NAUMBURG

Ekkehard and Uta, statues from the west choir of Naumburg cathedral, Germany, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies along the Saale River, near the mouth of the Unstrut River, southwest of Halle. Founded by the margraves of Meissen in about 1000, Naumburg was granted to the bishop of Zeitz when he transferred his seat there in 1028. It received town rights in 1142. It was a member of the Hanseatic League in the 15th century but fell to Saxony in 1564 and to Prussia in 1815. Naumburg's Romanesque and Gothic 13th14th-century Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul is notable, and there are remains of four churches from the 16th to the 18th century. Naumburg's industries include the manufacture of foodstuffs, textiles, machinery, and toys. Pop. (1988 est.) 31,784.