Editing Merseburg (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:ErnstHaeckel.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Ernst Haeckel in 1906]]
*[[Thietmar of Merseburg]] (975–1018), bishop and chronist
*[[Menahem of Merseburg]] (first half of 15th century), rabbi and author
*[[Johannes Knolleisen]] (1450–1513), theological professor
*[[Szymon Bogumił Zug]] (1733–1807), Polish-German architect and designer of gardens
*[[Karl Adolph von Basedow]] (1799–1854), physician
*[[Ernst Haeckel]] (1834–1919), biologist, philosopher, physician
*[[Lucian Müller]] (1836–1898), classical scholar
*[[Oskar Herrfurth]] (1862-1934), painter and illustrator
*[[Elisabeth Schumann]] (1888–1952), operatic soprano
*[[Klaus Tennstedt]] (1926–1998), conductor
*[[Uwe Nolte]] (born 1969), poet, musician and graphic artist
*[[Jawed Karim]] (born 1979), American software engineer, [[YouTube]] co-founder, creator of the first video uploaded to YouTube "[[Me at the zoo]]"
*[[Dave Grunewald]] (born 1986), metalcore singer for [[Annisokay]] (2011-2019), fitness expert, and podcaster