Börde (district)
Geography
The Börde district covers the area west of the city of Magdeburg. With an area of 2,367.2 km (914.0 sq mi), it is the second-largest district of Saxony-Anhalt. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Stendal, Jerichower Land, the city of Magdeburg, Salzlandkreis and Harz. To the west it borders the state of Lower Saxony. The main rivers are the Elbe in the northeast, the Ohre in the north, the Aller in the west and the Bode in the south.
History
The district was formed with the merger the former districts of Ohrekreis and Bördekreis as part of the local-government reform of 2007. For its arms, a design based on the Hornhausen rider stone was chosen.
- Oschersleben, a former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft disbanded in 2010.
Towns and municipalities
The district Börde consists of the following subdivisions:
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seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; town; |
Other localities
- Glindenberg, village and former municipality
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ Hauptsatzung des Landkreises Börde, September 2019.
- ^ "Tabellen Bodenfläche". Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Hornhausen, Reiterstein und Reitersteinfest". Stadtmagazin Verlag. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt". Archived from the original on 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
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