Roßbach (Braunsbedra)
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Braunsbedra () is a town 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, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km southwest of Merseburg. It was created after 1945 by the merger of Braunsdorf and Bedra. The town Braunsbedra consists of Braunsbedra proper and four ''Ortschaften'' (municipal divisions): Frankleben, Großkayna, Krumpa and Roßbach.Hauptsatzung der Stadt Braunsbedra
December 2014.
Roßbach, famous for the Battle of Rossbach, is one of the local communities; the layout of the land had greatly changed since the battle due to lignite mining and then flooding of the abandoned mines to create the Geisel valley Lakes complex.Geiseltal
Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft, p. 10.


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