Bernburg

Bernburg
Bernburg
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	Bernburg
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Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Salzlandkreis
Government
• Mayor	Henry Schütze (Ind.)
Area
• Total	113.45 km2 (43.80 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	33,879
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	06406
Dialling codes	03471, 034692
Vehicle registration	SLK, ASL, BBG, SBK, SFT
Website	www.bernburg.de

Bernburg is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the district of Salzlandkreis. It is situated on the river Saale, approx. 30 km downstream from Halle. The town is dominated by its huge Renaissance castle featuring a museum as well as a popular, recently updated bear pit in its moat.

The church of St. Stephen in the village of Waldau (which became part of Bernburg in 1871) was first mentioned in 964; the present building dates from around 1150. It is a stop on the Romanesque Road or Strasse der Romanik.

Bernburg has one of the campuses of the regional university. In the Nazi era during World War II, a wing of the town's mental hospital was used for the so-called T-4 Euthanasia Programme (see Bernburg Euthanasia Centre).