Alsleben
# Alsleben

Alsleben (pronounced (listen)) is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, south of Bernburg. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Saale-Wipper.

## Personality

### Sons and daughters of the town

* Fritz Schaper (1841–1919), sculptor and professor, creator of the relief in the gable of the Reichstags
* Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (1843–1929), gynecologist
* Wolfgang Herrmann (1904–1945), Nazi librarian

### Personalities who have lived or live in Alsleben

* Werner Kriesel (born 1941), engineer, professor of automation technology in Leipzig and Merseburg, a pioneer of industrial communication technology
* Johann Friedrich Ahlfeld (theologian)
