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Coordinates 51°9'00?N 11°49'00?E? / ?51.15, 11.816667 Industries of the city include manufacture of foodstuffs, textiles, machinery and toys. Naumburg is in a wine-growing region, with numerous vineyards in the surrounding area. SC Naumburg was a former football club in the town. Naumburg was first mentioned in 1012 as the new castle of the Ekkehardinger, the Margrave of Meissen, was founded at the crossing of two trade-routes. The successful foundation not long beforehand of a Propstei Church on the site of the later Naumburger Cathedrial was mentioned in the Merseburger Bishops Chronicles in 1021. In 1028 Pope John XIX gave his approval for the transfer of the Bishopric from Zeitz to Naumburg. Until the Reformation (until 1568) Naumburg was the seat of the bishops. The last Catholic bishop was Julius von Pflug. The foundation of the Cathedral school is dated to 1030. Naumburg has been known as a town since 1144.
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