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Beesenstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since January 1, 2010, it has been part of the municipality Salzatal.

The Schlenze is a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is a left-bank tributary of the Saale. It starts at Polleben (a district of Eisleben) and flows into the Saale at Friedeburg.

Fleischbach is a small river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows into the Schlenze near Friedeburg.

Fienstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Salzatal.

Friedeburg is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 24 January 2010, it is part of the town Gerbstedt.

Wettin is a small town belonging to the municipality of Wettin-Löbejün in the Saale District of Saxony-Anhalt (Saxony-Ascania), Germany. It is situated on the River Saale, just north of Halle. It is known for Wettin Castle (German: Burg or Schloss Wettin), the ancestral seat of the House of Wettin, the former ruling dynasty of Saxony, Poland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Bulgaria. The town and its name are of Slavic origin.

Freist is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 24 January 2010, it is part of the town Gerbstedt.

Schochwitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the municipality Salzatal. The historical Schochwitz castle, the most important landmark in the village, where Crusaders left to fight and witches were burned in the Middle Ages, is now a meditation and spiritual center attracting visitors from all over the world, and is owned by Countess Ingrid Zerfowski and her husband Lord Jimmy Welsh.

The Schochwitz castle, located in Schochwitz, Germany (17 km from Halle (Saale) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt) was built in the 12th century. Today it serves as a hotel. Earliest sources mention a castle about 1133 in conjunction with Odalricus de Scochwize who was the owner of the castle. Later the castle was owned by Friedrich von Merseburg, a clergymen. In 1565 the dynasty von der Schulenburg inherited the castle. Between 1601 and 1606 a renaissance castle was built at the site under the reign of Lewin von der Schulenburg. Gebhart von Alvensleben purchased Schochwitz castel in 1783 and it remained in that family's possession. The last owner was Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben. After the war, the castle came into state possession. It was purchased in 2004 by Richard James Welsh, renovated, and turned into a holistic healing center.

The Rothenburg Ferry is a cable ferry across the Saale in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It connects the village of Rothenburg on the northwest end with the settlement Brucke which is part of the community Zickeritz on the southeast end. The ferry is 3.7 km apart from the next bridge downstream and upstream 11.1 km from another ferry. The ferry was originally a reaction ferry propelled by the current of the water but today is powered by an engine working on a chain on the downstream side. Since October 2022 the service has been discontinued.

Dößel is a former municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. On 1 July 2008, it was absorbed by the town Wettin. In January 2011 it became part of the town Wettin-Löbejün.

Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, the dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling families of the United Kingdom and Belgium.In 982, Dedo I (d. 1009) and Frederick (d. 1017), sons of Theodoric I of Wettin, perhaps count of Hassegau, received lands taken from the Wends, including the county (or Gau) of Wettin on the right bank of the Saale. There is a legend that the family is descended from one Wettekind, but this can not be attested in any history. At least one reference claims that the castle was built by a descendant of Dietrich named Thimo.That castle is a rebuilt ruin, used as part of a building that houses a school and other public institutions but other castles owned by the Wettin family, from the 15th century, still exist in Meissen, and on the Elbe river.