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Güsten is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, west of Bernburg. It is part of the '' Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality")
Saale-Wipper
Saale-Wipper is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Before 1 January 2010, it was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''. It is situated southwest of Bernburg. It is named after the ri ...
. It absorbed the former municipality Amesdorf
Amesdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Güsten.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010
* Arno Philippsthal (1887-1933), physician and one of the first Jewish victims of the National Socialist rule in Berlin
* Ernst-Otto Reher (1936-2016), process engineer and professor, pioneer of technical rheology
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Statistisches Bundesamt
The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...
Notable people
* Arno Philippsthal (1887-1933), physician and one of the first Jewish victims of the National Socialist rule in Berlin
* Ernst-Otto Reher (1936-2016), process engineer and professor, pioneer of technical rheology
* Fritz Siedentopf
Fritz Siedentopf (14 April 1908 – 28 August 1944) was a German communist and resistance fighter against Nazism.
Biography
Siedentopf, a locksmith, was born in Güsten and moved to Berlin after the death of his parents in the early 1930s. In ...
(1908–1944), communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
and resistance fighter
A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives ...
against Nazism.
* Julius Kraaz (1822-1889), lawyer, sugar producer and member of the German Reichstag, died in Güsten
References
Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Salzlandkreis Duchy of Anhalt {{Salzlandkreis-geo-stub