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	Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
County :	Mansfeld-Südharz
Association municipality :	Golden floodplain
Height :	140 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.65 km 2
Residents:	982 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	06528
Area code :	034656
License plate :	MSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH
Community key :	15 0 87 101
Association administration address:	Lange Strasse 8 06537 Kelbra
Website :	www.bruecken-hackpfueffel.de
Mayor :	Michael Peckruhn
Location of the community of Brücken-Hackpfüffel in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz

Brücken-Hackpfüffel is a municipality in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in the south-west of Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The community is located northeast of the Kyffhäuser Mountains in the Golden Aue . The district town of Sangerhausen is only eight kilometers from the Brücken district. The municipality of Brücken-Hackpfüffel extends from the Unstrut tributary Helme in the north to the border with Thuringia in the south.

Brücken-Hackpfüffel is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Wallhausen in the north and east, Bad Frankenhausen / Kyffhäuser in the south and Kelbra (Kyffhäuser) in the west.

Community structure

The former communities of Brücken (Helme) and Hackpfüffel form the two districts of the community.

history

The community was created in the course of the regional reform in Saxony-Anhalt on January 1, 2009 through a community merger from the former communities Brücken (Helme) and Hackpfüffel . On January 1, 2010 the administrative community Goldene Aue was converted into the Verbandsgemeinde Goldene Aue , the prerequisite for this was that all member communities have over 1000 inhabitants.

religion

21% of the population are Protestant, 1% Catholic. The St. Aegidius Church in Brücken and the St. Annen Church in Hackpfüffel belong to the bridges parish in the southern Harz region of the Evangelical-Lutheran church district Eisleben-Sömmerda of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The few Catholics are assigned to the parish of St. Jutta (with the Herz-Jesu-Kirche as the main church) based in Sangerhausen , which belongs to the Merseburg deanery of the Magdeburg diocese .

politics

The mayoral election for the new municipality took place on November 9, 2008, in which 55% of the eligible voters of Brückens and Hackpfüffels took part. Michael Peckruhn was elected the first honorary mayor of the community. He was re-elected in October 2015.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the district on January 28, 2009.

Blazon : "Split of silver and green in front a standing Saint Aegidius in blue bishop's robe and blue miter, holding the golden crook in his left hand, in front of the saint a raised golden doe turned left, behind a rooted five-leaf golden linden tree."

The colors of the parish are yellow-green.

flag

The flag is yellow - green (1: 1) striped and has the municipal coat of arms in the middle - with vertical stripes in the longitudinal form and with horizontal stripes in the cross form.

supporting documents

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
2. ^ StBA: Area changes on January 1, 2009
3. ↑ census database
4. ↑ http://www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bm15/erg/gem/bm.15087101.20151025.ergtab.dr.html
5. ↑ Official Journal of the District No. 2/2009 Page 18 ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1000 kB) 

Web links

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