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Saale District
Coat of arms of Saale District
Saalekreis in S-A
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
Capital Merseburg
Area
 • Total
1,433 km2 (553 sq mi)

Saale District (German: Saalekreis) is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Kyffhäuser (Thuringia), Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzland, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nordsachsen, Leipzig (both Saxony) and Burgenland. The district-free city of Halle is surrounded by the Saale District.

History[]

The district was established by merging the former districts of Merseburg-Querfurt and Saalkreis as part of the district reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities[]

The district Saalekreis consists of the following subdivisions:[2]

Free towns Free municipalities Verbandsgemeinde
  1. Bad Dürrenberg
  2. Bad Lauchstädt
  3. Braunsbedra
  4. Landsberg
  5. Löbejün-Wettin
  6. Merseburg
  7. Mücheln
  8. Querfurt
  1. Kabelsketal
  2. Leuna
  3. Petersberg
  4. Salzatal
  5. Schkopau
  6. Teutschenthal

Weida-Land

  1. Barnstädt
  2. Farnstädt
  3. Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf1
  4. Obhausen
  5. Schraplau2
  6. Steigra
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

References[]

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Coordinates: 51°24′N 11°50′E / 51.4, 11.833 Mansfeld-Südharz


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