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Saalkreis (Bezirk Halle)
Saalkreis was a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Mansfelder Land, Bernburg, Köthen, Bitterfeld, the district Delitzsch in Saxony, and the district Merseburg-Querfurt. The district-free city Halle is nearly surrounded by the district. Geography The main river of the district is the Saale, which also gave it its name. Other rivers and streams flowing through the former district are the Laweke, Würde, Kabelske, Strengbach and Götsche. Whilst the western part of the region is dominated by hillocks and dissecting valleys, the north and east are characterized by flat plains. The Petersberg Petersberg may refer to: * The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the ** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany. ** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known as ... near Halle, at , was the highest point of the former Saalkreis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the fifth most populous city in the area of former East Germany after ( East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, as well as the 31st largest city of Germany, and with around 239,000 inhabitants, it is slightly more populous than the state capital of Magdeburg. Together with Leipzig, the largest city of Saxony, Halle forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle conurbation. Between the two cities, in Schkeuditz, lies Leipzig/Halle International Airport. The Leipzig-Halle conurbation is at the heart of the larger Central German Metropolitan Region. Halle lies in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Leipzig Bay, the southernmost part of the North German Plain, on the River Saale (a tributary of the Elbe), which is the third longest r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersberg Bei Halle
The Petersberg, at , is the highest point in the district of Saalekreis in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Its name is derived from St. Peter's Church, which is on the hill. Until the 14th century the Petersberg was known as the Lauterberg. Geography The Petersberg is located about 10 kilometres north of the German city of Halle on the River Saale not quite halfway between Halle and Köthen. The municipality of Petersberg with its hamlets of Drehlitz and Frößnitz lie on the hill. At the foot of the hill are the villages of Ostrau and Wallwitz as well as three small nature reserves. On the southern slopes of the hill is a small lake. A stretch of the A 14 motorway runs past the Petersberg to the west and south, and the B 6 federal highway runs by to the southwest. They form a junction at ''Halle-Trotha'', from where the Petersberg may easily be reached. Geology The Petersberg is the highest point of the Halle Porphyry complex. It was formed, like the other por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabelsketal
Kabelsketal is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated east of Halle (Saale). It was formed in 2004 out of the villages of Dieskau, Dölbau, Gröbers und Großkugel. Statistisches Bundesamt
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Würde/Salza
Würde/Salza is a former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated west of Halle (Saale). The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Teutschenthal. It was disbanded in September 2010. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Würde/Salza consisted of the following municipalities: # Angersdorf # Teutschenthal Teutschenthal is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In January 2005 it absorbed the former municipalities Holleben and Zscherben, in January 2010 Dornstedt, Langenbogen and Steuden and in September 2010 Angersdo ... References Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{Saalekreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westlicher Saalkreis
Westlicher Saalkreis ("Western Saale district") was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated west of Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-An .... The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Salzmünde. It was disbanded on 1 January 2010. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Westlicher Saalkreis consisted of the following municipalities: # Beesenstedt # Bennstedt # Fienstedt # Höhnstedt # Kloschwitz # Lieskau # Salzmünde # Schochwitz # Zappendorf Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{Saalekreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt
Wettin is a small town belonging to the municipality of Wettin-Löbejün in the Saale District of Saxony-Anhalt (''Saxony- Ascania''), Germany. It is situated on the River Saale, just north of Halle. It is known for Wettin Castle (German: ''Burg'' or ''Schloss Wettin''), the ancestral seat of the House of Wettin, the former ruling dynasty of Saxony, Poland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Bulgaria. The town and its name are of Slavic origin. Geography Wettin lies in the Saalekreis (Saale District) of the eastern German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Saale, which flows into the Elbe further north. Wettin belongs to the municipality of Wettin-Löbejün which borders Saxony-Anhalt's most populous city of Halle-on-the-Saale in the southeast. It further borders Petersberg and Salzatal in the Saale District, Gerbstedt in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz (''Mansfield-Southern Harz''), Könnern in the Salzlandkreis (''Saltland District''), and Südliches Anhalt in the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Löbejün
Löbejün () is a former town in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Wettin-Löbejün. Geography Geographic location Löbejün is located north of Halle (Saale). The town is located in a hilly area in which a tributary to the Saale River, the Fuhne, flows. Geology The town is known for its ''Löbejüner porphyry''. In the northeastern part of the town coal beds are found. City classification The following towns are classified as part of Löbejün: *Gottgau *Schlettau History Löbejün was first recognized in 961 as ''Liubichun''. Population development ² Source: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt Industrial development Since 1518 (when the quarry was first mentioned) porphyry was processed. In circa 1622 the coal mine was founded. The coal mine reached peak production in the 18th century, when it had 27 mine shafts. It closed in 1884. Politics Löbejün was part of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Saalkreis Nord unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saalkreis Nord
Saalkreis Nord was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated northwest of Halle (Saale). The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Wettin. It was disbanded in January 2011. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Saalkreis Nord consisted of the following municipalities: # Brachwitz # Döblitz # Domnitz # Gimritz # Löbejün # Nauendorf # Neutz-Lettewitz # Plötz # Rothenburg Rothenburg is a German language placename and refers to: Places *Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany *Rothenburg, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany *Rothenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany *Rothenburg, Switzerland, Canton of Lucerne, S ... # Wettin Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{Saalekreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt
Landsberg is a town in the Saalekreis in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Geography The town is located between the cities of Halle, about in the southwest, Leipzig, about in the southeast, and Bitterfeld-Wolfen, about in the north. Located in the Leipzig Bay of the North German Plain, Landsberg lies within the larger Leipzig-Halle agglomeration in the Central German Metropolitan Region. The municipal area immediately borders the independent city of Halle in the southwest and the Nordsachsen district of Saxony in the southeast. After several incorporations in recent years, it currently comprises 11 localities (''Ortschaften''):Hauptsatzung der Stadt Landsberg January 2020. * Braschwitz * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östlicher Saalkreis
Östlicher Saalkreis ("Eastern Saale district") is a former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated east of Halle (Saale). The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Landsberg. It was disbanded in September 2010. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Östlicher Saalkreis consisted of the following municipalities: # Hohenthurm # Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Landsberg # Peißen, Saalekreis, Peißen Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt, Ostliche Saalkreis {{Saalekreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Götschetal-Petersberg
Götschetal-Petersberg was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated north of Halle (Saale). The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Götschetal. It was disbanded in January 2010. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Götschetal-Petersberg consisted of the following municipalities: # Brachstedt # Götschetal # Krosigk # Kütten # Morl # Ostrau # Petersberg Petersberg may refer to: * The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the ** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany. ** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known as ... References Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{Saalekreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amt (political Division)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a US township or county or English shire district. Current usage Germany Prevalence The ''Amt'' (plural: ''Ämter'') is unique to the German '' Bundesländer'' (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this division in the past. Some states have similar administrative units called ''Samtgemeinde'' (Lower Saxony), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (Rhineland-Palatinate) or ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). Definition An ''Amt'', as well as the other above-mentioned units, is subordinate to a ''Kreis'' (district) and is a collection of municipalities. The amt is lower than district-level government but higher than municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
