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Kemberg () is a town in
Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...
district 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 ...
. The town lies on the north edge of the
Düben Heath Nature Park The Düben Heath Nature Park (german: Naturpark Dübener Heide), which covers large areas of the eponymous Düben Heath, was the first nature park in Germany that resulted from a citizen's initiative and not from a government office. Around 1990, i ...
.


Subdivisions

The town Kemberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal districts:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Kemberg
2 July 2014.
*Ateritz *
Bergwitz Bergwitz is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2005 it is part of the town Kemberg. Bergwitz is known regionally for the Bergwitzsee (Bergwitz lake) as a tourist recreation area. Ge ...
* Dabrun * Dorna *
Eutzsch Eutzsch is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Eutzsch lies about 6 km south of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. History Eutzsch ha ...
*
Globig-Bleddin Globig-Bleddin is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Globig-Bleddin lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on ...
*Kemberg *
Rackith Rackith is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Rackith lies about 12 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Subdivisions R ...
* Radis * Rotta *
Schleesen Schleesen is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Schleesen lies about 15 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on the edge o ...
*
Selbitz Selbitz is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 12 km west of Hof. Sport The town's association football club SpVgg Selbitz greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new northern division of the ...
*
Uthausen Uthausen is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Uthausen lies about 15 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. History Uth ...
* Wartenburg


History

On 1 July 2005, the municipality of Bergwitz with its subdivision of Klitzschena, was amalgamated with Kemberg, as was the municipality of Ateritz (with its subdivisions of Gommlo and Lubast) on 1 January 2006 and Dorna on 1 January 2007. In 2009 The former municipality of
Globig-Bleddin Globig-Bleddin is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Globig-Bleddin lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on ...
was also amalgamated into Kemberg. On 1 January 2010 the former municipalities Dabrun,
Eutzsch Eutzsch is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Eutzsch lies about 6 km south of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. History Eutzsch ha ...
,
Rackith Rackith is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Rackith lies about 12 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Subdivisions R ...
, Radis, Rotta,
Schleesen Schleesen is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Schleesen lies about 15 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on the edge o ...
,
Selbitz Selbitz is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 12 km west of Hof. Sport The town's association football club SpVgg Selbitz greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new northern division of the ...
,
Uthausen Uthausen is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Uthausen lies about 15 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. History Uth ...
and Wartenburg were merged into Kemberg.


Main sights

The town's most striking sight is the soaring Church of Our Lady ("Unser Lieben Frauen") which can be seen far away over the ''Elbaue'' (natural
polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains s ...
). It is a hall church with a nave and two aisles dating from the 15th century (or so it is believed) with an 86-m-tall tower built in the 19th century. There are things there such as remnants of wall paintings from the late
Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
, a sacrament house made of
sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
and a carved altar (both from the 15th century) and a very nice
baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism. Aspersion and affusion fonts The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). ...
. Also worth seeing are the late
Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
with its
Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
additions and the old town wall from the 14th century, parts of which are still well preserved. Kemberg's well preserved town centre takes the visitor to bygone days and is always worth seeing on foot. The town is also well placed for outings to the nearby heath, and to
Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...
. File:KembergStadtkirche1b.jpg, St. Mary church Kemberg File:Kemberg Altes Rathaus 1.jpg, Town hall File:BergwitzKircheSW.jpg, Church in Bergwitz File:Bergwitz, Bergwitzsee - Sonnenuntergang im September 2019.jpg, Bergwitz lake File:RadisSchloß1.JPG, Radis castle


Transport

Kemberg lies on Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 2 to Bad Düben, on the state highway ('' Landesstraße'') L129 from Bergwitz to
Bad Schmiedeberg Bad Schmiedeberg is a small town in the Wittenberg district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies within the Düben Heath Nature Park. History The town was first mentioned in 1206 as ''Smedeberg''. In 1350, it was granted town rights. Geography ...
and on the district road (''
Kreisstraße A Kreisstraße (literally: "district road" or "county road") is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a '' Kreis'' or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the ''Kreisstraße ...
'') K2024 between
Reuden Reuden (official name: ''Reuden/Anhalt'') is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is around 50 km east of Magdeburg, and around 100 km south-west of Berlin. Since 1 Janua ...
and
Trebitz Trebitz is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg. Geography and transportation Trebitz lies about southeast of Wittenberg and about from ...
. Bergwitz lies on ''Bundesstraße'' B 100 from Wittenberg to Bitterfeld and on ''Landesstraße'' L129 from
Selbitz Selbitz is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 12 km west of Hof. Sport The town's association football club SpVgg Selbitz greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new northern division of the ...
to Kemberg. Klitzschena lies on district road K2041 from Bergwitz to Seegrehna.
Bundesautobahn 9 is an autobahn in Germany, connecting Berlin and Munich via Leipzig and Nuremberg. It is the fifth longest autobahn spanning . Route The northern terminus of the A 9 is at the Potsdam interchange, where it merges into the A 10, ...
(
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
-
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
) can be reached by the ''Vockerode'' interchange 22 km away. Bergwitz
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
lies on the
Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...
line between Wittenberg and Bitterfeld. From 1903 to 1951, there was a
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
connection between Bergwitz and Kemberg. The former station has been demolished. There is now a
hypermarket A hypermarket (sometimes called a hyperstore, supercentre or superstore) is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including ...
there.


Famous people

* Bartholomäus Bernhardi, Theologian * Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat and
resistance Resistance may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm: ** ''Resistance'' (comics), based on the video game of the same title ** ''T ...
fighter in the
20 July Plot On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The ...
*
Ernestine Christine Reiske Ernestine Christine Reiske (2 April 1735 – 27 July 1798) was a German translator of classical texts. She was a scholar of Greek literature, and oriental languages and literature. Biography Ernestine Christine Reiske was born as Ernestine Chr ...
, German translator of classical texts


References


External links


Town of Kemberg
{{Authority control Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Wittenberg (district)