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Halle an der Saale é uma cidade independente (Kreisfreie Städte) ou distrito urbano (Stadtkreis), ou seja, possui estatuto de distrito (kreis). É considerada a capital cultural de seu estado. É sede da Universidade de Halle-Wittenberg (Universidade Martinho Lutero, MLU) e da Academia Nacional de Ciências da Alemanha - Leopoldina.
- cidade independente
- Alemanha
- Saxônia-Anhalt
- Bernd Wiegand
Halle (Saale) (etwa vom Ende des 15. bis zum Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts Hall in Sachsen, [2] bis Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts offiziell Halle an der Saale, [3] [4] von 1965 bis 1995 Halle/Saale) ist eine kreisfreie Großstadt im Süden von Sachsen-Anhalt in Deutschland und mit 242.083 Einwohnern [5] (Stand 31. Dezember 2022) die viertgrößte ...
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Halle (Saale) is located in the southern part of Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany, along the river Saale which drains the surrounding plains and the greater part of the neighboring Free State of Thuringia just to its south, and the Thuringian basin, northwards from the Thuringian Forest. Leipzig, one of Germany's major cities, is only 35 kilometres...
Name
Halle's early history is connected with the harvesting of salt. The name of the river Saale contains the Germanic root for salt, and salt-harvesting has taken place in Halle since at least the Bronze Age(2300–600 BC). From 1965 to 1995, the official name was Halle/Saale.
Middle Ages until industrialisation
The earliest documented mention of Halle dates from AD 806. It became a part of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg in the 10th century and remained so until 1680, when the Margraviate of Brandenburg annexed it together with Magdeburg as the Duchy of Magdeburg, while it was an important location for Martin Luther's Reformation in the 16th century. Cardinal Albert of Mainz (Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545) also impacted on the town in this period. According to historic documents, the city...
World War II
During World War II, KZ-Außenlager Birkhahn, a subcamp of Buchenwald was in Halle, where prisoners from Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, France, Netherlands and other nations were forced to work in the Siebel aircraft plants, making combat aircraft. The plant was later dismantled. In Ammendorf, a large factory owned by Orgacid[de] produced mustard gas. Near the end of World War II, there were two bombing raids carried out against the town: the first on 31 March 1945, the second a few...
Halle has a population of about 238,000 and is the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt State. In the East Germany era, Halle had a lot of big industry with many workplaces. At the time Halle was one of the leading cities in East Germany, along with Leipzig and Dresden. Halle reached its highest population in 1991 with about 305,000 people. Since German r...
Mayor
The current mayor of Halle is independent politicianBernd Wiegand since 2012. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 October 2019, with a runoff held on 27 October, and the results were as follows:
City council
The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows:
Moritzburg, a newer castle, was built between 1484 and 1503. It was the residence of the Archbishops of Magdeburg, was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, and was a ruin for centuries afterward. Pa...Neue Residenz(New Residence), an early Renaissance palace (1531–1537)Salt, also known as white gold, was extracted from four "Borns" (well-like structures). The four Borns/brine named Gutjahrbrunnen, Meteritzbrunnen, Deutscher Born and Hackeborn, were located around the Hallmarket (or "Under Market"), now a market square with a fountain, just across from the TV station, MDR. The brine was highly concentrated and boi...
Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel (later George Frideric Handel) was born in Halle in 1685 and spent the first 17 years of his life in the city. The house where he lived is now a museum about his life. To celebrate his music, Halle has staged a Handel Festival since 1922, annually in June since 1952. The Franckesche Stiftungen (Francke Founda...
Ludwig Wucherer made Halle an important rail hub in central Germany. In 1840 he opened the Magdeburg-Halle-Leipzig line, completing a connection between Magdeburg and Dresden. From 1841 to 1860, other lines to Erfurt, Kassel and Berlinfollowed. The centrepiece of Halle's urban public transport system is the Halle (Saale) tramway network. It include...
The football team Hallescher FC Wacker 1900 had some regional importance before World War II. In the German Championship Wacker reached the semi-finals in 1921, and the quarter-finals in 1928. The successor team became East German champions in 1949 and 1952 under the names of ZSG Union and BSG Turbine Halle. From these evolved today's Turbine Halle...
Public service
1. Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921) conservative politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany1908–1916 2. Helga Einsele(1910–2005) a criminologist, prison director and high-profile prisons reformer. 3. Gerhard Feige (born 1951), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg 4. August Hermann Francke(1663–1727), Lutheran Pietist theologian at the University of Halle and founder of the Halle Orphan House complex. 5. Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016), former Vice Chancellor and longest serving Fo...
Military
1. Max von Bahrfeldt (1856–1936), PrussianGeneral, local historian, and world renown numismatist, died here in 1936 2. Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), a leading Nazi in WWII and a main architect of the Holocaust 3. Ludolf von Alvensleben(1901–1970) an SS functionary, fled to Argentina after WWII 4. Oswald Boelcke(1891–1916), World War I German flying ace, born near Halle 5. Karl von Eberstein (1894–1979) German nobility, early member of the Nazi Party, the SA and the SS. 6. Walter Eisfeld(1905...
Science
1. Bernd Baselt (1934–1993), university professor, published a catalogue leading to the modern day opus designator (HWV) which is used when referring to the works of George Frideric Handel. 2. Dorothea Christiane Erxleben of Quedlinburg (1715–1762) received her Doctor of Medicinedegree in 1754 from the Medical Department of Martin Luther University (MLU) 3. Georg Cantor(1845–1918), mathematician and professor at the university of Halle 4. Arthur Golf (1877–1941) an academic agronomist, focuss...
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Halle (Saale) é uma cidade localizada no estado da Saxônia-Anhalt, na Alemanha, sendo a maior do estado, localiza-se a cerca de 150 km a sudoeste de Berlim. O nome "Halle" provém do grego "halós", que significa "sal", e a cidade é cortada pelo Rio Saale.
Für Halle (Saale) wird darin bis 2030 trotz Flüchtlingszuzug ein Bevölkerungsrückgang von 10,41 % vorhergesagt. Ausgehend von der Bevölkerung zum Stichtag 31. Dezember 2015 würde dies einer prognostizierten Einwohnerzahl von ca. 213.000 im Jahr 2030 entsprechen.
Halle is the largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany with a population of 233,700. Located on the river Saale, it is often referred to as Halle an der Saale, or Halle (Saale) for short, to distinguish it from other municipalities in Germany sharing the same name.
