Börde (district)

This article is about the German district. For the type of fertile plain from which it takes its name, see Börde.

Börde
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Capital	Haldensleben
Area
• Total	2,366 km2 (914 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	171,393
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Website	http://www.boerdekreis.de

Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is perhaps best known as the area of the former Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.

History

The district formed with the merger the former districts of Ohrekreis and Bördekreis as part of the local-government reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities

The district Börde consists of the following subdivisions:

Free towns	Free municipalities
Haldensleben Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Oschersleben Wanzleben-Börde Wolmirstedt	Barleben Hohe Börde Niedere Börde Sülzetal

Verbandsgemeinden with municipalities
1. Elbe-Heide Angern Burgstall Colbitz Loitsche-Heinrichsberg Rogätz1 Westheide Zielitz	2. Flechtingen Altenhausen Beendorf Bülstringen Calvörde Erxleben Flechtingen1 Ingersleben	3. Obere Aller Eilsleben1 Harbke Hötensleben Sommersdorf Ummendorf Völpke Wefensleben	4. Westliche Börde Am Großen Bruch Ausleben Gröningen1, 2 Kroppenstedt2
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town;