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Location of Nebra (Unstrut) within Burgenlandkreis district  | |
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| Coordinates:51°17′N11°34′E / 51.283°N 11.567°E /51.283; 11.567 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Burgenlandkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Unstruttal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–29) | Antje Scheschinski[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.42 km2 (9.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,937 |
| • Density | 115.5/km2 (299.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 06642 |
| Dialling codes | 034461 |
| Vehicle registration | BLK |
| Website | www.stadt-nebra.de |
Nebra (official name:Nebra (Unstrut),pronounced[ˈneːbʁaˈʊnʃtʁuːt]) is a town in the district ofBurgenlandkreis ofSaxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the riverUnstrut. Nebra has become nationally and internationally known as the site where theNebra sky disc, a notableBronze Age artifact, was discovered. The town has a population of around 3,300.
Nebra lies betweenQuerfurt andNaumburg on theUnstrut river in the west ofBurgenlandkreis district.
| Locality | Population |
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| Nebra | 2467 |
| Reinsdorf | 551 |
| Wangen | 551 |
Neighboring towns are Querfurt,Barnstädt andSteigra (all three inSaalekreis) to the north,Karsdorf to the east,Bad Bibra to the south andKaiserpfalz to the west.
The oldest historical documents mentioning Nebra date back to 876.Town privileges were acquired in the 12th century.
Nebra Castle was built in 1540 by the von Nißmitz brothers.
For many centuries, redsandstone was mined in the region which was used for castles and farmhouses.
Between 1952 and 1994, Nebra was the seat of the Nebra municipality inHalle district.
The name of the town was changed on 1 January 1998, fromNebra toNebra (Unstrut).
On 1 July 2009 the previously separate village ofWangen was merged with Nebra,[3] and on 1 September 2010 the villageReinsdorf was annexed.[4]
Nebra today features the Courths-Mahler archives andArche Nebra, a museum on the history of the Nebra sky disk. The sky disc itself is exhibited at theHalle State Museum of Prehistory.
In 1962, fourMagdalenian figurines were found near Nebra from the lateUpper Paleolithic, which belong to the oldest known artwork in Saxony-Anhalt. The figures are 12,000 to 14,000 years old.
TheNebra sky disk was found in Wangen near Nebra in 1999. It only became public in 2002 when the finders tried to sell it and were eventually arrested following a sting operation in Basel, Switzerland. The sky disc is thought to have been created between 2100 and 1700 BCE and to have been buried in approximately 1600 BCE.
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