When a small plane crashed on the airfield in Renneritz in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, three people were killed on Sunday, according to police reports.
Another person was seriously injured.
The dead are the pilot and two passengers, as a local police spokesman said.
The injured person came to a hospital by rescue helicopter.
Further details about the victims were initially not known.
The accident happened around 4:45 p.m.
According to the police, the Federal Aviation Office is on the way to the site of the accident and is taking over the investigation.
The airfield belongs to a glider club.
The aircraft is a single-engine machine.
It was still unclear whether the accident happened while taking off or landing.