Burgenlandkreis
Burgenlandkreis | |
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Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
Capital | Naumburg |
Government | |
• District admin. | Götz Ulrich (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,414.0 km2 (545.9 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2022)[1] | |
• Total | 177,212 |
• Density | 130/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | BLK, HHM, NEB, NMB, WSF, ZZ |
Website | www.burgenlandkreis.de |
Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is 1,414.0 km2 (545.9 sq mi).[2]
History
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
Towns and municipalities
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
- An der Finne, consisting of the following municipalities:
- Droyßiger-Zeitzer Forst, consisting of:
- Unstruttal, consisting of:
- Wethautal, consisting of:
1 seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ('association community'); 2 town
References
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Name change announcement[permanent dead link]
- ^ Our Far Forebears (Y-DNA haplogroups )
- PMID 25731166.
- Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German). 7 June 2010. Archived from the originalon 15 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ "Aktuelle Bekanntmachungen der Gemeinde Meineweh". Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal (in German). 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
External links
- Official website of Burgenlandkreis (in German)
- Media related to Burgenlandkreis at Wikimedia Commons
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