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 a ...

(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