Burgenlandkreis

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Burgenlandkreis
—  District  —

Coat of arms
Country  Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
Capital Naumburg
Area
 • Total 1,413.4 km2 (545.7 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 194,195
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration BLK
Website www.burgenlandkreis.de

Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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[edit] History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Burgenlandkreis 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 the 1 August 2007.[2]

[edit] Towns and municipalities

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

Free towns Free municipalities
  1. Hohenmölsen
  2. Lützen
  3. Naumburg
  4. Teuchern
  5. Weißenfels
  6. Zeitz
  1. Elsteraue
Verbandsgemeinden
  1. An der Poststraße
  2. Bad Bibra1, 2
  3. Eckartsberga2
  4. Finne
  5. Finneland
  6. Kaiserpfalz
  7. Lanitz-Hassel-Tal
  1. Droyßig1
  2. Gutenborn
  3. Kretzschau
  4. Schnaudertal
  5. Wetterzeube
  1. Balgstädt
  2. Freyburg1, 2
  3. Gleina
  4. Goseck
  5. Karsdorf
  6. Laucha an der Unstrut2
  7. Nebra2
  1. Meineweh
  2. Mertendorf
  3. Molauer Land
  4. Osterfeld1, 2
  5. Schönburg
  6. Stößen2
  7. Wethau
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

[edit] References

  1. ^ [http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit; Bevölkerung der Gemeinden; Natürliche Bevölkerungsbewegungen, Wanderungen"] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. July 2011. 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. 
  4. ^ "Aktuelle Bekanntmachungen der Gemeinde Meineweh" (in German). Verbandsgemeinde Wethautal. 20 May 2011. http://www.vgem-wethautal.de/?id=104262001207&cid=104262003933. Retrieved 02 August 2011. 

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

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