Teuchern 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, 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 ...

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. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of

Weißenfels Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. His ...

. On 1 January 2011 it absorbed the former municipalities Deuben,

Gröben Gröben is a village and a former municipality in the district Burgenlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Teuchern Teuchern is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It i ...

, Gröbitz,

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, Prittitz and

Trebnitz Trebnitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Burgenlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Teuchern. References

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Teuchern {{Burgenland ...

.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2011

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These 7 former municipalities and Teuchern proper are now ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions of the town Teuchern.Hauptsatzung der Stadt Teuchern
July 2019.

Sons and daughters of the town

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, composer, (1674-1739) * Johann Christian Schieferdecker, organist and composer, (1679-1732) * Peter Meyer, keyboardist and saxophonist of the

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, (born 1940 in Wildschütz) *

Jürgen Pahl Jürgen Pahl (born 17 March 1956 in Teuchern, East Germany) is a German former football goalkeeper. He fled together with Norbert Nachtweih from a match of the East Germany under-21 team to West Germany and was subsequently banned for a year. ...

, football goalkeeper, (born 1956)

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Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Burgenlandkreis {{Burgenlandkreis-geo-stub