{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = |image_coa = Wappen Braunsbedra.png |coordinates = {{coord|51|17|N|11|54|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Braunsbedra in SK.svg |state = Sachsen-Anhalt |district = Saalekreis |elevation = 104 |area = 74.32 |postal_code = 06242 |area_code = 034633 |licence = SK |Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 88 065 |divisions = 13 |website = [http://www.braunsbedra.de/ www.braunsbedra.de] |mayor = Steffen Schmitz<ref>[https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bmbm/index.html Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse], Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.</ref> |leader_term = 2022–29 |party = CDU }}
'''Braunsbedra''' ({{IPA|de|bʁaʊnsˈbeːdʁaː|-|De-Braunsbedra.ogg}}) is a town in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km southwest of Merseburg.
It was created after 1945 by the merger of Braunsdorf and Bedra. The town Braunsbedra consists of Braunsbedra proper and four ''Ortschaften'' (municipal divisions): Frankleben, Großkayna, Krumpa and Roßbach.<ref name=Hauptsatzung>[https://www.braunsbedra.de/de/datei/download/id/6650,1243/hauptsatzung0.pdf Hauptsatzung der Stadt Braunsbedra], December 2014.</ref>
Roßbach, famous for the Battle of Rossbach, is one of the local communities; the layout of the land had greatly changed since the battle due to lignite mining and then flooding of the abandoned mines to create the Geisel valley Lakes complex.<ref>[http://www.lmbv.de/files/LMBV/Publikationen/Publikationen%20Mitteldeutschland/Wandlungen%20und%20Perspektiven%20MD/doku%2003_Geiseltal.pdf Geiseltal], Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft, p. 10.</ref> [[Image:Bedra-Sammlung Duncker (5355151).jpg|thumb|Palace Bedra, around 1860, Edition by Alexander Duncker]]
== People == * Otto von Helldorff (1833-1908), German politician and landowner
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Cities and towns in Saalekreis (district)}}
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Category:Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Saalekreis
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