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Coordinates: 51°57′N 11°26′E  /  51.950°N 11.433°E  / 51.950; 11.433 Coordinates: 51°57′N 11°26′E  /  51.950°N 11.433°E  / 51.950; 11.433

Egeln (German pronunciation: [ˈeːɡl̩] ( list )) is a small town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) Egelner Mulde.

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Egeln is situated on the river Bode, approx. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Staßfurt, and 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the state capital Magdeburg on the road to Halberstadt. A train connection to Staßfurt via Heckling is provided at Egeln station.

The fertile Bode basin had be settled since the Paleolithic; the town's name may refer to Anglian tribes which in the 2nd and 3rd ctury AD moved from the Baltic coast southwards to prest-day Thuringia. A fortification at the site named Osteregulon is mtioned in a 941 deed of donation, issued by German king Otto I wh he feoffed Siegfried, firstborn son of Margrave Gero, with the surrounding estates. The castle secured a causeway across the Bode river, part of an important trade route from the cities of Goslar and Quedlinburg to the Ottonian residce in Magdeburg.

After Siegfried's early death, the area passed into the possessions of newly established Gernrode Abbey. Merchants and craftsm settled there, and a fortified town was laid out in the 11th ctury at the behest of the Saxon counts from the Ascanian dynasty. A parish church was first mtioned in 1206. Conquered by the Lords of Hadmersleb about 1250, the Egeln citizs were vested with town privileges; Otto of Hadmersleb founded a Cistercian nunnery (Maristuhl monastery) at the site in 1259. After the Hadmersleb dynasty became extinct in 1416, Egeln fell to the Prince-Archbishops of Magdeburg who had the castle rebuilt as a summer residce.

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In the Thirty Years' War, Egeln Castle temporarily served as headquarters of the Swedish troops under Field Marshal Johan Banér. Here he met with the young nun Anna Margareta von Haugwitz, the later wife of Carl Gustaf Wrangel, and became her guardian. Part of the Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680, the demesne passed into state ownership while Egeln obtained the status of an indepdt city. The Maristuhl nunnery was finally dissolved by order of the Napoleonic king Jérôme Bonaparte in 1809. After the Napoleonic Wars, Egeln was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Saxony by 1816.

After World War II, Egeln was part of East Germany and the manor became a Volkseiges Gut (People-Owned Property). After German reunification, the castle complex has be extsively restored.

Egeln is situated on the river Bode, approx. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Staßfurt, and 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the state capital Magdeburg on the road to Halberstadt. A train connection to Staßfurt via Heckling is provided at Egeln station.

The fertile Bode basin had be settled since the Paleolithic; the town's name may refer to Anglian tribes which in the 2nd and 3rd ctury AD moved from the Baltic coast southwards to prest-day Thuringia. A fortification at the site named Osteregulon is mtioned in a 941 deed of donation, issued by German king Otto I wh he feoffed Siegfried, firstborn son of Margrave Gero, with the surrounding estates. The castle secured a causeway across the Bode river, part of an important trade route from the cities of Goslar and Quedlinburg to the Ottonian residce in Magdeburg.

After Siegfried's early death, the area passed into the possessions of newly established Gernrode Abbey. Merchants and craftsm settled there, and a fortified town was laid out in the 11th ctury at the behest of the Saxon counts from the Ascanian dynasty. A parish church was first mtioned in 1206. Conquered by the Lords of Hadmersleb about 1250, the Egeln citizs were vested with town privileges; Otto of Hadmersleb founded a Cistercian nunnery (Maristuhl monastery) at the site in 1259. After the Hadmersleb dynasty became extinct in 1416, Egeln fell to the Prince-Archbishops of Magdeburg who had the castle rebuilt as a summer residce.

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In the Thirty Years' War, Egeln Castle temporarily served as headquarters of the Swedish troops under Field Marshal Johan Banér. Here he met with the young nun Anna Margareta von Haugwitz, the later wife of Carl Gustaf Wrangel, and became her guardian. Part of the Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680, the demesne passed into state ownership while Egeln obtained the status of an indepdt city. The Maristuhl nunnery was finally dissolved by order of the Napoleonic king Jérôme Bonaparte in 1809. After the Napoleonic Wars, Egeln was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Saxony by 1816.

After World War II, Egeln was part of East Germany and the manor became a Volkseiges Gut (People-Owned Property). After German reunification, the castle complex has be extsively restored.

Egeln is situated on the river Bode, approx. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Staßfurt, and 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the state capital Magdeburg on the road to Halberstadt. A train connection to Staßfurt via Heckling is provided at Egeln station.

The fertile Bode basin had be settled since the Paleolithic; the town's name may refer to Anglian tribes which in the 2nd and 3rd ctury AD moved from the Baltic coast southwards to prest-day Thuringia. A fortification at the site named Osteregulon is mtioned in a 941 deed of donation, issued by German king Otto I wh he feoffed Siegfried, firstborn son of Margrave Gero, with the surrounding estates. The castle secured a causeway across the Bode river, part of an important trade route from the cities of Goslar and Quedlinburg to the Ottonian residce in Magdeburg.

After Siegfried's early death, the area passed into the possessions of newly established Gernrode Abbey. Merchants and craftsm settled there, and a fortified town was laid out in the 11th ctury at the behest of the Saxon counts from the Ascanian dynasty. A parish church was first mtioned in 1206. Conquered by the Lords of Hadmersleb about 1250, the Egeln citizs were vested with town privileges; Otto of Hadmersleb founded a Cistercian nunnery (Maristuhl monastery) at the site in 1259. After the Hadmersleb dynasty became extinct in 1416, Egeln fell to the Prince-Archbishops of Magdeburg who had the castle rebuilt as a summer residce.

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In the Thirty Years' War, Egeln Castle temporarily served as headquarters of the Swedish troops under Field Marshal Johan Banér. Here he met with the young nun Anna Margareta von Haugwitz, the later wife of Carl Gustaf Wrangel, and became her guardian. Part of the Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680, the demesne passed into state ownership while Egeln obtained the status of an indepdt city. The Maristuhl nunnery was finally dissolved by order of the Napoleonic king Jérôme Bonaparte in 1809. After the Napoleonic Wars, Egeln was incorporated into the Prussian Province of Saxony by 1816.

After World War II, Egeln was part of East Germany and the manor became a Volkseiges Gut (People-Owned Property). After German reunification, the castle complex has be extsively restored.