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Merseburg

Merseburg is a town on the Saale river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was a royal palace of the Ottonian kings, and Otto I founded a bishopric there in 968; Bishop Thietmar wrote his famous chronicle there, and the cathedral library holds the Merseburg Charms. It was later the seat of the Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg and passed to Prussia in 1815.

Merseburg
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Marca GeronisPrince-Bishopric of MerseburgArchbishopric of MagdeburgDuchy of Saxe-Merseburg

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Merseburg. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/merseburg
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