Kingdom of Prussia
Which country did Zeitz belong to from 1815 to 1871?
Zeitz Zeitz is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district , in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany . It is situated on the river White Elster , in the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia and Saxony . History . Zeitz was first recorded under the name Cici in the synode of Ravenna in 967 . Between 965 and 982 , it was the chief fortress of the March of Zeitz . Zeitz was a bishops residence between 968 and 1028 , when it was moved to Naumburg . Beginning at the end of the 13th century , the bishops again resided in their castle at Zeitz . The Herrmannsschacht ( built in 1889 ) is one of the oldest brick factories in the world . The city was captured by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years War and was given to Electorate of Saxony in 1644 . It was centre of Saxe-Zeitz between 1657 and 1718 before returning to Electorate ( Became Kingdom of Saxony in 1806 ) . In 1815 , it was given to Kingdom of Prussia and became district ( kreis ) centre in Merseburg region ( regierungsbezirk ) of Province of Saxony till 1944 , when it became part of Halle region . It became a county free city between 1901 and 1950 . It was occupied by USA troops on 27 April 1945 and was given to Soviet ones on 1 July 1945 . It was a district centre in Halle region of Saxony-Anhalt state between 1945 and 1952 and again 1990 and 1994 and in Halle bezirk between 1952 and 1990 . It lost status centre of county and became part of Burgenlandkreis on 1 July 1994 . A bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II , the Brabag plant northeast of Zeitz used lignite coal to synthesize ersatz oil – forced labor was provided by the nearby Wille subcamp of Buchenwald in Rehmsdorf and Gleina. . In the middle of the 1960s work started on the Zeitz-Ost residential area , and in the mid-1980s , housing estates such as the Völkerfreundschaft ( ) were built . On 18 August 1976 , the Protestant clergyman Oskar Brüsewitz from Rippicha burnt himself to death in front of the Michaeliskirche . This was a protest against the DDR system . The town was an industrial centre until German Reunification made many companies in eastern Germany uncompetitive , and 20,000 people lost jobs or moved to other employment . The town still has a large sugar factory , and the nearby lignite mines ( Profen and Schleenhain ) and Lippendorf Power Station , together employing 2,000 people from Zeitz . Main sights . Zeitz sights are predominantly situated along the Romanesque Road ( point 52 ) . - Schloss Moritzburg , a baroque-style castle with the cathedral of St . Peter and Paul . The 10th century crypt displays 17th century tin coffins including that of Moritz , Duke of Saxony . - Michaeliskirche ( 1154 ) , originally a Roman basilica and contains a 1517 original of Martin Luthers 95 Theses . - Town Hall ( 1509 , rebuilt in 1909 ) . It is a Gothic structure that , together with restored houses and 3 market-places , provides Zeitz medieval appearance . - Herrmannsschacht , a technical monument in a former brick factory . Twin towns – sister cities . Zeitz is twinned with : - Darkhan , Mongolia ( 1989 ) - Detmold , Germany ( 1990 ) - Kaliningrad , Russia ( 1995 ) - Tosu , Japan ( 1998 ) - Prescott , United States ( 2014 ) Notable people . - Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz ( 1666–1725 ) , Archbishop of Esztergom - Anna Magdalena Bach ( 1701–1760 ) , second wife of J . S . Bach - Clemens Denhardt ( 1852–1929 ) , Africa explorer - Gustav Denhardt ( 1856–1917 ) , African explorer - Kurt Floericke ( 1869–1934 ) , natural scientist , naturalist and author - Ewald André Dupont ( 1891–1956 ) , film director and screenwriter - Heinrich Troeger ( 1901–1975 ) , jurist and SPD politician - Ewald Riebschläger ( 1904–1993 ) , water jumper , European Champion - Karl Walther ( 1905–1981 ) , painter - Gotthard Handrick ( 1908–1978 ) , fighter pilot and athlete , Olympic champion - Fritz Gödicke ( 1919–2009 ) , football coach - Horst Wende ( 1919–1996 ) , bandleader , arranger and composer - Heinz-Günther Lehmann ( 1923–2006 ) , swimmer , European champion - Manfred Kaiser ( 1929–2017 ) , footballer and coach - Rudolf Drößler ( born 1934 ) , author and science journalist - Bernd Bauchspiess ( born 1939 ) , footballer - Hans Zierold ( born 1938 ) , swimmer - Klaus Trummer ( born 1945 ) , canoeist - Jürgen Kretschmer ( born 1947 ) , canoeist - Martina Falke ( born 1951 ) , canoeist