ASCHERSLEBEN, a town in Prussian Saxony, Germany, 36m. N.W. of Halle. Pop. (5933) The town was probably founded in the Ilth century by Count Esico of Ballenstedt, an cestor of the house of Anhalt. On the death of Otto III. (ii) it passed to the bishop of Halberstadt, and, after 1648, to Bran denburg. The manufacture of woollen wares, long famed, is carried on; also industries of vinegar, paraffin, potash and beet sugar. There are also iron, zinc and chemical manufactures, and agri cultural seeds are grown. In the neighbourhood are brine springs and a spa (Wilhelmsbad).