Merseburg: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Saxony-Anhalt
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 34,780
• Coordinates: 51.3548° N, 11.9892° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 162 km (101 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ): 18 km (11 mi), straight line
• Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF): 83 km (52 mi), straight line
• Dresden Airport (DRS): 126 km (78 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Schkopau: 4.9 km (3.0 mi)
• Halle (Saale): 14 km (9 mi)
• Schkeuditz: 17 km (10 mi)
• Teutschenthal: 17 km (10 mi)
• Weissenfels: 17 km (11 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Halle (Saale), 14 km (9 mi)