Zerbst, a town in the duchy of Anhalt, capital of the former duchy of Anhalt-Zerbst, on a tributary of the Elbe, 26½ miles SE. of Magdeburg by rail. The church of St Nicholas is a beautiful specimen of Gothic architecture. Pop. 15,069.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 797
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