BERNBURG, country town in the Land of Anhalt, Germany, on the Saale, half-way between Halle and Magdeburg, formerly the capital of the duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg. Pop. (5933) 38,328. It consists of four parts, the Altstadt or old town, the Bergstadt (hill town), the Neustadt (new town) and the suburb of Waldau. The Bergstadt, which contains the moated castle, formerly the ducal residence, was fortified by Otto III. in the loth century. The new town was founded in the 13th. For a long period the different parts were under separate municipalities, the new town uniting with the old in 1560, and the Bergstadt with both in 1824. Prince Frederick removed the ducal residence to Ballenstedt in 1765. Bernburg produces agricultural machinery, salt and salt petre, paper and cardboard, and has chemical and lead-smelting works. Market-gardening is also extensively carried on, and there is a large river traffic in agricultural produce.