Am Großen Bruch

Coordinates: 52°4′N 11°5′E / 52.067°N 11.083°E / 52.067; 11.083
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Am Großen Bruch
Municipality
Hamersleben parish church
Hamersleben parish church
Coat of arms of Am Großen Bruch
Coat of arms
Location of Am Großen Bruch within Börde district
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Am Großen Bruch is located in Germany
Am Großen Bruch
Am Großen Bruch
Am Großen Bruch is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Am Großen Bruch
Am Großen Bruch
Coordinates: 52°4′N 11°5′E / 52.067°N 11.083°E / 52.067; 11.083
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictBörde
Municipal assoc.Westliche Börde
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2018–25) Klaus Graßhoff[1]
Area
 • Total50.12 km2 (19.35 sq mi)
Elevation
99 m (325 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,029
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
39393
Dialling codes039401
Vehicle registrationBK
Websitewww.vgem-
westlicheboerde.de

Am Großen Bruch is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Westliche Börde. The municipality was created on 1 July 2004 by the merger of the former municipalities Gunsleben, Hamersleben and Neuwegersleben.[3] On 1 January 2010 it absorbed the former municipality Wulferstedt.[4]

St Pancras monastery church
Detail of the church portal
Neuwegersleben telegraph station

Geography

The name

Bishopric of Halberstadt. The municipality consists of the Ortsteile (municipal divisions) Gunsleben, Hamersleben, Neuwegersleben and Wulferstedt.[5]

History

Hamersleben was first mentioned in a 1021 deed and in 1111 became the home of an

Romanic Road
.

The village of Neuwegersleben features one of the few preserved stations of the

optical telegraph line from Berlin to Koblenz
built in 1833. The building has been partly reconstructed and its signals were reinstalled. Today it houses a small museum.

Transportation

Am Großen Bruch is located on the

railway line from Oschersleben to Jerxheim in Lower Saxony
was closed in 1992.

References

  1. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
    , accessed 8 July 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
    . June 2023.
  3. Statistisches Bundesamt
  4. Statistisches Bundesamt
  5. ^ Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Am Großen Bruch, July 2019.
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