La bataille de Hohenmölsen, aussi connue sous le nom de bataille de l’Elster Blanche, est un affrontement survenu le jeudi 15 octobre 1080 près de Hohenmölsen sur l'Elster Blanche, décidant du sort de trois années de guerre civile, entre le roi Henri IV du Saint-Empire et son beau-frère, l'antiroi Rodolphe de Rheinfelden.
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Battle on the Elster was the third and last battle between the Salian king Henry IV of Germany and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden, fought on October 14, 1080 near Hohenmölsen on the White Elster river. Rudolf's forces were victorious; however, he was mortally wounded and succumbed to his injuries the next day.
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The Profen Coal Mine is a coal mine located near Hohenmölsen and Zeitz in Saxony-Anhalt. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 115 million tonnes of lignite, one of the largest coal reserves in Europe and the world and has an annual production of 9 million tonnes of coal. As of 2018, Mibrag has paid €550 million in local taxes per year, or 16 percent of the district's revenue.
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Hohenmölsen is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km southeast of Weißenfels, and 27 km southwest of Leipzig. The town Hohenmölsen consists of Hohenmölsen proper and the Ortschaften Granschütz, Taucha, Webau, Werschen and Zembschen.
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Leipzig-Plagwitz is a railway station located in Leipzig, Germany. The station opened on 20 October 1873. The station is located on the Leipzig–Probstzella railway, Leipzig-Plagwitz–Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz railway and Leipzig-Plagwitz–Leipzig Miltitzer Allee railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Erfurter Bahn. Since December 2013 the station is served by the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland. As part of this, the platforms in Leipzig-Plagwitz had been moved directly north to Karl-Heine-Straße and received new entrances.
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Muschwitz is a village and former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Lützen.
Bien qu’il fût militairement perdant, Henri sortit politiquement vainqueur de cet affrontement, son rival Rodolphe ayant trouvé la mort au cours de la bataille.