Eisleben

The monastery of Helfta is a Cistercian nunnery in the city of Eisleben. It was originally active between 1229 and 1545, and was restored in 1999. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.The original convent was erected in 1229 by Count Burchard I of Mansfeld, on grounds near Mansfeld Castle and populated with seven nuns from the convent of Halberstadt. In 1234, the nuns moved to Rossdorf and, in 1258, relocated a final time to Helfta, then just outside Eisleben. During the conflicts of the reign of Bishop Albert II of Halberstadt (r. 1325–1358), the monastery was devastated and the 100 nuns moved to Neuhelfta, a site closer to the city walls, in 1346. The monastery was sacked in 1525 during the Peasants' War. Those nuns who remained relocated to Althelfta. When the Abbess Walburge Reuber died in 1545, the convent was suppressed by the secular authorities. It was refounded by ten nuns from the abbey of Seligenthal in 1999. The new buildings incorporate some of the ruins of the old.During the abbacy of Gertrude of Hackeborn (r. 1251–1292), Helfta became the foremost centre of female mysticism in Germany. Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mechthild of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great all lived and wrote there. The Eucharist and the Sacred Heart were their major themes.

Mansfelder Grund-Helbra is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Before 1 January 2010, it was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft. It is situated between Eisleben and Mansfeld. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Helbra. The Verbandsgemeinde Mansfelder Grund-Helbra consists of the following municipalities: Ahlsdorf Benndorf Blankenheim Bornstedt Helbra Hergisdorf Klostermansfeld Wimmelburg

Helbra is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Hübitz is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Gerbstedt.

Siersleben is a part of the town Gerbstedt and a village in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located 10 km north of the Lutherstadt (Town of Luther) Eisleben and 5 km south of Hettstedt and has a population of 1,472 people. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Gerbstedt.

Klostermansfeld is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Benndorf (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛndɔʁf]) is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Augsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Gerbstedt.

Ahlsdorf is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Hornburg is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Seegebiet Mansfelder Land.

Köthen (German: Bahnhof Köthen) is a railway station located in Köthen, Germany. The station is located on the Magdeburg-Leipzig railway, Dessau–Köthen railway and Köthen–Aschersleben railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn. The train services on the Köthen–Aken railway finished in December 2007, due to too few passengers.

The Battle of Welfesholz was fought on 11 February 1115 between the Imperial army of the Emperor Henry V and a rebellious Saxon force led by Lothair of Supplinburg, who would later become the Holy Roman Emperor.