Burgenlandkreis

Coordinates: 51°9′N 11°52′E / 51.150°N 11.867°E / 51.150; 11.867
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This article is about the district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. For the Austrian state, see Burgenland.

Burgenlandkreis
District
Flag of Burgenlandkreis
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Coat of arms of Burgenlandkreis
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CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
CapitalNaumburg
Government
 • District admin.Götz Ulrich (CDU)
Area
 • Total1,414.0 km2 (545.9 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total177,212
 • Density130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ
Websitewww.burgenlandkreis.de

Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is 1,414.0 km2 (545.9 sq mi).[2]

History

Naumburg Kreisverwaltung Burgenlandkreis

The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 July 2007, the district parliament decided to change the name to Burgenlandkreis, which came into effect on 1 August 2007.[3]

In 2015 the skeletal remains of an

maternal lineage H1.[4][5]

Towns and municipalities

SaxonyThuringiaSaalekreisAn der PoststraßeMeinewehBad BibraBalgstädtDroyßigEckartsbergaElsteraueElsteraueFreyburgFinneFinneFinnelandGleinaGoseckGutenbornHohenmölsenKaiserpfalzKaiserpfalzKarsdorfKretzschauLanitz-Hassel-TalLaucha an der UnstrutLützenMertendorfMolauer LandNaumburgNebraOsterfeldSchnaudertalSchönburg (Saale)StößenTeuchernWeißenfelsWethauWetterzeubeZeitz
Clickable map of municipalities in the district

The Burgenlandkreis consists of the following subdivisions:[6][7]

Free towns

The district's free towns are Hohenmölsen, Lützen, Naumburg, Teuchern, Weißenfels, and Zeitz.

Free municipalities

The only free municipality is Elsteraue.

Verbandsgemeinden

1 seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ('association community'); 2 town

References

  1. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
    . June 2023.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
    . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ Name change announcement[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Our Far Forebears (Y-DNA haplogroups )
  5. PMID 25731166
    .
  6. Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German). 7 June 2010. Archived from the original
    on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Aktuelle Bekanntmachungen der Gemeinde Meineweh". Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal (in German). 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

External links

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