Rothenburg is a village and a former municipality in the

Saalekreis Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. Its area is . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Kyffhäuserkreis (Thuringia), Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzlandkreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nords ...

district,

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 ...

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. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town

Wettin-Löbejün Wettin-Löbejün is a town in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2011 by the almagamation of the former municipalities Löbejün, Wettin, Brachwitz, Döblitz, Domnitz, Gimritz, Nauendorf, Neutz-Lett ...

. The Rothenburg Ferry, a

cable ferry A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...

, crosses the

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, ...

river at Rothenburg.

References

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Wettin-Löbejün {{Saalekreis-geo-stub