Wartenburg is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg

Wittenberg (district)

Wittenberg is a district in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Anhalt-Bitterfeld, the district-free city of Dessau-Roßlau, the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fläming and Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the district of Nordsachsen in the Free State of Saxony.-...

 district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Germany

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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg

Kemberg

Kemberg is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town lies on the north edge of the Dübener Heide Nature Park.Kemberg includes the subdivisions of Bergwitz, Klitzschena, and Ateritz.- History :...

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History

Wartenburg had its first documentary mention in 1176 under the name Wardenberch. The community has become well-known for the engagement and successful crossing of the Elbe by Prussia

Prussia

Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...

n and Russia

Russia

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n troops under General Yorck von Wartenburg in 1813, late in the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...

 once they were into a phase known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation. For his success in battle, Yorck was awarded the title of Honorary Count of Wartenburg.

Economy and transportation

Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 187 between Jessen

Jessen (Elster)

Jessen is a municipality on the Schwarze Elster and lies in the eastern part of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Wittenberg.-Geography:Jessen is an amalgamated municipality, and has the following subdivisions:-History:...

 and Wittenberg is about 4 km away.

Personalities

• Hans Christoph von Ebeleben, 23 June 1578 – 7 November 1651, was a German jurist
  Jurist
  A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
  
  and administrative official.

External links

• Verwaltungsgemeinschaft's website