Mansfeld

Mansfeld
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Mansfeld within Mansfeld-Südharz district
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Mansfeld-Südharz
Government
• Mayor	Dietmar Sauer (SPD)
Area
• Total	143.78 km2 (55.51 sq mi)
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,432
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06343
Dialling codes	034782
Vehicle registration	MSH
Website	www.stadt-mansfeld.de

For other uses, see Mansfeld (disambiguation).

Mansfeld is a town in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 10 km northwest of Eisleben.

Protestantism's pioneer Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld, and in the 1990s Mansfeld became one of sixteen places to be designated a "Lutherstadt" for this reason.

History

Mansfeld received town privileges in 1400, and grew through the development of copper and silver mining, an activities in which Hans Luder, father to Martin Luther, was employed in a senior position. Luther himself attended the local school between 1488 and 1496, although the building known as "Luther's School" had to be torn down and rebuilt in 2000 due to structural problems.