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Ballenstedt
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| Statistics | |
| State: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Regierungsbezirk: | Madgeburg |
| District: | Quedlinburg |
| Area: | 57 kmē |
| Population: | 8,277 (12/31/2002) |
| Population density: | 145/kmē |
| Elevation: | 235 m |
| Postal code: | 06493 |
| Area/distance code: | 039483 |
| Location: | 51.71667/51°43' N lat. 11.21667/11°13' W long. |
| Municipal code: | 15 3 64 003 |
| Car designation: | EIC |
| Address of the city administration: | 12 Rathausplatz Ballenstedt 06493 |
| Website: | www.dallenstedt.de http://www.ballenstedt.de/ |
| Politics | |
| Mayor: | Wolfgang Schneider (FDP) |
Ballenstedt is a town, which is been located on the northern edge of the east resin. It belongs to the district of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt. The Roman-style road leads into Ballenstedt.
In Ballenstedt it has a Schloss in Ballenstedt the Ascanian seat. The mine tester representative Albert I of Brandenburg from in the year 1157 of Mark Brandenburg and was her first Markgtaf . Albert I led like his father, the title Graf von Ballenstedt. Albert I's grave lies with some gates in the Ascanian monastery in Ballenstedt. In the city park, a monument for Albrecht is located, built from Frithjof Meussling.
Ballenstedt became furthermore as a cemetery. The former house of Kuegelgens equally beside the schloss (château) serves today as a museum. Also the schloss is used as museum. The Ballenstedter schloss theatre is the oldest theatre in Saxony-Anhalt. After the turn, 1989 the first democratically selected mayor of Ballenstedt, Wolfgang Gurke , changed the fate of the city considerably.
Likewise it resided for a long long time in Ballenstedt the prominent family Kiep, from which Ottl Kiep (diplomat) and Walther Leisler Kiep .
External link
- homepage http://www.ballenstedt.de