Editing Nebra (Unstrut)

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{{Infobox German place
|type              = Stadt
|image_photo       = 
|image_coa         = Wappen nebra.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|17|N|11|34|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Nebra in BLK.svg
|state             = Sachsen-Anhalt
|district          = Burgenlandkreis
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Unstruttal
|elevation         = 50
|area              = 25.42
|postal_code       = 06642
|area_code         = 034461
|licence           = BLK
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 15084360
|website           = [http://www.stadt-nebra.de www.stadt-nebra.de]
|mayor             = Antje Scheschinski<ref>[https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bmbm/index.html Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse], [[Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt]], accessed 10 November 2022.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022–29
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'''Nebra''' (official name: '''Nebra (Unstrut)''', {{IPA|de|ˈneːbra ˈʊnʃtʁuːt|pron}}) is a town in the district of [[Burgenlandkreis]] of [[Saxony-Anhalt]], Germany. It is situated on the river [[Unstrut]]. Nebra has become nationally and internationally known as the site where the [[Nebra sky disc]], a notable [[Bronze Age Europe|Bronze Age]] artifact, was discovered. The town has a population of around 3,300.

== Geography ==
===Location===
Nebra lies between [[Querfurt]] and [[Naumburg]] on the [[Unstrut]] river in the west of [[Burgenlandkreis]] district.

=== Subdivisions===
{| class="wikitable"
! Locality
! Population
|-
| Nebra || align=center|2467
|-
| [[Reinsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt|Reinsdorf]] || align=center|551
|-
| [[Wangen (Unstrut)|Wangen]] || align=center|551
|}

=== Neighboring communities===
Neighboring towns are Querfurt, [[Barnstädt]] and [[Steigra]] (all three in [[Saalekreis]]) to the north, [[Karsdorf]] to the east, [[Bad Bibra]] to the south and [[Kaiserpfalz]] to the west.

==History==
[[File:Nebra beim schlosshotel 15.09.2012 15-10-10.jpg|thumb|left|New Castle of Nebra]]
[[File:Nebra disc 1.jpg|left|thumb|[[Nebra Sky Disk]], a famous artifact of the [[Bronze Age]]]]

The oldest historical documents mentioning Nebra date back to 876.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, red [[sandstone]] was mined in the region which was used for castles and farmhouses.

Between 1952 and 1994, Nebra was the seat of the Nebra municipality in [[Halle (Bezirk)|Halle district]].

The name of the town was changed on 1 January 1998, from ''Nebra'' to ''Nebra (Unstrut)''.

On 1 July 2009 the previously separate village of [[Wangen (Unstrut)|Wangen]] was merged with Nebra,<ref>[https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2009-januar-dezmber.html Gebietsänderungen vom 02. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2009], [[Statistisches Bundesamt]]</ref> and on 1 September 2010 the village [[Reinsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt|Reinsdorf]] was annexed.<ref>[https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2010.html Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010], [[Statistisches Bundesamt]]</ref>

Nebra today features the Courths-Mahler archives and ''Arche Nebra'', a museum on the history of the Nebra sky disk. The sky disc itself is exhibited at the [[Halle State Museum of Prehistory]].

In 1962, four [[Magdalenian]] figurines were found near Nebra from the late [[Upper Paleolithic]], which belong to the oldest known artwork in Saxony-Anhalt. The figures are 12,000 to 14,000 years old.

The [[Nebra 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.

==Notable people==
[[File:Hedwig Courths-Mahler c1900.jpg|thumb|150px|Hedwig Courths-Mahler around 1900]]
* [[Gallus Dreßler]] (1533–around 1585), cantor and composer
* [[Michael Ranft]] (1700–1774), was the [[diaconate]] to Nebra 1727–1740. 
* [[Hedwig Courths-Mahler]] (1867–1950), bestseller author
* [[Karl Artelt]] (1890–1981), German revolutionary, resided in Nebra 1924–1980, buried in Nebra cemetery
* [[Dieter Lindner (racewalker)]] (born 1937), racewalker
* [[Georg Christoph Biller]] (1955–2022), chorus conductor and [[Thomaskantor]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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