Wechselburg (Germany)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Wechselburg (Germany)
Other forms of name
nnaa Wechselburg, Ger
Coordinates
12.77666667 12.77666667 51.00305556 51.00305556 (gooearth )
Associated country
Germany
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 152519519
Wikidata: Q71060
Library of congress: n 85319406
Sources of Information
  • BGN 1-21-86(Wechselburg; E. Germany; popl. 51°00ʹN 12°46ʹE)
  • Hütter, E. Der Wechselburger Lettner, 1983:p. 10 (Wechselburg)
  • LC data base, 1-21-86(hdg.: Wechselburg, Ger.)
  • BGN 1-21-86(Wechselburg; E. Germany; popl. 51p0s00ʹN 12p0s46ʹE)
  • Ortslex. d. DDR, 1974:p. 149 (Wechselburg; Kr. Rochlitz; Bz. Karl-Marx-Stadt)

Wikipedia description:

Wechselburg (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛksl̩bʊʁk]) is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is well known for its twelfth century Benedictine monastery, the Wechselburg Priory. The lordship and the castle were owned by the House of Schönburg from 1546 until 1945.

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