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Zeitz (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.
Zeitz is an old town in the south of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated on the river Weibe Elster in the middle of the triangle of the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. The town was recorded under the name Cici in the synode of Ravenna in year 967. Between 968 and 1028, Zeitz was a Bishops residence that was afterwards laid to Naumburg. From the end of the 13th century, the bishops were again living in their castles in Zeitz. It offers several sights, which are predominantly situated along the Street of Romanic.
Zeitz has Moritzburg, a residential baroque styled castle that includes the oldest building called as cathedral of Saint. Peter and Paul. The oldest area of the cathedral is the crypt, which originates from the second half of the 10th century. In the 17th century, the dukes of Saxony-Zeitz used this crypt as a place for burial. Currently visitors still have the chance for seeing 13 tin coffins from the duke's family, including the coffin of Duke Moritz who was the founder of the duchy of Saxony-Zeitz.
Tourism in Germany has expanded since the end of World War II, and many tourists visit Germany to experience a sense of European history. The countryside exhibits a pastoral aura, while its cities exhibit both a modern and classical feel.
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