Zerbst

Also known as Zerbst/Anhalt

Zerbst () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district.

Key facts

German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_photo: Zerbst Bartholomäikirche.jpg
German place.image_caption: St Bartholomew Church
German place.image_coa: DE-ST 15-0-82-430 Zerbst COA.png
German place.image_plan: Zerbst-Anhalt in ABI.png
German place.state: Sachsen-Anhalt
German place.district: Anhalt-Bitterfeld
German place.elevation: 67
German place.area: 468.5
German place.postal_code: 39261
German place.area_code: 03923
German place.licence: ABI, AZE, BTF, KÖT, ZE
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 15 0 82 430
German place.website: www.stadt-zerbst.de
German place.mayor: Andreas Dittmann
German place.leader_term: 2019–26
German place.party: SPD

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Zerbst () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district.

==Geography== Zerbst is situated in the Anhalt-Wittenberg region, with its town centre located on the river Nuthe about northeast of the Elbe, halfway between Magdeburg and Wittenberg.

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