Alsleben () is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is situated on the river

Saale The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (german: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Fränkische Saale, ...

, south of

Bernburg Bernburg (Saale) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the Salzlandkreis district. The former residence of the Anhalt-Bernburg princes is known for its Renaissance architecture, Renaissance castle. Geography The town centre is situated ...

. It is part of the ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland- ...

'' ("collective municipality")

Saale-Wipper Saale-Wipper is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Before 1 January 2010, it was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''. It is situated southwest of Bernburg. It is named after the ri ...

Personality

Sons and daughters of the town

Fritz Schaper Fritz (Friedrich) Schaper (31 July 1841, Alsleben – 29 November 1919, Berlin) was a German sculptor. Life He was orphaned at an early age, and was sent to Halle to receive instruction at the Francke Foundations. After being apprenticed as ...

(1841–1919), sculptor and professor, creator of the relief in the gable of the Reichstags *

Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (16 October 1843 in Alsleben – 25 May 1929 in Marburg) was a German obstetrician and gynecologist. From 1863 to 1867 he studied medicine at the universities of Greifswald and Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Carl Si ...

(1843–1929), gynecologist * Wolfgang Herrmann (1904–1945), Nazi librarian

Personalities who have lived or live in Alsleben

* Werner Kriesel (born 1941), engineer, professor of automation technology in Leipzig and Merseburg, a pioneer of industrial communication technology *

Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (theologian) Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (born 1 November 1810 in Mehringen, administrative subdivision of Aschersleben in the Kingdom of Westphalia and died 4 March 1884 in Leipzig) was a German Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protesta ...

References

Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Salzlandkreis {{Salzlandkreis-geo-stub