Burgenland District

Burgenland District
Burgenland District
	District
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Capital	Naumburg
Area
• Total	1,413.4 km2 (545.7 sq mi)

Burgenland District is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In neighbors clockwise the districts of Saale, Leipzig, Altenburger Land, the district free town of Gera, the districts of Greiz, Saale Holzland, Weimarer Land, Sömmerda and Kyffhäuser

History[]

The district was established by merging the former districts of Burgenland and Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 July 2007, the district parliament decided to change the name again to Burgenlandkreis coming into effect on 1 August 2007.^[2]

Towns and municipalities[]

The district Burgenlandkreis consists of the following subdivisions:^[3]^[4]

Free towns	Free municipalities
Hohenmölsen Lützen Naumburg Teuchern Weißenfels Zeitz	Elsteraue

Verbandsgemeinden

1. An der Finne

An der Poststraße
Bad Bibra^{1, 2}
Eckartsberga²
Finne
Finneland
Kaiserpfalz
Lanitz-Hassel-Tal

2. Droyßiger-Zeitzer Forst

Droyßig¹
Gutenborn
Kretzschau
Schnaudertal
Wetterzeube

3. Unstruttal

Balgstädt
Freyburg^{1, 2}
Gleina
Goseck
Karsdorf
Laucha an der Unstrut²
Nebra²

4. Wethautal

Meineweh
Mertendorf
Molauer Land
Osterfeld^{1, 2}
Schönburg
Stößen²
Wethau

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

References[]

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Landkreisen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf.
^ Namechange announcement
^ "Gebietsinformationen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 7 June 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/gk/fms/fms1li.html. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
^ "Aktuelle Bekanntmachungen der Gemeinde Meineweh" (in German). Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal. 20 May 2011. http://www.vgem-wethautal.de/?id=104262001207&cid=104262003933. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

External links[]

Official website of Burgenlandkreis (German)
Media related to Burgenlandkreis at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 51°9′N 11°52′E / 51.15, 11.867

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden nach Landkreisen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf.

[2] Namechange announcement

[3] "Gebietsinformationen" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. 7 June 2010. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/gk/fms/fms1li.html. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

[meineweh-4] "Aktuelle Bekanntmachungen der Gemeinde Meineweh" (in German). Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal. 20 May 2011. http://www.vgem-wethautal.de/?id=104262001207&cid=104262003933. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

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