Nebra (Unstrut), Stadt
Contact
- Person
- Stadtinformation Nebra (Unstrut)
- Street
- Promenade 13
- Zip
- 06642 Nebra (Unstrut)
- Country
- Germany
- Phone
- 03446122016
- Web
- https://www.stadt-nebra.de/de/startseite.html
- info@stadt-nebra.de
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Nebra probably owes its foundation to the Wends, as indicated by older forms of the name of the place, such as "Neuiri", "Neuere" or "Nebure". Already in Carolingian times, there was a royal court here on the Unstrut, near important long-distance routes, which was attested several times. The Thuringian taverns of Vargula had Nebra in their fiefdom from 1259 to 1341 and from then on called themselves "Schenken von Nebra". In 1466, Friedrich von Nißmitz was enfeoffed with the town and castle of Nebra. Nebra remained in the possession of his family until 1718. The basis of the city's economy in the 18th and 19th centuries was agriculture, but linen and wool weaving as well as lively viticulture were also practiced. Thanks to the rich sandstone deposits and the Unstrut shipping from Artern to Weißenfels, which opened in 1791, the city enjoyed economic stability and prosperity. In 1952, Nebra was named a district town and was then the second smallest district town in the former GDR. In 2007, a modern visitor centre opened its doors at the site of the discovery of the Nebra Sky Disc. Forged over 3600 years ago, the Nebra Sky Disc is the oldest concrete representation of the cosmos in the world and thus a unique testimony to human history.