger Ständehaus

    Representative historistic building from the 1890s.

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    Willi-Sitte-Galerie
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    Franzosen-Brunnen

    Historic well that has existed since medieval times, in front of a passage between to benefice houses.

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    St Maximus' Church

    13th-century Gothic three-aisled hall church.

Do

Things to do

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    Domstadt Kino

    7 (tram station "Merseburg Zentrum", 150 m from train station),.

Eat

Where to eat

Die Sonne - Mediterranean restaurant (mostly Italian cuisine) - highly recommended place (http://sonne-merseburg.de/) Taverne Kreta - Greek restaurant, decent food and very popular among local merseburgers (https://www.taverne-kreta-merseburg.de/) Various Middle Eastern eateries spread all over the center of Merseburg (Kebab, Shawarma and everything else from Syria to Turkey) McDonald's outside of the city centre…

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