Memleben

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Coordinates: 51°17′00″N 11°34′00″E / 51.283333, 11.566667

Memleben
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Memleben (Germany)
Memleben
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Burgenlandkreis
Municipal assoc. An der Finne
Mayor Helmut Reich
Basic statistics
Area 16.76 km² (6.5 sq mi)
Elevation 120 m  (394 ft)
Population 716  (31/12/2006)
 - 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 municipality in Burgenlandkreis district in southern Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, 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.

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