Merseburg

/ ˈmɛrzəbʊrk /

noun

a city in E Germany, on the Saale River, in Saxony-Anhalt: residence of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg (1656–1738); chemical industry. Pop: 35 358 (2003 est)

Gustavus set out next day for Merseburg, leaving the Elector to recover Leipzig.

Duke George, the bishop of Merseburg, and the theologians of Leipsic were labouring underhand at this work.

The cunning Bishop Sidonius of Merseburg made these contentions a desirable excuse for breaking up the conference.

In the ninth century, numbers of them dwelt in the towns of Magdeburg, Merseburg, and Ratisbon.

In the (second) Merseburg charm we find a number of deities taking part in an incantation.

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