Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of

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. It is situated southwest of Bitterfeld. The town was formed by the merger of the previously independent town Brehna and the municipalities Glebitzsch, Petersroda, Roitzsch and Sandersdorf, on 1 July 2009.

Geography

The town Sandersdorf-Brehna consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Sandersdorf-Brehna
26 September 2019. * Brehna * Glebitzsch *Heideloh * Petersroda *Ramsin *Renneritz * Roitzsch *Zscherndorf Rathaus-Sandersdorf

Population development

Local council

The local council has 28 members, elections were held in May 2014. Steffi Syska was elected mayor in October 2021. She succeeded Andy Grabner, who had been re-elected in April 2015 with 91.4% of the votes for a second term.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Johann Gottfried Schnabel (pseudonym: '' Gisander ''; 1692-between 1751 and 1758), author of the Enlightenment * Kurt Waitzmann (1905-1985), film actor and voice actor * Dieter Engelhardt (born 1938), football player * Horst Jankhöfer (born 1942), handball player * Werner Peter (born 1950), footballer

References

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