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Saalkreis
Statistics
State: Saxony-Anhalt
Capital: Halle
Area: 628.29 km²
Inhabitants: 81,496 (2002)
pop. density: 130 inh./km²
Car identification: SK
Homepage: http://www.saalkreis.de
Map
Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Saalkreis

Saalkreis is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Mansfelder Land, Bernburg, Köthen, Bitterfeld, the district Delitzsch in Saxony, and the district Merseburg-Querfurt. The district-free city Halle is nearly surrounded by the district.

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Geography

The main river of the district is the Saale, which also gave it its name.


Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms show the symbols of the historic territories of the district. The topleft and bottomright quarter show the arms of the diocese of Magdeburg. The lion in the top right is the symbol of the county Wettin, while the blue and yellow strips in the bottom left are the arms of the county Landsberg.

Towns and municipalities

Towns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
  1. Landsberg (Saalkreis)¹
  2. Löbejün¹
  3. Wettin¹

¹ administered in a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

  1. Götschetal-Petersberg
  2. Kabelske-Tal
  3. Landsberg
  4. Nördlicher Saalkreis
  5. Saalkreis-Ost
  6. Westliche Saaleaue
  7. Westlicher Saalkreis
  8. Wettin
  9. Würde/Salza

External links

  • Official website (http://www.saalkreis.de) (German)


Rural and urban districts in the Saxony-Anhalt

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Anhalt-Zerbst | Aschersleben-Staßfurt | Bernburg | Bitterfeld | Bördekreis | Burgenlandkreis | Dessau | Halberstadt | Halle (Saale) | Jerichower Land | Köthen | Magdeburg | Mansfelder Land | Merseburg-Querfurt | Ohrekreis | Quedlinburg | Saalkreis | Sangerhausen | Schönebeck | Stendal | Weißenfels | Wernigerode | Wittenberg

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Saalkreis - Wikipedia (443 words)
November 1819 wurden aus dem Saalkreis in den Stadtkreis Halle a.
August 1876 wurde der Gutsbezirk Freiimwalde aus dem Saalkreis in den Stadtkreis Halle a.
Die Saalkreis gliederte sich in Stadtgemeinden, in Landgemeinden und – bis zu deren nahezu vollständigen Auflösung – in selbstständige Gutsbezirke.
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