Ballenstedt, a town in the duchy of Anhalt, in the eastern part of the Harz Mountains, 7 miles SE. of Quedlinburg by rail. The castle, overlooking the town, was a monastery from 940 till 1525, and from 1765 till 1863 the residence of the dukes of Anhalt-Bernburg. Pop. 4890.
Ballenstedt
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 685
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