Aschersleben
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| Aschersleben | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Salzlandkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Aschersleben/Land |
| Town subdivisions | 6 |
| Mayor | Andreas Michelmann |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 116.0 km² (44.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Population | 28,138 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 243 /km² (628 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SLK |
| Postal code | 06449 |
| Area code | 03473 |
| Website | www.aschersleben.de |
Aschersleben (IPA: [ˈaʃɐsleːbən]) is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 22 km east of Quedlinburg, and 45 km northwest of Halle (Saale). Aschersleben is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") Aschersleben/Land.
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[edit] History
- First mention in 753
- During World War II, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp was located here. It was established to provide slave labour for Junkers (aircraft) and Motorenwerk (automotive).[1]
At Aschersleben was the Junkers serial fuselage production facility. In April 1935 tools were transferred to Aschersleben and already in May 1935 the first fuselages were built here. The facility was located in the Wilslebener Strasse 9 near the socalled Seewiesen, where an airfield was erected as well. The Aschersleben shop area reached 564 thousand square metres and about 6000 people were busy here.
Since July 1944 about 950 KZ prisoners were forced to work at the Junkers Flugzeugwerke in Aschersleben. In April 1945 the production was ceased. On 17th April 1945 U.S. forces occupied Aschersleben, but on 23rd May 1945 the city was handed over to the British forces and later on 1st July 1945 it was finally handed over to the Soviets.
Bombings: 01.04.1942 first British bomb attack 20.02.1944 U.S. day attack, failed target due to cloudy weather 31.03.1945 14.04.1945
At the end of WWII Junkers-Aschersleben was mostly intact and the production was just changing for the Heinkel He162 production. Most installations were demontaged and transferred to Kiev in Russia by the Soviets in 1946. The remaining facility buildings at Aschersleben were later used by VEB Kombinat Fritz Heckert. Today the areal is used by Schiess AG.
On 1 January 2008, the municipalities of Drohndorf, Freckleben and Mehringen were incorporated.
[edit] Architecture
Several architectural styles are represented in Aschersleben. The historic centre is dominated by romanesque (Grauer Hof), gothic (St. Stephani Church), renaissance (City Hall, Krukmannsches Haus) and baroque architecture.
There is a ring of buildings in neoclassical and Jugendstil styles around the historic Old Town. This, in turn, is surrounded and interspersed with buildings of early modernism like the Heckner-Bauten and buildings from the GDR era. Large new areas are mainly in the north and south-east of the city.
There are few half-timbered buildings in the old town of Aschersleben. The reasons for this is the availability of good stone material and the absence of large forests in the vicinity, as well as numerous fires before the 16th century. Nevertheless, there are numerous buildings, which are partly half-timbered, usually the upper floors.
[edit] People
- Adam Olearius 1603 - 1671, writer and diplomat
- Johann Esaias Silberschlag, 1721 - 1791, theologian and scientist
- Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806-1881), chemist and physicist
- Gerd von Rundstedt; 1875 - 1953, World War II general
- Hermann Gieseler; 1889 - 1948, union leader
- Otto Arndt; 1920 - 1992, politician in the FRG
- Gerd Höfer; born 1943, politician
- Ernst Klodwig; 1903 - 1973 in Hamburg; Formula 1 driver for BMW
[edit] References
- ^ Edward Victor. Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps. wwww.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List %20 of %20 camps. htm
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