Map of Merseburg, Germany

Merseburg is a city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, with a population of about 34,780. It lies at 51.3548°N, 11.9892°E. Merseburg is about 162 km (101 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Halle (Saale), 14 km to the north.

Merseburg at a glance

Where is Merseburg?

• The 8th largest city in Saxony-Anhalt on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 51 min on the shortest day to 16 h 37 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Merseburg

• Halle (Saale) — 14 km north
• Weißenfels — 17 km south
• Leipzig — 27 km east
• Bitterfeld-Wolfen — 38 km northeast
• Altenburg — 51 km southeast
• Gera — 53 km south
• Jena — 55 km southwest
• Dessau — 57 km north
• Weimar — 62 km southwest
• Zwickau — 78 km southeast

Largest cities in Saxony-Anhalt

• Magdeburg — 244,329
• Halle (Saale) — 237,865
• Dessau — 67,747
• Halberstadt — 39,729
• Weißenfels — 37,929
• Stendal — 37,722
• Bitterfeld-Wolfen — 36,592

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.