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Saxony Anhalt

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Land Sachsen-Anhalt
(Saxony-Anhalt)
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg Wappen Sachsen-Anhalt.svg
Flag Coat of Arms
Location of Saxony-Anhalt (dark green) within Germany
Location of Saxony-Anhalt (dark green) within Germany
Administration
Country Flag: Germany Germany
Capital Magdeburg
Minister-President Wolfgang Bhmer ( CDU )
Party (or parties) CDU and SPD
Diet :
CDU :
Die Linke :
SPD :
FDP :
Total:

40
26
24
7
97
Number of votes in the Bundesrat 4
Statistical data
Area 20 446.31 km ( 8th )
Population (31/12/06) 2,435,062 inhab. ( 11th )
Density 119.1 inhabitants / km ( 14th )
GDP (2006) 50.138 billion ( 11th )
GDP per capita. 20 600 ( 13 th )
Other information
ISO 3166-2 DE-ST
Official site sachsen-anhalt.de

Sachsen-Anhalt Germany ) is one of the sixteen Lnder constituting the Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg. The land has an area of 20,447 km2 and a population of 2.4 million. This land was founded in 1990, at the time of German reunification.

Summary

/ / Geography

Saxony-Anhalt consists mainly of a plain used for agriculture, and on the south-west of the eastern mountains of Harz. The main river is the Elbe which flows from southeast to northwest. The second largest river, the Saale , a tributary of the Elbe.

Territorial Administration

January 1, 2004 Saxony-Anhalt has removed his 3 districts of Dessau, Halle and Magdeburg. 1 July 1994 , Saxony-Anhalt has reduced its districts from 37 to 21, then on 1 July 2007, 21-11. It therefore has today, 11 districts and 3 cities boroughs.

Districts (Landkreis) and Cities districts (Kreisfreie Stdte)

Districts in Saxony-Anhalt
Districts Inhabitants Area
Anhalt-Bitterfeld (ABI) 187.873 1.452,71
Burgenland (BLK) 205.097 1.413,36
Brde (BK) 187.833 2.366,19
Harz (HZ) 244.248 2.104,00
Jerichow-Country (JL) 101.092 1.576,66
Mansfeld-Harz-du-Sud (MSH) 160.984 1.448,60
Saale (SK) 206.146 1.433,22
Salzland (SLK) 222.727 1.425,86
Altmark-Salzwedel (SAW) 94.545 2.292,52
Stendal (SDL) 129.481 2.422,96
Wittenberg (WB) 144.972 1.929,89
Cities boroughs
Rolau Dessau (DE) 91.243 244,62
Halle (Saale) (HAL) 235.720 135,02
Magdeburg (MD) 229.826 200,95

Cities

City Borough Population
December 31, 2000
Population
December 31, 2006
1. Halle (Saale) city district 247.736 235.720
2. Magdeburg city district 231.450 229.826
3. Dessau-Rolau city district 98.563 91.324
4. Bitterfeld-Wolfen Anhalt-Bitterfeld 54.307 47.777
5. Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg 48.972 46.133
6. Halberstadt Harz 41.417 39.318
7. Stendal Stendal 39.795 36.761
8. Merseburg Saale 37.127 34.411
9. Wernigerode Harz 35.013 33.871
10. Schnebeck (Elbe) Salzland 36.397 33.290
11. Bernburg (Saale) Salzland 33.825 31.329
12. Sangerhausen Mansfeld-Harz-du-Sud 25.399 30.123
13. Weienfels Burgenland 31.946 29.669
14. Kthen (Anhalt) Anhalt-Bitterfeld 30.360 29.667
15. Naumburg (Saale) Burgenland 30.399 29.359
16. Zeitz Burgenland 32.227 28.117
17. Aschersleben Salzland 27.312 25.791
18. Burg Jerichow-Country 22.951 24.364
19. Lutherstadt Eisleben Mansfeld-Harz-du-Sud 21.062 23.789
20. Stafurt Salzland 20.681 22.758
21. Quedlinburg Harz 24.114 22.185
22. Salzwedel Altmarkkreis Salzwedel 20.349 20.777

History

The territory of Germany was established Eastern 1947 by the merger of the Land of Anhalt and the province of Prussian Saxony. Held in 1949 when the constitution of the German Democratic Republic , it was abolished in 1952 and divided into two districts: those of Halle and Magdeburg.

Monuments

  • Saxony-Anhalt is famous for its abundance of museums, monuments of architecture variety of castles , castles baroque or neoclassical, and the refinement of its gardens. There are still many small Romanesque churches and great Gothic cathedrals , as at Magdeburg, and Halberstadt in Naumburg. Another architectural heritage is represented: the Bauhaus at Dessau Rolau example. Near this town is also the largest park in Germany, Dessau Wrtlitzer Gartenreich, an English garden.
  • Found in Saxony-Anhalt many prehistoric sites as Goseck Circle or Disk of Nebra. These sites, recently discovered, provide him an international reputation today.
Water tower in Halle

See also

External Links

Boroughs and cities districts of Saxony-Anhalt
Cities boroughs
(Kreisfreie Stdte)
Dessau-Rolau | Halle | Magdeburg Flag of Saxony-Anhalt
Districts
(Landkreis)
Altmark Salzwedel- | Anhalt-Bitterfeld | Brde | Burgenland | Harz | Jerichow-Country | Mansfeld-Harz-du-Sud | Saale | Salzland | Stendal | Wittenberg
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