Memleben

Also known as Mimileba, Mimilebo

Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is known for former Memleben Abbey, the site of a medieval Kaiserpfalz.

Key facts

German location.type: Ortsteil
German location.Town: Kaiserpfalz
German location.image_photo: Memleben, Marienkirche.JPG
German location.image_caption: Memleben Abbey Church ruins
German location.state: Sachsen-Anhalt
German location.district: Burgenlandkreis
German location.elevation: 120
German location.area: 16.76
German location.population: 716
German location.Stand: 2006-12-31
German location.postal_code: 06642
German location.area_code: 034672
German location.licence: BLK

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Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is known for former Memleben Abbey, the site of a medieval Kaiserpfalz.

==Geography== It is located southwest of Nebra on the Unstrut River. The former municipality was merged with the neighbouring villages of Bucha and Wohlmirstedt into Kaiserpfalz on 1 July 2009. thumb|left|Memleben from the bridge over the river Unstrut Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants. It also has an animal exhibition park with a small circus.

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