Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt

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Wettin is the name of a small town in the kreis (district) of Saalkreis in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located on the River Saale close to Halle and Leipzig. Wettin is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Saalkreis Nord and has about three thousand inhabitants.

First documented in 961 Wettin is the home of the House of Wettin, which reigned in Saxony for over 800 years. They were kings of Poland and had a lot of famous descendants, for example Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and August der Starke (August the strong).

A large castle, the former family seat of the House of Wettin is now is a school. This school, the Burggymnasium is famous for it's art classes.

In Mücheln (a small village, now part of Wettin) is an old chapel of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, popularly known as the Knights Templar. It is one of best preserved chapels of the Templars in Europe. After the disbanding of order the chapel was used as a barn, so it survived the destroying of the nost building of the order. In the last few years the chapel has been restored.