Halle (Saale)

Country

Brandenburg-Prussia

Coordinates

51.4828, 11.9697

History

• Halle (Saale) (–1680), Archbishopric of Magdeburg
• Halle (Saale) (1680–1701), Brandenburg-Prussia
• Halle (Saale) (1701–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Halle (Saale) (1871–1919), German Empire
• Halle (Saale) (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Halle (Saale) (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Halle (Saale) (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Halle (Saale) (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Halle (Saale) (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654), was born and died in Halle (Saale)
• Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661), was born in Halle (Saale)
• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), was born in Halle (Saale)
• Daniel Gottlob Türk (1756–1813), died in Halle (Saale)
• Eduard Rohde (1828–1883), was born in Halle (Saale)