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Ballenstedt (Saxony-Anhalt)
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Ballenstedt is a town in Germany. It belongs to the district of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt. The German touristic route Strabe der Romanik leads through Ballenstedt.
The castle in this town was the seat of the Ascanian dynasty of rulers. The most prominent Ascanian Albert I of Brandenburg established the Mark Brandenburg in the year 1157, and was its first Markgraf. Albert I held, like his father, the name Graf von Ballenstedt. Albert I's grave rests within the gates of the Ascanian monastery in Ballenstedt. A tombstone for Albert is situated in the city park.
Ballenstedt became known as a suburban town for the retired. The former house of author and painter Wilhelm von Kugelgen and the castle are at the present museums. The Ballenstedt castle theatre is the oldest theatre in Saxony-Anhalt.
Ballenstedt is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in Germany. It is worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of Germany.
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