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Zerbst (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.
 
Zerbst is a town in Saxony Anhalt, Germany and the capital of the Anhalt Zerbst district with about 16,000 inhabitants. Its period of foundation is not clear, but it was mentioned in the year 949. Saxony Anhalt is one of the sixteen Bundeslanders, federal states, which make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of 20,447 square kilometers and a population of 2.6 million people. Its capital is Magdeburg.
 
It is surrounded by the districts of Potsdam Mittelmark, Wittenberg, Dessau and the districts of Kothen, Schonebeck and Jerichower. Zerbst includes plain countryside on the north of the Elbe River. The Elbe enters the district in the east and runs through the southeastern part to form the southern and western border of Anhalt Zerbst.

Like some of its sister municipalities and towns, Zerbst is blessed with beautiful surroundings and a unique natural setting. The picturesque scenery, the majesty of the mountains, the slow pace of life, and the welcoming nature of its people all combine to make this region one of the most important tourist attractions in Germany.

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