Aschersleben

Aschersleben, a town of Prussian Saxony, on the river Eine, 32 miles SW. of Magdeburg. Pop. (1871) 16,734; (1890) 22,685, occupied in agriculture, gardening, and manufactures of woollens, linens, sugar, machinery, and chemicals. In the vicinity are some ruins, falsely identified as the old castle of Ascania, the original seat of the House of Anhalt.