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Halberstadt (häl`bərshtät), city (1994 pop. 43,030), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is an industrial center and rail junction and has sugar-refining, metal-processing, and engineering plants. Manufactures include machinery, rubber, and processed food. Halberstadt was made an episcopal see in 814. It was burned (1179) by Henry the Lion; after Henry's fall (1180) the bishopric of Halberstadt was given in temporal fief to the bishops by Emperor Frederick I. The city became (13th–14th cent.) a flourishing trade center. In 1648 it was annexed by Brandenburg. Halberstadt was severely damaged in World War II. Noteworthy buildings include the Cathedral of St. Stephen (13th–17th cent.) and the Liebfrauenkirche, a 12th-century church. Halberstadt a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop.: 40 014 (2003 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Kostelanetz looks to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake as an example of maximal art, though John Cage's Europera, a bricolage of costumes and sounds and even program notes from operas, might be a better example, as might be Cage's Organ (2)/ASLSP ("as slow as possible"), a piece that is now being performed in Halberstadt, Germany, a performance that is slated to last 639 years. Next time your church organist gets carried away and plays too long or too slowly, just think of Halberstadt and count your blessings. Contact: Susan McDonald, Nordharzer Stadtebundtheater, Spiegelstrasse 20a, 38820 Halberstadt, Germany; fax: 49 394 144 2652; sue. |
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