Eckartsberga () is a town in the

Burgenlandkreis Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 ...

district of

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 west of

Naumburg Naumburg () is a town in (and the administrative capital of) the district Burgenlandkreis, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany. It has a population of around 33,000. The Naumburg Cathedral became a UNES ...

. 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")

An der Finne An der Finne is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Burgenlandkreis (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Before the 1 July 2009 local government reform, it was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'', covering the same area, but subdiv ...

. Since 2009 it has included the former municipalities of

Burgholzhausen Burgholzhausen is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Eckartsberga Eckartsberga () is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt, ...

and

Tromsdorf Tromsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Eckartsberga Eckartsberga () is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt, Ger ...

.Gebietsänderungen vom 02. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2009

Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...

People

Ludwig Abel Ludwig Abel (14 January 1835 – 13 August 1895) was a German violinist, composer, and conductor. Life Born in Eckartsberga, Province of Saxony, he was a pupil of Ferdinand David. He became a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and in 18 ...

(1835-1895), violinist and composer *

Klaus Agthe Klaus Erich Agthe (born August 12, 1930 in Niederholzhausen, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany) is a German-born businessman and author. Childhood and education Klaus Agthe grew up in Apolda in the province of Thuringia, Germany, went to sc ...

(born 1930), businessman and author *

Peter Frenkel Peter Frenkel (born 13 May 1939 in Eckartsberga) is an East German athlete who was one of the best 20 km race walkers in the world in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Biography He won the gold medal for East Germany in the Munich Olympics ...

(born 1939), athlete *

Rolf Friedemann Pauls Rolf Friedemann Pauls (26 August 1915 – 4 May 2002) was a German diplomat. He was the first ambassador of the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany to Israel, from 1965 to 1968, and was German Ambassador to the United States from 1968 to ...

(1915-2002), diplomat *

Ferdinand Rudow Ferdinand Rudow (April 2, 1840 – September 3, 1920) was a German Entomology, entomologist best known for the poor quality of his taxonomic work. He described over 200 species of wasps during his lifetime, almost all of which have been revised as ...

(1840-1920), entomologist

References

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