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Merseburg

British  
/ ˈmɛrzəbʊrk /

noun

  1. 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)

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The case centered on a speech in Merseburg in May 2021 in which Höcke used the phrase “Everything for Germany!”

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

Höcke is accused of ending a speech in nearby Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

He is accused of ending a speech in nearby Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

Last fortnight the Germans picked a day to fight�putting up 500 fighters over one target alone, the Merseburg oil plants in central Germany�and they knocked down 40 U.S. bombers, 19 escorts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ditmar of Merseburg, the German, speaks of the inscriptions with which the pagan Obotrites, the Slavic inhabitants of Mecklenburg, used to cover their idols.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

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