Löbejün () is a former 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, ...

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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

Geography

Geographic location

Löbejün is located north of

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...

. The town is located in a hilly area in which a tributary to the

Saale The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale ( ) and Thuringian 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, Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the M ...

River, the Fuhne, flows.

Geology

The town is known for its ''Löbejüner porphyry''. In the northeastern part of the town

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal i ...

beds are found.

City classification

The following towns are classified as part of Löbejün: *Gottgau *Schlettau

History

Löbejün was first recognized in 961 as ''Liubichun''.

Population development

² Source: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

Industrial development

Since 1518 (when the quarry was first mentioned) porphyry was processed. In circa 1622 the

mine was founded. The coal mine reached peak production in the 18th century, when it had 27 mine shafts. It closed in 1884.

Politics

Löbejün was part of the ''

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Municipal associations (, , ) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''stipulated municipal association ...

'' Saalkreis Nord until 2011.

Mayor

The last mayor of Löbejün was Thomas Madl ( CDU), who was in office from 1990 until 1994, and from 1995 until the formation of Wettin-Löbejün in 2011.

City emblem

The city shield consists of a green background with two silver key with their teeth pointed outwards. Four roses (the upper and lower, silver, and the ones on the side, red) are also found on the shield.

Partner cities

Schifferstadt Schifferstadt (; , ''Schiffaschdad'', or ''Schiwwerschdadt'') is a town in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. If not including Ludwigshafen (the district free city that is the capital of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis), Schifferstadt is t ...

(since 2002)

Culture and monuments

Museums

*Heimatmuseum im ''Halleschen Tor''

Music

The ''Internationale Carl-Loewe-Gesellschaft e. V.'' (International Carl Loewe Society) holds concerts and events related to the composer

Carl Loewe Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (; 30 November 1796 – 20 April 1869), usually called Carl Loewe (sometimes seen as Karl Loewe), was a German composer, tenor singer and conductor. In his lifetime, his songs ("Balladen") were well enough known for ...

Economy and infrastructure

Long-time companies present in Löbejün

In Löbejün porphyry is removed from the ground. Often used as fill in building roads, it is also used in home construction and also in the city wall, the ''Hallesche Tor'' and other buildings in the city.

Famous people

The composer

was born on 30 November 1796 in Löbejün. The birthplace of Loewe was torn down in 1886. In the place of the house, near the Church of St. Petri, the ''Alte Schule'' (the old school) (today: ''Carl Loewe-Haus'') was built.

Literature

*: ''Wanderungen durch den Saalkreis'' (Journeys through the region surrounding Halle), Halle 1921

References

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