Schönburg (Saale)

Schönburg
Schönburg

Coordinates: 51°10′0″N 11°52′0″E / 51.16667°N 11.86667°E / 51.16667; 11.86667Coordinates: 51°10′0″N 11°52′0″E / 51.16667°N 11.86667°E / 51.16667; 11.86667
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Burgenlandkreis
Municipal assoc. Wethautal
Government
 • Mayor Jörg Stützer
Area
 • Total 14.83 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,070
 • Density 72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 06618
Dialling codes 03445
Vehicle registration BLK
Lordship (County, Principality) of Schönburg
Herrschaft (Grafschaft, Fürstentum) Schönburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1182–1803
Capital Schönburg (Saale)
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Established 1182
 • Partitioned into Upper
    and Lower Schönburg		  
1569
 • Upper Schönburg raised
    to county		  
1700
 • Under Vögterei of
    the Electorate of Saxony		  
1740
 • Upper Sch partitioned
    to Sch-Hartenstein
    and Sch-Waldenburg		  
 
1790
 •  Mediatised to Saxony 1803
Preceded by 		Succeeded by
Duchy of Saxony
Kingdom of Saxony

Schönburg is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated 5 km east of Naumburg, on the river Saale. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Wethautal.

The castle was built by the House of Schönburg around 1120 and came into the ownership of the Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz during the following century.

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