Börde (district)

This article is about the German district. For the type of fertile plain from which it takes its name, see Börde.

Börde

District

Coat of arms

Country

Germany

State

Saxony-Anhalt

Capital

Haldensleben

Area

• Total

2,366 km² (914 sq mi)

Population (31 December 2013)^[1]

• Total

172,955

• Density

73/km² (190/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration

BK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL

Website

http://www.boerdekreis.de

Börde, a district in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, is arguably best known as the area of the former Morsleben radioactive waste repository. The disposal of waste into the facility ended in 1998.

History

The district formed with the merger the former districts of Ohrekreis and Bördekreis as part of the local-government reform of 2007.

Towns and municipalities

The district Börde consists of the following subdivisions:^[2]

Free towns	Free municipalities
Haldensleben Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Oschersleben Wanzleben-Börde Wolmirstedt	Barleben Hohe Börde Niedere Börde Sülzetal

Verbandsgemeinden with municipalities
1. Elbe-Heide Angern Burgstall Colbitz Loitsche-Heinrichsberg Rogätz¹ Westheide Zielitz	2. Flechtingen Altenhausen Beendorf Bülstringen Calvörde Erxleben Flechtingen¹ Ingersleben	3. Obere Aller Eilsleben¹ Harbke Hötensleben Sommersdorf Ummendorf Völpke Wefensleben	4. Westliche Börde Am Großen Bruch Ausleben Gröningen^{1, 2} Kroppenstedt²
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town;

Verbandsgemeinden with municipalities

1. Elbe-Heide

2. Flechtingen

3. Obere Aller

4. Westliche Börde

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town;

References

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↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31.12.2013" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German). April 2014.
↑ Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

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

Coordinates: 52°10′N 11°20′E / 52.167°N 11.333°E / 52.167; 11.333

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 149947966 LCCN: no2009017593 GND: 7642061-9

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