Saale District | ||
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State | Saxony-Anhalt | |
Capital | Merseburg | |
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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 |
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Weida-Land
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1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town |
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- ^ "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.
- ^ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
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Coordinates: Mansfeld-Südharz
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