Alsleben

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Alsleben within Salzlandkreis district

(2021–28) Alexander Siersleben^[1]Area

• Total23.640 km² (9.127 sq mi)Elevation

85 m (279 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,564 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06425

Dialling codes034692Vehicle registrationSLKWebsitewww.alsleben-saale-online.de

Alsleben (pronounced [ˈalsleːbm̩] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, south of Bernburg. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saale-Wipper.

Personality

Sons and daughters of the town

Fritz Schaper (1841–1919), sculptor and professor, creator of the relief in the gable of the Reichstags
Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (1843–1929), gynecologist
Wolfgang Herrmann (1904–1945), Nazi librarian

Personalities who have lived or live in Alsleben

Werner Kriesel (born 1941), engineer, professor of automation technology in Leipzig and Merseburg, a pioneer of industrial communication technology
Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (theologian)

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.