Raguhn-Jeßnitz

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Raguhn-Jeßnitz

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Location of Raguhn-Jeßnitz within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district

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Coordinates: 51°40′N 12°4′E﻿ / ﻿51.667°N 12.067°E﻿ / 51.667; 12.067
Country| Germany
State| Saxony-Anhalt
District| Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Government

• Mayor (2016-23) | Bernd Marbach[1] (Ind.)
Area

• Total| 97.09 km2 (37.49 sq mi)
Elevation

| 76 m (249 ft)
Population

(2021-12-31)[2]

• Total| 8,862
• Density| 91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

06779, 06800

Dialling codes| 034906, 03494
Vehicle registration| ABI
Website| www.raguhn-jessnitz.de

Raguhn-Jeßnitz is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Altjeßnitz, Jeßnitz, Marke, Raguhn, Retzau, Schierau, Thurland and Tornau vor der Heide.[3] These 8 former municipalities are now Ortschaften or municipal divisions of the town Raguhn-Jeßnitz.[4]

## History[edit]

During World War II, Raguhn was the location of a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, in which some 500 women and girls were imprisoned and subjected to forced labour.[5] The prisoners were almost exclusively Jewish, but there was also one non-Jewish American, Hungarian, Italian and Turkish woman each.[5]

## Politics[edit]

The first round of the mayoral elections for the town were held on 18 June 2023 with the candidate from the far-right AfD Hannes Loth party receiving 40.7% of the vote, more than any other candidate. His main rival was the independent Nils Naumann who managed to get 36.9% of the vote.[6] Hannes Loth [de] won with 51.13% of the vote in a second run-off round on 2 July 2023 dispite the fact that his party is under the surveillance of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the State of Saxony-Anhalt.[7][8][9]

He became the first AfD mayor in Germany.[10][11][12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2021" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2022.
3. ^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
4. ^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz, 21 August 2019.
5. ^ a b "Raguhn". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
6. ^ "Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses der Bürgermeisterwahl am 18.06.2023 und der zur Stichwahl zugelassenen Bewerber". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
7. ^ "Sachsen-Anhalt: Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD als rechtsextremen Verdachtsfall ein". Der Spiegel (in German). 2021-01-25. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
8. ^ "Stichwahl um das Amt des Bürgermeisters am 02.07.2023 - Vorläufige Wahlergebnisse". www.raguhn-jessnitz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
9. ^ "Vorläufiges Ergebnis zur Stichwahl am 02.07.2023 um das Amt des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Raguhn-Jeßnitz" (PDF). www.raguhn-jessnitz.de. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
10. ^ "Hannes Loth wird erster hauptamtlicher AfD-Bürgermeister in Deutschland". mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
11. ^ "Sachsen-Anhalt: Erster AfD-Bürgermeister Deutschlands in Raguhn-Jeßnitz gewählt". Der Spiegel (in German). 2023-07-02. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
12. ^ "Sachsen-Anhalt - Deutschlandweit erster AfD-Bürgermeister in Raguhn-Jeßnitz". deutschlandfunk.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-02.

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Towns and municipalities in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld

* Aken
* Bitterfeld-Wolfen
* Köthen
* Muldestausee
* Osternienburger Land
* Raguhn-Jeßnitz
* Sandersdorf-Brehna
* Südliches Anhalt
* Zerbst
* Zörbig

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