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Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in
Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants. It also has an animal exhibition park with a small circus.
St. Martin's Church has its origin in the Middle Ages and is currently being renovated.
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 i ...
, 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 betwee ...
. It is known for former Memleben Abbey
Memleben Abbey (german: Kloster Memleben) was a Benedictine monastery in Memleben on the Unstrut river, today part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The convent, now ruined, was established by Emperor Otto II and his conso ...
, the site of a medieval '' Kaiserpfalz''.
Geography
It is located southwest of Nebra on the Unstrut River. The former municipality was merged with the neighbouring villages of Bucha andWohlmirstedt
Wohlmirstedt is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz.
The first reference to Wohlmirstedt (Wolmerstede) is for 786. In 998 i ...
into Kaiserpfalz on 1 July 2009.
Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants. It also has an animal exhibition park with a small circus.
History
A settlement called ''Mimelebo'' was already documented in a 780 register of the Hersfeld Abbey estates, issued by Archbishop Lullus of Mainz. In the 10th century the ''Pfalz'' or ''villa regia'' of Memleben, a kind of seasonal king's court, was one of the favourite places of the German king Henry the Fowler and his son EmperorOtto I
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the oldest son of He ...
. Henry the Fowler died here, probably by a stroke, on 2 July 936; his son Emperor Otto I also used Memleben as a temporary residence and died here on 7 May 973. According to the '' Res gestae saxonicae'' by the contemporary chronicler Widukind of Corvey, his intestines were buried in a Memleben church.
On behalf of Emperor Otto II
Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy ...
, son of Otto I, the Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
Memleben monastery was built there from about 979 to honour the memory of his father. The Imperial abbey became one of the most important monasteries in the German kingdom for a short time, until in 1015 Emperor Henry II ceded it back to the monks of Hersfeld Abbey.
The monastery buildings were devastated during the German Peasants' War in 1525. After the Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and i ...
the abbey was finally dissolved in 1548, its estates were seized by the Electorate of Saxony and ceded to the newly established Pforta
Pforta, or Schulpforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540), near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable pas ...
state school. Remains of the church and the monastery are still to be seen.
St. Martin's Church has its origin in the Middle Ages and is currently being renovated.
References
External links
* http://www.blaues-band.de/unstrut/memleben.htm {{Authority control Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Burgenlandkreis