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Location of the town of Burg within Jerichower Land district
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Jerichower Land |
| Town subdivisions | 9 |
| Mayor | Bernhard Sterz (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 164.02 km2 (63.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population | 24,163 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 147 /km2 (382 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | JL |
| Postal code | 39288 |
| Area code | 03921 |
| Website | www.stadt-burg.de |
Burg bei Magdeburg is a town of about 24,700 inhabitants on the Elbe-Havel-Canal in Germany, northeast of Magdeburg. It is situated around a former weir, the Sachsenschleusen ("Saxon Sluices"). It is the capital of the district of Jerichower Land in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The town is famous for its mediaeval churches and towers.
Burg formerly had the first shoe manufacturing factory in Europe and was the first to produce manufactured crispbread in Germany, beginning production in 1931.
The town is notable as the birthplace of General Carl von Clausewitz.
Near Burg there is a large transmission site for long- and mediumwave, which was among other things used for the transmissions of Radio Wolga.
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