District of Merseburg-Querfurt

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Coat of arms of the district of Merseburg-Querfurt Map of Germany, position of the district of Merseburg-Querfurt highlighted
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Basic data (as of 2006)
Existing period: 1994-2006
State : Saxony-Anhalt
Administrative headquarters : Merseburg
Area : 827.22 km 2
Residents: 130,434 (Dec. 31, 2006)
Population density : 158 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : MQ
Circle key : 15 2 61
Circle structure: 38 parishes
Address of the
district administration: 		Domplatz 9
06217 Merseburg
Website : www.merseburg-querfurt.de
District Administrator : Tilo Heuer ( SPD )
Location of the district of Merseburg-Querfurt in Saxony-Anhalt
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The district of Merseburg-Querfurt was a district in the south of the state of Saxony-Anhalt . On July 1, 2007 it was merged with the Saalkreis to form the new Saalekreis as part of the district reform in Saxony-Anhalt .

Neighboring districts in the north were the district of Mansfelder Land and the Saalkreis as well as the independent city of Halle (Saale) , in the east the Saxon district of Leipziger Land , in the south the districts of Weißenfels and Burgenlandkreis , in the south-west the Thuringian Kyffhäuserkreis and in the west the district of Sangerhausen .

geography

The Saale , the White Elster and the Luppe flowed through the eastern district area . The Saale-Elster-Luppe-Aue was an important resting and breeding area for endangered bird species. The western part of the district was dominated by the agricultural landscape of the Querfurter Platte and the Ziegelroda Forest . The Querne and the Weida flowed into the Mansfeld district on the Querfurt Platte. The Unstrut affected the district of Merseburg-Querfurt in the southwest. The hostage , from which the Geiseltal owes its name, originated in Müuellen (Geiseltal) . The hostage flowed into the Gotthard pond in Merseburg and flowed as Klia on to the Saale. The Laucha flowed from Schafstädt via Bad Lauchstädt in Schkopau into the Saale.

The eastern part of the Merseburg-Querfurt district was part of the Leipzig lowland bay. Here, on the border with the city of Halle (Saale) and the Saalkreis, was the lowest point in the district at 77.8  m above sea level. NN on the Saale . The terrain rose slowly to the west. The highest elevation in the district was 298.6  m above sea level. NN in the local area Landgrafroda , a district of the city of Querfurt .

In the district of Merseburg-Querfurt, five new opencast mining lakes with a total area of ​​approx. 30 km², some of which are still flooded, have been built since 1990. The Geiseltalsee , which has been completely flooded since April 2011, is the largest artificial lake in Germany with an area of ​​18.42 km².

Open pit lake Water surface Water volume
1. Geiseltalsee 1,842 ha 427 million m³
2. Wallendorfer See 338 ha 36 million m³
3. Raßnitz lake 310 hectares 66 million m³
4. Großkaynaer See 255 ha 27 million m³
5. Runstedter See 230 ha 55 million m³

history

The district was created in 1994 by merging the districts of Merseburg and Querfurt .

Population development

Development of the population (from 1995 reference date December 31) :

  • 1990: 147,259 -1
  • 1995: 143.422
  • 2000: 138.773
  • 2001: 137.396
  • 2002: 135.525
  • 2003: 133.888
  • 2004: 132.634
  • 2005: 132.205²
  • 2020: 103,533³

¹ Status October 3rd
² Status June 30th 2005
³ 3. Regionalized population forecast by the State Statistical Office
Source: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt

coat of arms

Blazon : "Square, 1 and 4 in gold a black cross, 2 and 3 divided seven times silver over red."

Transport links

The A 9 (Berlin-Munich) ran in the eastern district with the Leipzig-West / Merseburg and Bad Dürrenberg junctions. In addition, the southern Harz motorway Göttingen-Halle / Leipzig ran in an east-west direction with the junctions Leuna, Merseburg Süd, Merseburg Nord, Bad Lauchstädt, Dreieck Halle-Süd and Schafstadt as well as Querfurt. The federal highways crossing the district were the B 91 (Halle-Merseburg-Weißenfels-Zeitz), B 176 (Weißenfels-Sömmerda), B 180 (Aschersleben-Eisleben-Querfurt-Naumburg), B 181 (Merseburg-Leipzig) and B 250 (Querfurt -Eckartsberga). The most important railway line in the district was the railway line Berlin - Halle - Merseburg - Naumburg - Erfurt - Frankfurt, to which the lines to Merseburg were connected to Müelte-Querfurt and Schafstädt . In addition, there was a rapid transit connection from Merseburg to Halle-Neustadt via Buna-Werke . Closed railway lines were Merseburg – Leipzig , Querfurt – Röblingen and Querfurt – Vitzenburg . There was a commercial airfield in Merseburg . From 1935 until the end of the war, the square was used as a military air base or lead base for the Wehrmacht . Until 1991, the 6th Fighter Division of the Western Group of the CIS Armed Forces (WGT) was stationed. The distance to the international airport Leipzig / Halle was approx. 25 km.

cities and communes

(Resident on December 31, 2006)

Unified municipalities

Administrative communities with their member communities

Headquarters of the administrative association *

  1. Bad Dürrenberg , City * (11,287)
  2. Nempitz (307)
  3. Oebles-Schlechtewitz (208)
  4. Spergau (1,097)
  5. Tollwitz (1,218)
  1. Bad Lauchstädt , City (4,983)
  2. Klobikau (601)
  3. Milzau (960)
  1. Delitz am Berge (969)
  2. Schafstädt , City (2,176)
  1. Friedensdorf (325)
  2. Günthersdorf (1,280)
  3. Horburg-Maßlau (555)
  4. Kötschlitz (927)
  5. Kötzschau (1,986)
  6. Kreypau (337)
  7. Leuna , City * (6,918)
  8. Rodden (254)
  9. Wallendorf (Luppe) (957)
  10. Zöschen (1,036)
  11. Two (323)
  1. Beuna (Geiseltal) (1,009)
  2. Geusa (1,488)
  3. Merseburg , City * (34,411)
  1. Müelte (Geiseltal) , city * (9,219)
  2. Oechlitz (562)
  1. Albersroda (467)
  2. Alberstedt (501)
  3. Barnstädt (1,179)
  4. Esperstedt (675)
  5. Farnstädt (1,219)
  6. Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf * (985)
  7. Obhausen (1,857)
  8. Schraplau , City (1,285)
  9. Steigra (867)

Territorial changes

Since 1995 there have been many changes to the area in the Merseburg-Querfurt district.

Of the original 12 administrative communities, there were still 4 administrative communities when the district was dissolved. At the same time, the number of parishes decreased from 46 to 38.

Changes in administrative communities

Changes at the community level

Name changes

  • from Merseburg (Saale) to Merseburg (January 1, 1998)

License Plate

On July 1, 1994, the district was assigned the distinguishing mark MQ . It was issued through June 30, 2007. It has been available in the Saalekreis since November 27, 2012.

Until about the year 2000 vehicles from the old district of Querfurt received license plates with the letters AA to ZZ and the numbers from 1 to 99.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/kw04/erg/kreis/kw.15261.ergtab.frame.html
  2. ↑ A trio celebrates the end of the flooding , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of April 30, 2011, accessed on September 1, 2011 ( digitized version )

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