Halle
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{hahl'-eh} Halle is an industrial
city in the state of Saxony Anhalt in eastern Germany, located on the Saale River about 140 km (90 mi) southwest of
Berlin. It has a population of 234,800 (1989). Because the nearby area contains rich deposits of potash, lignite, and salt, Halle is an important center for the manufacture of chemicals, machinery, processed foods, and electronic equipment. Martin Luther
university, opened in 1694 and merged with the
university of
Wittenberg in 1817, is there. Among Halle's numerous historic landmarks in the old center of town are the Marienkirche (begun 1529); the Red Tower (16th century); a bronze statue of the composer George Frideric HANDEL, a native son; the
saint Moritzkirche (begun 1388); and Moritzburg
castle (15th century), which is now a museum.In AD 806, Charlemagne had a fortress built here to guard the valuable salt springs (Halle means "saltworks"). Since that time the town has flourished as a commercial and industrial center, first under the archbishops of
Magdeburg (968-1648) and later under the elector of Brandenburg.Map Location[s]
Kiel,
Hamburg,
Bremen,
Rostock,
Berlin,
Magdeburg, Halle,
Hannover,
Dortmund,
Essen,
Dusseldorf,
Cologne, Bonn,
Koblenz,
Wiesbaden, Frankfurt,
Mannheim,
Saarbrucken,
Stuttgart,
Munich, Nurnberg,
Karl-Marx-Stadt,
Dresden,
Leipzig, Elbe, Spree, Weser, Ems, Main, Moselle, Rhine, Danube, Isar, Bodensee.
