Aschersleben

town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Summary

Aschersleben is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Aschersleben ranks in the top 9% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,364 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Salzlandkreis[3]
  • Country: Germany[4]
  • Head of government: Steffen Amme[5]
  • Instance of: town[6], Hanseatic city[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Peine[8], Trenčianske Teplice[9], Kerava[10]
  • Postal code: 06449[11]
  • Commons category: Aschersleben[12]
  • Licence plate code: SLK[13], ASL[14], BBG[15], SBK[16], SFT[17]
  • Local dialing code: 03473[18]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Aschersleben[19]
  • Coordinate location: 51.75, 11.466666666667[20]
  • Official website: https://www.aschersleben.de/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aschersleben[22]
  • Commons gallery: Aschersleben[23]
  • Population: 27,701[24], 27,712[25], 27,220[26], 26,328[27], 26,604[28], 3213[29], 10,118[30], 17,391[31], 21,519[32], 22,865[33], 27,104[34], 28,968[35], 28,627[36], 39,012[37]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris[42]
  • Capital of: Aschersleben Rural District[43], Aschersleben-Staßfurt[44]
  • Official name: Aschersleben[45]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Aschersleben[46]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Aschersleben[47]
  • Native label: Aschersleben[48]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Aschersleben[49]
  • Short name: As[50]
  • Elevation above sea level: 114[51], 113[52]
  • Area: 156[53]

Why It Matters

Aschersleben has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Aschersleben is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+27701'}, {'amount': '+27712'}, {'amount': '+27220'} +21
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 51.75, 'longitude': 11.466666666667}
    Website → —
    Head of government → Andreas Michelmann, Andreas Müller, August Bernhard Christian Körte +6
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