Saalekreis

District in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Saalekreis

District

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Country| Germany
State| Saxony-Anhalt
Capital| Merseburg
Government

• District admin.| Hartmut Handschak
Area

• Total| 1,434.2 km2 (553.7 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2022)[1]

• Total| 183,974
• Density| 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Website| www.saalekreis.de

Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The district seat is Merseburg. Its area is 1,434.2 km2 (553.7 sq mi).[2] It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Kyffhäuserkreis (Thuringia), Mansfeld-Südharz, Salzlandkreis, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Nordsachsen, Leipzig (both Saxony) and Burgenlandkreis. The district-free city of Halle is surrounded by the Saalekreis.

## History

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The district was established by merging the former districts of Merseburg-Querfurt and Saalkreis as part of the district reform of 2007.

## Towns and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

The district Saalekreis consists of the following subdivisions:[3]

Free towns | Free municipalities | Verbandsgemeinde

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1. Bad Dürrenberg
2. Bad Lauchstädt
3. Braunsbedra
4. Landsberg
5. Wettin-Löbejün
6. Merseburg
7. Mücheln
8. Querfurt

1. Kabelsketal
2. Leuna
3. Petersberg
4. Salzatal
5. Schkopau
6. Teutschenthal

Weida-Land

1. Barnstädt
2. Farnstädt
3. Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf1
4. Obhausen
5. Schraplau2
6. Steigra

1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saalekreis.

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
2. ^ "Tabellen Bodenfläche". Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
3. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

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Urban and rural districts in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany

Urban districts|

* Dessau-Roßlau
* Halle (Saale)
* Magdeburg

Rural districts|

* Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
* Anhalt-Bitterfeld
* Börde
* Burgenlandkreis
* Harz
* Jerichower Land
* Mansfeld-Südharz
* Saalekreis
* Salzlandkreis
* Stendal
* Wittenberg

Former districts|

* Anhalt-Zerbst
* Aschersleben-Staßfurt
* Bernburg
* Bitterfeld
* Bördekreis
* Burgenlandkreis
* Halberstadt
* Köthen
* Mansfelder Land
* Merseburg-Querfurt
* Ohrekreis
* Quedlinburg
* Saalkreis
* Sangerhausen
* Schönebeck
* Weißenfels
* Wernigerode

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

51°24′N 11°50′E﻿ / ﻿51.400°N 11.833°E﻿ / 51.400; 11.833

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