Facts in brief:
Located above junction of Pleisse, Parthe & Weisse Elster rivers; developed as fortified settlement on intersection of major trade routes by 11th cen.; famed for printing since 1470; was setting for Goethe's Faust; heavily damaged in WW II.
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