Schönburg

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Coordinates: 51°10′0″N 11°52′0″E / 51.16667, 11.86667

Schönburg
Coat of arms Location
Schönburg has no coat of arms
Schönburg (Germany)
Schönburg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Burgenlandkreis
Municipal assoc. Wethautal
Mayor Jörg Stützer
Basic statistics
Area 14.83 km² (5.7 sq mi)
Elevation 151 m  (495 ft)
Population 1,123  (31/12/2004)
 - Density 76 /km² (196 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BLK
Postal code 06618
Area code 03445
Herrschaft (Grafschaft, Fürstentum) Schönburg
Lordship (County, Principality) of Schönburg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Saxony
1182 – 1803
Capital Schönburg
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Established 1182
 - Partitioned into Upper
    and Lower Schönburg
 
1569
 - Upper Schönburg raised
    to county
 
1700
 - Under Vögterei of
    Electoral Saxony
 
1740
 - Upper Sch partitioned
    to Sch-Hartenstein
    and Sch-Waldenburg
 
 
1790
 - Mediatised to Saxony 1803

Schönburg is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated 5 km east of Naumburg, on the river Saale. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Wethautal.