Merseburg (German: [ˈmɛʁzəbʊʁk] ) is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of...
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The Merseburg charms, Merseburg spells, or Merseburg incantations (‹See Tfd›German: die Merseburger Zaubersprüche) are two medieval magic spells, charms...
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Province of Saxony (section Regierungsbezirk Merseburg)
Merseburg Regierungsbezirk became the Province of Halle-Merseburg. In 1945, the Soviet military administration combined Magdeburg and Halle-Merseburg...
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Dedo I, Count of Wettin (redirect from Dedo I Merseburg)
Wettin and Jutta of Merseburg. As a young man, Dedo spent his childhood with his relative Rikdag, Margrave of Meissen, Zeitz and Merseburg, and was thus closely...
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Dietmar or Dithmar; 25 July 975 – 1 December 1018), Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death in 1018, was an important chronicler recording...
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Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral...
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The March of Merseburg (‹See Tfd›German: Mark Merseburg) was a short-lived march of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised the lands of the Polabian Slavs...
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SV Merseburg 99 is a sports club from Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt. The club has existed since August 23, 1899. The club colors are green and white. The...
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Merseburg-Querfurt was a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from northwest clockwise) Sangerhausen,...
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Battle of Riade (redirect from Battle of Merseburg)
The Battle of Riade or Battle of Merseburg was fought between the troops of East Francia under King Henry I and the Magyars at an unidentified location...
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The Province of Halle-Merseburg (‹See Tfd›German: Provinz Halle-Merseburg) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1944 to 1945. The provincial...
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aunt of Hatheburg of Merseburg, first wife of Henry the Fowler. Thietmar's wife left him two sons, Siegfried, Count of Merseburg, and Gero the Great....
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Merseburg Hauptbahnhof is the main station of the town of Merseburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is located on the Halle–Bebra railway (Thuringian...
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of Bautzen and Merseburg may refer to The Peace of Bautzen of 1018, which ended the German-Polish War (1002–1018) The Treaty of Merseburg of 1033, an agreement...
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Hatheburg (also Hatheburch) (* 876 in Merseburg; † on 21 June after 909) was the first wife of Henry the Fowler, later king of East Francia (Germany)...
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Baldr (section Merseburg Incantation)
baltas, further adducing Slavic Belobog and German Berhta. One of the two Merseburg Incantations names Balder (in the genitive singular Balderes), but also...
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The Merseburg–Halle-Nietleben railway is an about 19 kilometre-long electrified branch line in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. A second track exists...
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Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg (19 November 1653 – 20 October 1694), was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin. He was the second...
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Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. In Merseburg on...
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Merseburg Cathedral (‹See Tfd›German: Merseburger Dom) is the proto-cathedral of the former Bishopric of Merseburg in Merseburg, Germany. The mostly Gothic...
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The Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, with Merseburg as its capital. It existed from 1656 or 1657 to 1738 and was owned by...
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August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (Merseburg, 15 February 1655 – Zörbig, 27 March 1715), was a German prince and member of the House of Wettin. He...
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Bruno the Saxon (redirect from Bruno of Merseburg)
Saxon (Latin: Bruno Saxonicus), also known as Bruno of Merseburg (German: Brun von Merseburg) or Bruno of Magdeburg, was a German chronicler of the eleventh...
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Frigg (section Second Merseburg Incantation)
10th-century manuscript found in what is now Merseburg, Germany, features an invocation known as the Second Merseburg Incantation. The incantation calls upon...
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Christian III Maurice (redirect from Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg)
Christian III Maurice (Merseburg, 7 November 1680 – Merseburg, 14 November 1694), was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin. The...
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Dominik Merseburg (born 15 September 1991) is a German professional racing cyclist. He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships...
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Marca Geronis (redirect from Margrave of Merseburg)
Meissen, Zeitz, and Merseburg. Because Siegfried's and Gero's comital seat was Merseburg, it has sometimes been called the March of Merseburg. However, there...
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Fulla (section "Horse Cure" Merseburg Incantation)
and in skaldic poetry. Volla (Folla) is attested in the "Horse Cure" Merseburg Incantation, recorded anonymously in the 10th century in Old High German...
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Idis (Germanic) (section First Merseburg Charm)
as the amended place name Idistaviso. One of the two Old High German Merseburg Incantations call upon female beings—idisi—to bind and hamper an army...
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German appear in the ninth century, chief among them being the Muspilli, Merseburg charms, and Hildebrandslied, and other religious texts (the Georgslied...
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